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At home, Chief Pappas enjoys gardening and spending time with her family, their dogs, parakeets, and bearded dragon. Raising her daughter is her greatest accomplishment. She cherishes spending quality time with her beautiful year-old daughter who is the center of her life. In this role, he provides leadership for 76 fire stations, four divisions, 10 battalions, 33 cities, and 1, personnel. In June of , Chief Barrera was appointed as Acting Deputy Fire Chief of the Administrative Bureau and continues to work closely with internal and external stakeholders to improve standard business practices, ensure administrative and fiscal compliance, and foster a workforce that is representative of the communities we serve.

He also served as the camp section battalion chief for the paid camps and heavy equipment unit. He also instructs incident command courses for the Fire Department and throughout the country.

Osby Daryl L. With an education in business and executive management and a progressive outlook towards the future, Fire Chief Daryl Osby strives to ensure the Department maintains its acclaimed reputation through sharing of best practices with fellow fire agencies and creating an inclusive work environment representative of the diversity of Los Angeles County.

Los Angeles County Fire Chief Daryl Osby oversees the delivery of fire suppression and life safety services to more than 4. Cultivating a workforce that can meet the unique needs of the 21st Century is a challenge that Fire Chief Daryl Osby welcomes. He achieves this through strategic planning, in which his priorities include focusing on the safety and welfare of personnel, ensuring our service delivery model meets the diverse needs of the communities we protect, practicing sound fiscal strategies, preparing communities for major disasters, and developing career pathways for succession planning.

Fire Chief Daryl Osby is an avid fisherman and outdoors enthusiast, and the proud father to his two amazing daughters Stephanie and Nicole.

He started his career as a volunteer firefighter with the City of Sierra Madre. Ewald has served in the professional fire services for 35 years. While working in the Midwest, he attended community college and completed paramedic training. Chief Ewald joined the Los Angeles County Fire Department in where he rose through the ranks serving as firefighter, paramedic, captain, battalion chief, and assistant chief.

During his career, Chief Ewald has been called upon to respond to manmade and natural disasters across the county and worldwide with notable incidents, including Hurricane Katrina New Orleans , Hurricane Dean Belize , Cyclone Nargis Camp H. The Central Region is staffed with firefighting personnel who provide fire and EMS services to 22 cities from 55 fire stations; and highly skilled lifeguards who provide ocean rescue services to 11 cities, spanning 72 miles of beaches and Catalina Island.

Division 6 Assistant Fire Chief: The CFPD bills these cities an annual fee for the cost of providing services. Annual fees are based upon the net cost of staffing levels in the city plus overhead. These fees are updated annually based upon current salary, employee benefits, and overhead costs.

These fee-for-service cities are as follows:. The CFPD also has contracts with State, Federal, and other agencies that generate revenues, as well as a few fees and charges for various services. Richardson Jr. Chief Deputy David R. Chief Richardson pursued his interest at an early age by becoming a Fire Explorer. He began his career as a paramedic in and has promoted through the ranks, having held the positions of firefighter paramedic, firefighter specialist, fire captain, battalion fire chief, assistant fire chief, and deputy fire chief.

Chief Richardson was deputy chief of the East Regional Operations Bureau prior to his reassignment as acting chief deputy of Emergency Operations, in which he was permanently appointed in Chief Richardson has a diverse background in hazardous materials, urban search and rescue, emergency medical services, training, and wildland firefighting. He has developed the leadership and experience required to manage large-scale all hazard type incidents.

Authority for the oversight committee is found in the establishing resolution for the special tax. The committee has seven members, one each appointed by each member of the Board of Supervisors, one appointed by the City Selection committee, and the director of the Los Angeles County Economy and Efficiency Committee. Lawrence Chief Deputy Dawnna B. Osby in the midst of fiscal challenges, stemming from the Recession. In June , Chief Lawrence was appointed to Chief Deputy of Business Operations and continues to work closely with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the financial future of the Fire Department is stable and sustainable.

Chief Lawrence is dedicated to creating an inclusive environment for all Fire Department team members through comprehensive action and sustainable policies and practices, in addition to fostering a workforce that is truly representative of the communities we serve. She is also a member of the Government Finance Officers Association. The amount of property tax revenue generated within a city is based on assessed value and varies from city to city.

This includes all unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County and the following 47 cities:. CERT Training is offered free of charge. Participants have no obligation or commitment to respond or act in the event of a disaster. The class curriculum for the training program consists of the following:. This course covers the role of CERT volunteers. This is basic information, NOT a first-Aid class. West Hollywood, CA Hawthorne W El Segundo Blvd.

