A View You Don’t See Every Day Yesterday, Laguna Beach Fire, Laguna Beach PD, Laguna Beach Marine Safety, Newport Beach Fire, and OCFA came together to rescue a person stranded above the sand in Laguna Beach. This dramatic cliffside rescue is a testament to the power of collaboration among safety partners. It is just one of the many life-saving missions OCFA Air Operations undertakes. Whether saving people, rescuing animals, or battling wildfires, our helicopter pilots, crew chiefs, and rescue m

Large animal rescue training has come to life this week as 120 technical rescue firefighters from the OCFA, Anaheim Fire, Orange City Fire, Huntington Beach Fire, and Corona Fire train at the Shea Center in San Juan Capistrano. Our commitment to provide exceptional emergency support services to the nearly two million people we serve includes their pets, horses, and livestock, all of which add tremendous value and joy to our communities. The training necessary to extend our services to these larg

🚨 OCFA Activated for Hurricane Response 🚨 The Orange County Fire Authority’s California Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 5 (CA-TF5) has been activated and is deploying to North Carolina in response to Hurricane Helene. Our team, made up of 48 highly specialized personnel from OCFA, Anaheim Fire, and Orange City Fire, is ready to assist with critical mitigation efforts. These experts are trained in urban search and rescue operations, and may help by conducting wide-area searches, evacuating v