It is with great sadness we announce the active-duty death of Brother Jeffrey Windle, on Sunday, March 26, 2023.  Fire Fighter Specialist Windle faithfully served the Fire Department for 22 years and was last assigned to Fire Station 56 in the City of Rolling Hills.

We extend our deepest condolences and prayers to the family, friends, and colleagues of Fire Fighter Specialist Windle.  To ensure the proper care and support of the Windle family and our team members, Fire Chief Marrone has activated our Chaplains, Peer Support, and Memorial Management teams.

Thank you for respecting the privacy of the Windle family during this difficult time. 

For our members, please know that Peer Support and Behavioral Health resources are available to any and all who feel they need them. You are never alone. 

On Tuesday family, friends, and colleagues gathered together for the LACoFD Inaugural Retirement Celebration to acknowledge our retirees. 

This ceremony was an opportunity for us to properly thank our retirees for their service and dedication to not only our Department, but also the County and the residents and communities they served during their tenure.

To our retirees, while you may have retired from the job, you never leave this ‘fire family’ – and we hope to always be a part of your lives.  We wish all of our retirees a long, happy, and healthy retirement and the very best in this next chapter of life.

This was also a well-deserved celebration for our families that endured their family members being “MIA” on holidays, birthdays, kids’ games, summer trips, school meetings, special dinner dates that got cancelled, funerals of loved ones that they missed, and the list goes on and on. We can never say enough about those we saw walk that line for the last time. From your Union brothers, we are grateful and thank all of you, as it has been an incredible honor to work beside the best of the best. 
 
We have several upcoming opportunities to celebrate our retirement warriors. Please spread the word and see the information in the link below for Dave Norman's retirement and the Battalion 15 Vegas trip. We also have the Annual Retirement Event at the Fire Museum coming up on July 18th. This is for all Retirees, with special recognition for our most recent Retirees.
 
The Museum and other stakeholder groups such as PEER Support, Chaplains, Benefit and Welfare, came together to work with the Department and Local 1014 to launch this event. 

If you were unable to make the BBQ you can still support the Community Relief Fund by texting ReliefBBQ to 53-555.