The effort to hire more women at the Los Angeles County Fire Department includes a diversity recruitment blitz by the county backed by a push from the all-woman county Board of Supervisors. Only one ...

When he was in college, Sean Conant had no particular career goal in mind. Then his father had a massive heart attack and he watched firefighters and paramedics save his life. "A light bulb went off," ...

When a female firefighter in Los Angeles County rushes into a burning building to save a life, she must deal with an extra challenge her male counterparts do not face: her uniform. At Tuesday’s Board ...