City Council and California legislators should be mandated to ride-along for an entire shift. See how their policies affect to ground-pounders who have to deal with the aftermath ... and how much it costs.

Everyone in EMS knows how they really think off camera.

24 or even 48 hour shifts while this station is this busy? That is just madness.

I garuntee they are only there until they get enough seniority to bid another station.

100 calls a day? 35,000 calls a year? Wow. To put in perspective, the department I volunteer with has 1-2 calls a day, and average a little over 400 calls a year. That is just absolutely crazy. These guys are awesome!

I was a police officer for about 22 years; I understand service to my fellow humans. I have so much respect for the fire service to include Los Angeles County Fire Department and Los Angeles City Fire Department. Thank you for your service. Keith

Those trucks are immaculate and a credit to the crews

One of the best recent and detailed interview on LAFD station 9! Props to the journalists who wanted to recognize the hard working firefighters of LA.

Thank you for your service and your passion for serving others

Thank you guys for caring and we are so lucky to have such awesome people in Los Angeles. Have a great new year and we wish you a safe and great new year. These guys are the best thank u for everything you do.

I live in 9's area and have met Many of the guys... They ARE The BEST OF THE BEST... Thank you All... T-9 E-9 RA-9 E-209 RA-809 Battalion 11 Skid Row House..

I take my hat off for these guys and the entire LAFD and LACFD. These guys are true heroes and we all love you guys for what you guys do. Don’t think Angelenos don’t see what you guys do. Thank You!

God bless people like that. I used to bd a volunteer firefighter and ground search and rescue.

Hell there’s ELEVEN MILLION PEOPLE in just the county of L.A. alone

Great job Natalie, miss you Sacramento.

Superhero’s don’t wear capes - they wear patches 💪🏼🔥💉

The ems calls are the only reason it’s so busy

Strong work, Brothers and sisters!

For being that busy they keep thier trucks looking good

Well done guys, fantastic work. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

God bless you for your service

Thank you for your service

That truckie stach means business!!

I Know Mike Vilatta and Rico Gross Personally! Really Really Nice People! I Am Also So Proud Of Them!

WOW,35k runs/year= 95.8 per day,as a retired f/fighter-medic, my hat's off to this station!

That bone drill made my jaw drop

Strong work brothers!

That bone drill...

Probably the most frustrated and apathetic fire station also. Dealing with crazy drug addiction with the same people who probably want to die anyway

9’s has always been a great house. Lots of runs. Lots of opportunities to serve the community. Lots of fires. Lots of members getting promoted after serving at 9’s, and the list goes on.

I honestly do my job because I truly love helping people…..but I’ll dig ditches before I work at a *fire station* running 28,000 medical calls a year. That tells you everything you need to know about LA’s administration.

Respect to this guys!

Having been a LA city Paramedic (1974-1980) I agree completely 1st hand exposure to 1st first hand responders will give them far better insight.

Awesome video.

I have the utmost respect for the firefighters and paramedics. I wrote a research paper in my undergrad on the stress levels of firefighters and what I learned amazed me.

Good job 👍🔥

I liked this video, so thanks for posting. I spent several years as a firefighter, and before I left, I was an Engineer. I also tried my hand at police work for a few years, and I became an FTO. Both occupations will test your metal and leave you with a few scars, both physical and psychological. I've been knifed, burned, assaulted, bitten a few times, and more. I administered mouth-to-mouth without any protection more times than I can remember. Subjects have vomited on me so often that I seldom went a week without an event. I was exposed to crowded smoke-filled nightclubs and worked on large brush/forestry fires for days on end. I fought and trained on several types of fire classifications, to include aviation fuels, explosive compounds, chemicals, wildland, and structures. For me, the most exciting part of the job was vehicle accidents. No two events were the same, and the methods of extrication of victims were always challenging. It tested your creativity and physical and mental acuity. In the cop-shop, I learned so much about human nature that it has served me well throughout my life. Now that I'm in my late 60's, I can say that it made me a better person in many ways. I wouldn't trade that experience for anything.

I want you to think about what was said “some are here over 24 hours like 48 hours.....” the system needs to change. There is no way a provider running 20+ calls a day is on his “A” game.

I commend all first responders! I especially commend these first responders as well as the other extremely busy station across the country with the especially tireless work that they do. All first responders are certainly underpaid. However, when you work at a location where getting more than 5 minutes to yourself during a 48 hour or more shift, saying that they are underpaid is an understatement!!

Yeah, nothing prepares you for dealing with any situation like dealing with every possible situation before breakfast!

Fireman deserved all gold metal for they hard work. Verse all cop today in Ottawa

Man the stuff I get recommended....

You can't use Firehouse magazine data for the busiest firehouse. Their data is taken from only those departments that respond to their survey. Most departments do not respond.

That IO drill is sick

"A bone drill...." Noice

They use that ambo so much they had to ducktape together the drivers seat...

GOD Bless them all!

The Guy at 1:35 looks like the young Paul Teutul Jr.

So funny, never knew I worked at the 3rd busiest station in the US!

The biggest reason that the large cities/ metro areas of California has such a large homeless population compared to a city such as Chicago id due the year round temperate weather. If tax revenue wasn't so badly wasted, we would have better schools, a better infrastructure and the means to assist the homeless. Provide them with treatment, recovery and assistance with housing and employment so they can be a contributing member of society.

Just got some response vids there! Tone-outs every 5-15 minutes!

Very well reported! Great guys over there. Same as over here in Germany. Working differently on similar targets!

They really need to update those stretchers to a Stryker stretcher. Even if it's just a manual one.

WINE-O-NINE-O !!

