The Times spent 24 hours at LAFD's Station No. 9 on skid row, joining firefighters on calls, for training and during meals. It's the busiest station in L.A.

LAFD Station 9 averages about 80 calls a day, and many of the 7,000 homeless people living on Skid Row rely on them as their primary health care provider. Often the hardest factors to deal with is ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Los Angeles Fire Department Station 9 in Skid Row is one of the busiest in the nation. It serves the smallest response area in the city, but has the highest call load.

The crime is being investigated by both the LAPD’s Robbery-Homicide Division and the Los Angeles Fire Department’s arson unit. A motive hasn't been announced as yet.

Paramedic Scott Lazar, a 16-year veteran of the Los Angeles Fire Department, is used to treating the same person, sometimes on the same day, on Skid Row. "Deja vu, yeah, it's every day down here ...

The fire was reported shortly after 1 p.m. in the 200 block of East Winston Street. Firefighters found a row of commercial buildings with smoke showing and began an offensive attack, according to ...

The Fire Department’s numbers are even higher, with three to five fires reported a day in or near skid row — a mix of trash, encampment and building fires, according to LAFD Battalion Chief ...