Los Angeles County Firefighters Emerald Society

06/16/2026

Please help and support the family of Firefighter Specialist … Los Angeles County Firemans Welfare Fund needs your support for Firefighter’s family is in need of support

06/05/2026

06/05/2026

June 5, 2017 - LODD
Firefighter Kelly Wong, 29 - Station 92
Los Angeles Fire Department. Los Angeles, CA
Firefighter Wong was critically injured when he fell off an aerial ladder during a training exercise in downtown Los Angeles at 348 S. Main Street, on June 3, 2017. He was given immediate medical attention and was transported in critical condition to a local trauma center. Firefighter Wong succumbed to his injuries on June 5, 2017. Firefighter Wong served the department for two years.

05/28/2026

Flowers and tributes grew outside the Dorchester fire as firefighters remembered firefighter Robert "Bobby" Kilduff Jr. as the "heart of this firehouse."

04/05/2026

Remembering Captain Rick McClung.

02/11/2026

February 10, 2005 - LODD
Firefighter Craig H. Foster
Los Angeles County Fire Department. CA
Firefighter Foster died in the line of duty.

02/09/2026

February 9, 2022 - LODD
Captain Steven McCann, 48 - Station 166
Los Angeles County Fire Department. El Monte, CA
Captain McCann suffered a heart attack around 9:30 p.m. and was taken to Arcadia Methodist Hospital, where he died.

02/06/2026

February 5, 2017 - LODD
Captain II Todd Moorman, 50
Los Angeles City Fire Department. Los Angeles, CA
On February 5, 2017, Captain II David Todd Moorman worked a 36 hour shift during which he fell ill. Captain Moorman's last call was a vehicle fire at 0530hrs. After this incident, his duty shift ended and he went home. Within an hour of Captain Moorman arriving home, he suffered a medical emergency and collapsed. A family member witnessed the collapse and immediately began to render first aid, including CPR, until responding units from the Ventura County Fire Department arrived on scene and initiated medical care. Captain Moorman was transported to Los Robles hospital in Thousand Oaks, California, where, despite all of the valiant efforts to save him, Captain Moorman was pronounced deceased a short time later.

01/28/2026

January 28, 1981 - LODD
Apparatus Operator Thomas G. Taylor, 34 - Truck 60
Los Angeles Fire Department. Los Angeles, CA.
On January 28, 1981, at 3:33 a.m, a full alarm assignment was dispatched to Cugees Restaurant, 5300 Lankershim Boulevard, in the North Hollywood area. Firefighters found heavy smoke with some fire showing in the interior of the restaurant. Because a back draft explosion was a distinct possibility and because the smoke had to be cleared in order to begin a meaningful fire attack, ventilation procedures were begun on the roof. Four members of Truck 60 were cutting a hole near the center of the roof when, without warning, it began to sink beneath their feet. As the roof sank, it fell at a steep angle, slowly and agonizingly pulling Apparatus Operator Thomas G. Taylor to his death.