LAFD FireStat analysis of Fire Prevention Bureau performance

By Paul Pringle and Ben Welsh

This in­tern­al LAFD re­port, ob­tained by The Times, doc­u­ments how the Los Angeles Fire De­part­ment has fallen months and even years be­hind on safety in­spec­tions of thou­sands of large apart­ment build­ings, schools, ho­tels, churches and oth­er struc­tures that it con­siders the greatest risks for loss of life in ma­jor fires.

Sources: Los Angeles Fire Department