The Los Angeles Fire Department is seeking applicants for its wildland hand crews, which play a vital role in wild management and suppression efforts in difficult terrain.
Los Angeles City Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez, who represents the Seventh District, recently secured funding allowing LAFD to recruit for the positions. Rodriguez’s district, which includes northeast San Fernando Valley neighborhoods, in recent years experienced large-scale wild fires such as the Sayre, La Tuna Canyon, Creek and Saddle Ridge fire.
Horses are evacuated along Osborne street at the Creek fire Tuesday morning Dec. 5, 2017 ( Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
“I am proud to have secured this crucial funding for the Los Angeles Fire Department to hire wildland hand crews,” Rodriguez said in a statement. “These crews are an integral component to complete public safety toolkit and introduce proactive measures to creating defensible space for communities, in high fire severity zones found in the foothill communities of Council District 7 and other hillside areas throughout Los Angeles.”
Vehicles burned or melted after fire roared through the 11500 block of Cassara Avenue in Lake View Terrace Tuesday morning during the Creek fire. ( Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Fire Chief Kristin Crowley added that the crews play an “essential role” in protecting communities, and will further support the department’s efforts in managing and controlling wildland fires.
The application is available at www.governmentjobs.com/careers/lacity/jobs/4679857-0/wildland-hand-crew-technician-2105.
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