Hawthorne, CA Carson E Carson St. Explorer Sign-Up Form. Members of the Bureau serve the citizens of Los Angeles County by completing inspections and educating the community about the benefits of proper safety practices, completing building, sprinkler, and fire alarm plan checks, protecting natural resources, providing conservation education programs and advice to interested groups, using technology to assess weather, fuel moisture, and fire danger, and protecting public health and the environment from accidental releases and improper handling, storage, transportation, and disposal of hazardous materials and wastes.

He has also completed many advanced courses in leadership, the Incident Command System, fire behavior, protection of resources, and urban search and rescue.

The Department is committed to providing prompt, clinically skilled, and caring medical service to ensure positive outcomes for everyone, every time. Fuel Modification History and Background The dry, sunny climate and variable terrain of Southern California combine to create an environment where wildfires are a part of the natural ecosystem and an almost year-round occurrence.

This ecosystem fosters a diverse fire-adapted community of plants and animals. Although human caused wildfires far outnumber naturally occurring wildfires within Los Angeles County, both have the potential to create situations where structures in the Wildland Urban Interface can be at risk.

All vegetation will burn, even though irrigation has created a deceptively lush landscape of ornamental plants. Following the loss of lives and structures during the wildfire season, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors created the Wildfire Safety Panel to offer recommendations that would help reduce the threat to life and property in areas prone to wildfires.

One of the recommendations was to follow the findings of the Wildland Urban lnterface Task Force and another was to enforce the provisions of the Bates Bill. Jurisdictional Fire Departments were required to establish a set of guidelines and landscape criteria for all new construction in Fire Hazard Severity Zones.

Cal Fire is responsible for the mapping and revisions to all Fire Hazard Severity Zones across the state. These zone designations establish minimum standards for building construction and exterior landscape features in an effort to mitigate the increasing losses from our cycle of wildfire vents.

In Local Responsibility Areas LRAs , the jurisdictional county or city determines the Severity Zones with approval from the state that are then adopted by local ordinance or city councils. Central Regional Offices Arcadia S. Baldwin Ave Arcadia, CA East Los Angeles E. Glendora W. La Habra W. A few years later, she was hired by Ventura County Fire Department and served as a firefighter for one year. She then became a firefighter with the City of Los Angeles and served there for four years.

She has worked in all three regional operations bureaus and in all 22 operations battalions. Since her promotion as a chief officer in September , Chief Pappas has spent three years as the co-chairperson of the Equipment Development Committee and also managed the Department-wide implementation of the electronic patient care reporting ePCR system.

At home, Chief Pappas enjoys gardening and spending time with her family, their dogs, parakeets, and bearded dragon.

Raising her daughter is her greatest accomplishment. She cherishes spending quality time with her beautiful year-old daughter who is the center of her life.

In this role, he provides leadership for 76 fire stations, four divisions, 10 battalions, 33 cities, and 1, personnel. In June of , Chief Barrera was appointed as Acting Deputy Fire Chief of the Administrative Bureau and continues to work closely with internal and external stakeholders to improve standard business practices, ensure administrative and fiscal compliance, and foster a workforce that is representative of the communities we serve.

He also served as the camp section battalion chief for the paid camps and heavy equipment unit. He also instructs incident command courses for the Fire Department and throughout the country. Osby Daryl L. With an education in business and executive management and a progressive outlook towards the future, Fire Chief Daryl Osby strives to ensure the Department maintains its acclaimed reputation through sharing of best practices with fellow fire agencies and creating an inclusive work environment representative of the diversity of Los Angeles County.

Los Angeles County Fire Chief Daryl Osby oversees the delivery of fire suppression and life safety services to more than 4. Cultivating a workforce that can meet the unique needs of the 21st Century is a challenge that Fire Chief Daryl Osby welcomes. He achieves this through strategic planning, in which his priorities include focusing on the safety and welfare of personnel, ensuring our service delivery model meets the diverse needs of the communities we protect, practicing sound fiscal strategies, preparing communities for major disasters, and developing career pathways for succession planning.

Fire Chief Daryl Osby is an avid fisherman and outdoors enthusiast, and the proud father to his two amazing daughters Stephanie and Nicole. He started his career as a volunteer firefighter with the City of Sierra Madre. Ewald has served in the professional fire services for 35 years. While working in the Midwest, he attended community college and completed paramedic training. Chief Ewald joined the Los Angeles County Fire Department in where he rose through the ranks serving as firefighter, paramedic, captain, battalion chief, and assistant chief.

