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Photo of the Week: Early days in Los Angeles County

The historic image shows members during the early days of the L.A. County Fire Department’s paramedic program

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Los Angeles County Fire Museum

LOS ANGELES — Three of the Los Angeles County Fire Department’s early paramedics in front of Rescue Squad 20 in a historic photo shared by the Los Angeles County Fire Museum on social media. The image captures members of B Shift during the department’s formative years in paramedicine.

From left to right are Paramedic Jim Brewer, Paramedic Trainee Frank Meier and Paramedic Kirk Kington.

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