Daring Sherman Oaks Rescue
Millions watched on television as a woman, dressed all in black, stared at her feet dangling over the side of the 21-story City National Bank Building in Sherman Oaks. As news helicopters hovered overhead broadcasting live video across the region, police and fire...
Medal of Valor: Darin Laier
Kauai Beach Rescue In October 2015, Engineer Darin Laier, who at the time held the rank of firefighter, was on vacation in Kauai, Hawaii, with his wife and four-year-old triplets. Laier and his family were enjoying an afternoon at Queen’s Bath, an area on the north...
Underwater Firefighters: LAFD Dive Team
Working blindly at the scene of an emergency, clock ticking, one hand stretched out for protection from metal and other debris tossed into the harbor for more than a century, deep below the cold, pitch-black waters of the Los Angeles Harbor, is the specially trained...
Medal of Valor: Harbor Rescue
On April 9, 2015, at approximately 6:10 p.m., Engine and Rescue 112, along with a physical rescue assignment, responded to a reported automobile into the ocean near Berth 73 at the Port of Los Angeles. When Engine and Rescue 112 arrived on scene they saw two adults in...FOLLOW
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