This is the LA County fire department station 58 in Ladera Heights, not to be confused with the LA…read moreCity fire department station 58 over on Pico/Roberson in Beverlywood. What's the difference? The LA County Fire Department provides medical and fire rescue services to unincorporated Los Angeles County and for contract cities (like a very small city that depend on the larger LACoFD for the resources). My friend and I had just parked at Home Depot when we heard some good 90s Hip-Hop and became intrigued when paired with a visual of a long ladder pointing straight up to the sky with a banner showing LA County Fire Dept. over on the other side of the wall. "Is there a fire station over there?" we asked each other. We confirmed our suspicion after walking out of the Home Depot lot on Slauson and saw the back of the fire station. The lady DJ was doing a fine job. A handful of firefighters were getting ready to do an auto extrication demonstration and they borrowed a tiller truck from the Marina Del Rey station for show-and-tell as well. A firefighter on the mic walked the audience through step-by-step of how the extrication from a vehicle is done. It is definitely hard work, especially in the noon-o'clock heat. So much work just to break down the frame and free a victim out. We got spotted by a different firefighter who invited us in for pancakes. It was pancake breakfast day - they were serving pancakes, sausage and eggs made fresh by firefighters, plus drinks, cereal, fruit. I didn't have any of the food but it looked OK! While we were checking out the fire station and half-watching the extrication, I found it a quite puzzling that while in line for food, some people acted like the firefighters were wait staff and at least two people ordered firefighters for drink deliveries. I sure hope they were actually friends and family of the firefighters and not people feeling entitled that their tax dollars paid for this. I mean, have some respect for people who put out fires, save cats from trees and provide first medical response! Another puzzling but laughable incident was this kid who got a plastic helmet from the station, stood on a fire truck parked right outside, and while his mother was trying to take his picture, he shouted, "I WANT TO BE A POLICE OFFICER!" Damn, that's cold on a hot day. Anyway, this year instead of donating money to United Way via work because I've read that the organization spends so much money on itself / its own parties, etc. that I'm going to donate all that to the various fire stations I visited this year, this one included!

The response was quick since I live few feet from the station. But they almost denied to take my…read moresister to the hospital. She was almost unconconscious lying down with shortness of breath and chest pain and thompson were interrogating me and telling me there is NO POINT of taking her to the hospital!!! Are you kidding me and he also told me he is as qualified as a Doctor !!! Can you believe the nerve if this guy. I will make sure he does not work there anymore. I will file a complaint against this guy!!!

Very helpful and nice people. They were quick to respond even though the situation was not really…read morean emergency.

What can I say about station 5? Well, I called them approximately three weeks ago to report a fire…read morefile ation in my condominium complex. First, the person who answered the phone claimed that the doors that I was calling regarding should remain open because they are on a spring. This was false. I explained if those open door should remain open, then they needed to close 5,000 doors in this complex. That's when the guy said, "oh, those doors are supposed to be closed." I said, "I know!" It was obvious that this guy just didn't want to do his job. He never came out to address the fire violation issue. This disturbed me since this complex has had several fires and my property has been in the direct line of some of the fires. After a few days, I called back and I spoke to another guy since they still hadn't come out to address the doors. This person also refuse to do anything about it and simply said that he would give the message to the first person who had ignored my message the last time. This place is a joke! Hey firefighters, why don't you guys do the job that you're paid to do?

I worked for Gerber Ambulance company in 2007. To turn a long story short, the Torrance paramedic…read morethought the woman was stoned, and I spoke up that it was coke laced weed in my opinion (being close to drugs in my personal life but never but never taking them[it matched her complaints]). The weed interacted with the coke giving her normal pupils. She complained or rapid heart beat after smoking a joint, my red flag regardless of her pupil appearance. He ripped me a big fat new one top notch right in front of the patient on the way to the hospital (we went to little company), then proceeded to f with the intoxicated patient on the way to the hospital cause he got off on asking her dumb questions ALS. Toxicology report came back weed and coke... I was getting paid $2 above minimum wage at the time with my company... and still got a thorough butt chewing...

Went here to donate toys for Xmas. Guys working here are great and they gave my boy a free…read morefireman's hat. Great place.

Best station in LAFD! Great service, professional, fun, but most importantly they truly love the…read morecitizens they serve!

Great fire station. Great people, and definitely happy to have them respond to the city.read more

Today, FS2 had a very special guest over for lunch. In light of this high profile guest, the B…read moreshift had their best chef give a shot at impressing the station. Firefighter Paramedic Hseigh did not disappoint. Easily the best Nashville Fried chicken sandwich I ever had. 100 out of 100 stars. Some B shift members need to take some notes from this incredible chef!!

I had one of the best firehouse lunches with the men of the B platoon at 2's…read more Hot crispy chicken sandos with all the fixin's...whoa!!! Thanks guys. Proud to serve with you

#ThankYouThursday Thank you for another year of dedicated and great service to Marina del Rey.read more

Kudos to the Marina del Rey Fire Department for rescuing Yessi, the UPS delivery lady, from a…read morebroken elevator at Dolphin Marina Apartments. Yessi's phone died in the hour + time she was trapped. She tried the emergency call button in the elevator and it did not work. When I called the Dolphin Marina Apartments no one answered any of the phone numbers! Not the apartment management or repair people. Only the Security guard and the Fire Department came to the rescue. No notice was posted that the elevator was out of order even though they were working on it late in the afternoon! I went to the other elevators throughout the building and none of the emergency call buttons worked. Yessi was calm and even continued her deliveries after being rescued. Well Done all!

Man I hope I'm writing to the correct Fire Department. I was air lifted behind the Donald Trump…read moreestates, by the beach. I wanted to thank those brave men for bringing me to safety. It takes so much courage to do what you guys do, and you saved my life. You helped me overcome the horrible nightmares I have experienced throughout my entire life. I'm not only thanking you but every fire department from San Bernardino county to LA county. You guys have been there for me through my rough journey to help me up when I was down. I apologize if I haven't shown enough appreciation for always being there when I needed you. I love firefighters! you guys are amazing, brave, courageous, and strong.

We had to call 911 twice in a month and a half and our wonderful firefighters and paramedics came…read moreout and we're so professional and so helpful and we can actually say that they encouraged the person that needed to go to the emergency room to go, and the life of the person was saved because of that

Firefighters helped me get back into my house after my dumb brother locked me out and my dog in!!!…read moreSuper nice would recommend

I am a volunteer at for Redondo Beach's Community Emergency Response Team which is trained by RBFD…read morewww.yelp.com/biz/NYRzLcWdl28YHT4-3CFypw. I came here today to Station #2 to help with informing the public about this program during the Fire Service Day Open House. During the open house they had the station open for families to see where the firemen eat, sleep and work as well as giving demonstrations on what happens when they get a call about someone with chest pains, how to extinguish a real fire and which extinguisher you should use. The highlight of the day was watching them show a demonstration of a victim of a car accident trapped in their vehicle and watching the men break the window to check on victim and using the jaws of life on the door. They had free hot dogs, for all and the let people sit in one of the large engines and displayed all of their equipment and of course cute little fireman helmet and sticker badges for the kids. Look at the photos...