During his career, Chief Ewald has been called upon to respond to manmade and natural disasters across the county and worldwide with notable incidents, including Hurricane Katrina New Orleans , Hurricane Dean Belize , Cyclone Nargis Camp H. The Central Region is staffed with firefighting personnel who provide fire and EMS services to 22 cities from 55 fire stations; and highly skilled lifeguards who provide ocean rescue services to 11 cities, spanning 72 miles of beaches and Catalina Island.

Division 6 Assistant Fire Chief: The CFPD bills these cities an annual fee for the cost of providing services. Annual fees are based upon the net cost of staffing levels in the city plus overhead.

These fees are updated annually based upon current salary, employee benefits, and overhead costs. These fee-for-service cities are as follows:. The CFPD also has contracts with State, Federal, and other agencies that generate revenues, as well as a few fees and charges for various services. Richardson Jr. Chief Deputy David R. Chief Richardson pursued his interest at an early age by becoming a Fire Explorer. He began his career as a paramedic in and has promoted through the ranks, having held the positions of firefighter paramedic, firefighter specialist, fire captain, battalion fire chief, assistant fire chief, and deputy fire chief.

Chief Richardson was deputy chief of the East Regional Operations Bureau prior to his reassignment as acting chief deputy of Emergency Operations, in which he was permanently appointed in Chief Richardson has a diverse background in hazardous materials, urban search and rescue, emergency medical services, training, and wildland firefighting.

He has developed the leadership and experience required to manage large-scale all hazard type incidents. Authority for the oversight committee is found in the establishing resolution for the special tax. The committee has seven members, one each appointed by each member of the Board of Supervisors, one appointed by the City Selection committee, and the director of the Los Angeles County Economy and Efficiency Committee. Lawrence Chief Deputy Dawnna B.

Osby in the midst of fiscal challenges, stemming from the Recession. In June , Chief Lawrence was appointed to Chief Deputy of Business Operations and continues to work closely with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the financial future of the Fire Department is stable and sustainable.

Chief Lawrence is dedicated to creating an inclusive environment for all Fire Department team members through comprehensive action and sustainable policies and practices, in addition to fostering a workforce that is truly representative of the communities we serve.

She is also a member of the Government Finance Officers Association. The amount of property tax revenue generated within a city is based on assessed value and varies from city to city.

This includes all unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County and the following 47 cities:. CERT Training is offered free of charge. Participants have no obligation or commitment to respond or act in the event of a disaster. The class curriculum for the training program consists of the following:. This course covers the role of CERT volunteers. This is basic information, NOT a first-Aid class.

West Hollywood, CA Hawthorne W El Segundo Blvd. Hawthorne, CA Carson E Carson St. Explorer Sign-Up Form. Members of the Bureau serve the citizens of Los Angeles County by completing inspections and educating the community about the benefits of proper safety practices, completing building, sprinkler, and fire alarm plan checks, protecting natural resources, providing conservation education programs and advice to interested groups, using technology to assess weather, fuel moisture, and fire danger, and protecting public health and the environment from accidental releases and improper handling, storage, transportation, and disposal of hazardous materials and wastes.

He has also completed many advanced courses in leadership, the Incident Command System, fire behavior, protection of resources, and urban search and rescue. The Department is committed to providing prompt, clinically skilled, and caring medical service to ensure positive outcomes for everyone, every time. Fuel Modification History and Background The dry, sunny climate and variable terrain of Southern California combine to create an environment where wildfires are a part of the natural ecosystem and an almost year-round occurrence.

This ecosystem fosters a diverse fire-adapted community of plants and animals. Although human caused wildfires far outnumber naturally occurring wildfires within Los Angeles County, both have the potential to create situations where structures in the Wildland Urban Interface can be at risk. All vegetation will burn, even though irrigation has created a deceptively lush landscape of ornamental plants.

Following the loss of lives and structures during the wildfire season, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors created the Wildfire Safety Panel to offer recommendations that would help reduce the threat to life and property in areas prone to wildfires. One of the recommendations was to follow the findings of the Wildland Urban lnterface Task Force and another was to enforce the provisions of the Bates Bill. Jurisdictional Fire Departments were required to establish a set of guidelines and landscape criteria for all new construction in Fire Hazard Severity Zones.

Cal Fire is responsible for the mapping and revisions to all Fire Hazard Severity Zones across the state.