Los Angeles Fire Department in the context of Chicago Fire Department

The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD or LA City Fire) provides Fire Suppression Services, Technical Rescue Services, Emergency Medical Response Services, and Hazardous Materials Response Services to the residents of the city of Los Angeles, California, United States. The LAFD is responsible for approximately four million people who live in the agency's 471 square miles (1,220 km) jurisdiction. The Los Angeles Fire Department was founded in 1886 and is the third-largest municipal fire department in the United States, after the New York City Fire Department and the Chicago Fire Department. The department is sometimes also referred to as the "Los Angeles City Fire Department" or "LA City Fire" to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department, which serves unincorporated areas and, via contracts, other incorporated municipalities within Los Angeles County without their own fire departments. The department is currently under the command of Jamie Moore after former LAFD chief Kristen Crowley was fired by Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass following the 2025 Southern California wildfires for refusing to write an after-action report.