Nice physic orb at 1.30

Real Hero's

Station by me in Kansas is the busiest in the city I live in most of them medical calls

Imagine all the paperwork they gotta fill out each day…

I just saw a tent burning

I was in the fdny for almost 38 years it is difficult to see that my dept did not make this list. this station video did say that 80 percent of there runs are medical this means that they are not the most busy fire wise

Such a waste of public funds constantly going to rescue the heroin junkie that’s had their 5 OD this month, might be harsh but they clearly don’t want to help themselves so why should anyone else

"come here to make a difference" also them "run on the same person 4-5 times a day". If i run on ANYONE more than 2 times in a single shift, they have become my new personal foxtrot. I love that they are able and willing to do this, but this is a city and legislation that has failed them. No station should be running 100 calls a day, that's just insane, 15 is an extremely busy day in my station. The city however has allowed these bums to run them dry.

America hss the worlds best first responders, not beacuse of training, but because of kindness and bravery

It catches up eventually with everyone... they're only human.

Bone drill, nice. The official terminology is Intraoscular, where as an IV is Intravenous. If you are getting medicine intraoscularly, the drill itself it hurts like hell, but the pain of the drill is actually nothing compared to the pain when the medic starts pushing meds through. The pain of the meds going in hurts way more and many patients go unconscious because of the pain level.

Firefighters in Germany have one week day shift one week night shift and then 1 week free (a shift takes 12 hours)

3:36 and theres a job 😂

Station 9 is the only station in LA where the truck runs out without the 200 series engine, and the 200 series engine is fully staffed

People in fast food argue about their pay yet some of these guys might be making less.

She is imbedded? Wow,wow

1:17 that bone drill got me 😫

BONE DRILL!!!

Dear brother and sister firefighters. Please take care of yourself. It’s hard to turn off reality. You are not alone and you matter to all of us. It’s are turn to help you and your family. Blessings

I'm sure Fireman just love making medical calls to the homeless.

Every fire fighter is a hero. The problems on the streets are a result of failed leadership. It's insane what is going on in the streets of Los Angeles. It has to change. When you vote, well, remember videos like this.

could just as easily apply to the skids in Vancouver same call volume , same dangers, stay safe you guys.

... how many other houses are in that response area???... no reason for one house to have that many runs in THAT area

Lol la medics xD

Thanks for skipping right over engine 30 DCFD. 🙄

You run that many calls and have no power stretchers? Where is all that money going California? Save their backs so they will be able to move when they get ready to retire.

Station 9 Nashville top 3 busiest , My old stomping grounds. Hell Yeah !

These numbers may seem a lot but they really arent when you figure they have 2 engines, a truck, 3 or 4 ambulances. This past year they had 16000 ems and 3400 fire runs, which isn't a lot. Break that down, 11-14 ems runs a day per bus and under 9 runs a day between the 3 fire rigs. Not sure where the 30,000+ came from as the lafd website doesn't show that statistic. Mind you, there's a few FDNY companies running over 7,000 runs a year. That's per rig....not one firehouse, those stats are just for individual companies. A slow fdny company does 3400 runs. But apparently it's "busy" for LA.

Get them a powered Cot for all them runs

Get more calls in 1 day then I get in 4 months

I'd be livid to respond to a drug call every day... but anyways she gives me quarantine vibes.

Frequent flyers.

When they drilled into that guys bone

I woke up on the crash bed in the er to them drilling into my shin. I begged for them to stop. They did. It's my fault, I was an active IV user at the time and all my veins were collapsed.

Something needs to be done with the residents of Skid Row, Many years ago the City of L.A. had a drunk farm that gave a chance for drunks to sober up and once again be a productive member of the community. Not only that it saved many lives of people that sunk to the Skid Row life.

What are their OSW though?

I'm curious about their call total for the "House" 35,000 is 1 call every 15 minutes. While a typical medical may take on 15 minutes, MVAs and building fires do not. I'm wondering is EACH piece of Apparatus gets a run number when they leave the house. 4 pieces of apparatus in the house, all 4 go on a run, that 4 incident numbers. I am not denying they are a busy house, but numbers can be confusing. Other large metropolitan city only issue 1 number per house.

Those guys say, we can't wait to get out of here. Few fires, most drug heads. Welcome to California.

Most inner city fire stations are very busy with a variety of calls. The "busiest fire station in the US" is debatable. This station has multiple companies. I know of single-company stations that roll almost continuously. FDNY, DCFD, CFD are all dual service departments (Fire/EMS). Cities are having an extra tough time & recent events are making the job harder & busier. My hat is off to all the men & women of fire, medical & law enforcement everywhere. I avoid the word "hero" but these folks are as close as you get & they do it every shift. But such long adrenaline trips are for the young. LAFD works 24 hour shifts. FDNY works 10 hour day & 14 hour night shifts. Killer!

Lafd don’t have Stryker stretchers😳

it’s a costly expense per call if they take tiller on medical runs

Anyone happen to know the average career length of a firefighter/EMT at this station? The burnout rate must be insane..

Rico Gross is a Battalion chief. Single bugle is an engineer, two side by side is a captain, crossed bugles are a Battalion chief like Chief Gross, three crossed with one in the middle is a division chief. 4 and 5 are chief two and chief one.

But how’s the fire duty?

Drug overdoses are more common, Especially homeless people, So that’s why there so busy, They need to upgrade on gear, We have all Stryker stretches at our station, Ambulance in your own station makes you even more busy, We use our county ambulances, We don’t have our own like they do, Cali is nothing but drug and homeless people, Hawaii is getting like that as well!

Hats off to these brave men! But this many call to a 1 square mile radios is ridiculous and 4 to 5 calls for the same person in a day WTF !!!! Clear all those junkie asshole out clean up your city; this is not what these services were designed or intended for!! Taxpayers should be outrage 😠 😡 👎