But it’s not usually a fire that LAFD Station 11 is responding to. Through August of this year, there have been 599 drug overdose calls, compared with 36 runs for structure fires. Photographs of the crew at Los Angeles Fire Station 11 are mounted in the recreation room of the firehouse. I told them exactly what was going on.”The crew told me they share a camaraderie that’s specific to the demands of Station 11. I asked Winfield how many times, in his two years at Station 11, he had done what he just did.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 12, 2024 20:19 UTC