Los Angeles Fire Department 1949 - LAFD Firefighting Documentary

"Your Fire Department" was a public education film released by the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) in the late 1940's which showed the equipment, personnel and activities of the Fire Department, with detailed segments showing firefighters at work, various types of fires, and fire prevention & safety. The film also shows the many different types of fire fighting vehicles used at the time.

Detailed scene synopsis:
excellent color footage of LAFD firemen at work; all in the city of Los Angeles, California;
man sleeping in bed at night; smoke from a fire curling up from beneath a door;
man stumbling out of smoke filled room to call fire department;
montage of people talking on the phone, they all have expressions of concern on their faces as they are reporting fires; telephone switchboard;
emptying ashtray; child grabbing matches; changing fuses;
various fire stations; fire trucks; suburban fires;
attaching hoses to hydrants; men running with hoses;
ladder trucks; operation of hydraulic ladders; chopping holes in roofs;
gas masks; salvage companies save property from water damage;
brush fires; extinguishing fires; bulldozer constructing fire break; fire roads;
fireboats; looking down on boat passing by from bridge; giant water tower;
ferocious oil fires; manufacture of foam to extinguish fire;
airports; racing trucks between planes; rescue companies; artificial respiration; administration of oxygen;
fire chief; map of fire battalion of Los Angeles;
excellent footage of physical tests; doctor taking blood pressure; training of firefighters;
how box alarms are responded to; sliding down a pole; dispatcher communicating by two-way radio; Arson Bureau, burned out house; man is arrested by arson squad; jail cell; pyromaniac; people carrying belongings out of burning house; fire prevention inspectors;
Shell fuel truck; manufacturing plant with barrels of chemicals
Neon signs: The Palladium: Earl Carroll Theatre; Plantation Hotel (with flashing Vacancy sign); movie marquee "Words and Music: with Gene Kelly and Judy Garland; sign: West Haven Rest Home
school safety campaign; backyard full of trash being examined by a fire inspector;
fireman explains safety guidelines to housewife holding child on porch; radio broadcast at station KHJ
man (citizen) climbing down fire ladder pulling his pants on
CU telephone dial and finger dialing; breaking glass and pulling hook on street fire alarm box

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[Buffalotrains93]

Hello,

I'm a Firefighter here on the East Coast. I love how technology has changed considerably for us in the Firefighting field, yet, at the same time, the basics have not changed a bit. Great video!

Take care,

Ryan

[wdtvlive42]

@Buffalotrains93

Do they still give you free cups of Java as shown at 15:45 ;-)

[niselat]

I want to know why I can carefully lay out wood and tinder and soak it with charcoal lighter and can't start a campfire but some guy can fall asleep with a cigarette and burn down an entire apartment building

[Buffalotrains93]

Hello,

Hahaha, it's there, however most of us prefer water that is found on each truck. We don't really have time to sit down and sip a nice cup of Coffee, hahaha.

Take care,

Ryan

[MrMegaFredzeppelin]

Thank for posting this GREAT footage.Take care and ROCK ON!!!!!!!