Firefighter Stippitch passed away on June 6, 1980 at the age of 58.

Firefighter Jim Michelli was killed in the line of duty while battling a fire in a commercial building in the city of Baldwin Park on December 18, 1979. His loss has been deeply felt throughout our department by everyone who knew him, as well as by his many friends. Jim was truly a remarkable individual. […]

Firefighter Hughes passed away on August 8, 1978 at the age of 26.

On the night of July 24, 1977, while supporting firefighting operations on the Middle Fire, a 3,800-acre wildfire in the Angeles National Forest, Thomas Grady was tragically killed in the line of duty. During a nighttime landing at Mill Creek Heliport, the Bell 205 helicopter he was piloting collided mid-air with a U.S. Forest Service […]

Firefighter Lockhart passed away on April 17, 1976 a the age of 47.