LAFD’s helicopter pilots were ready to go. Using five medium-sized twin-engine helicopters, pilots, including Prince, battled heavy winds, while hovering 50 to 100 feet over steep terrain to ...

The LAFD has not answered questions about exactly which engines were unusable and what was wrong with them. And city ...

GRIFFITH PARK—On April 10, it was reported by the LAFD that they rescued a hiker at 5 p.m. on Toyon Trail. LAFD Ground and Air Response with Los Angeles City Park Rangers to an adult male hiker who ...

Firefighters said the woman, who was approximately 55 years old, was laying on her back "in approximately 3-4 inches of static water." ...

Firefighters said the helicopter crew brought the hiker to a hospital that had the antivenom for the snake bite.

LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley did not respond ... which engine or engines responded first, and when helicopters began dropping ...

KTLA's Rick Chambers reports on April 10, 2025. Six people, including three children, died after a helicopter crashed in the Hudson River near the New Jersey coastline Thursday afternoon ...

Pascoe said firefighting crews usually are pre-deployed in the Palisades on red flag days, and when a fire ignites, LAFD helicopters respond quickly. She said that didn’t happen this time.