2026 Q1 Newsletter

Message from the Outreach Division

Dang, it's April already...

We want to start this newsletter by thanking all of you for reading it and for spending your time with the Los Santos Fire Department so far this year. There have already been a lot of changes within our department and community, and a lot of cool stuff yet to come. We look forward to the future of the LSFD, to the many new faces and great times to be had, and to all of the opportunities and events we can share with you.

We wanted to discuss some changes we made to this website. First, we have added a page to show off PIO, which includes a widget of the recent tweets posted on X (which should automatically update to show future posts). Second, we have added a page to show off department events. This page will contain information on some future events, show off some pictures from previous events, and be an easy place to find our master form. Finally, we have added links to the monthly policy updates posted by the Admin Division. We will discuss these policy updates shortly.

We also have a range of items we are working on, from events to revamps of existing programs. We are extremely excited to have the opportunity to work on these projects and share them with you within the next few months.

Happy arsons!

Capt. Ben

Station Assignment Patrol

Reminder to sign up for the Station Assignment Patrol being held on April 11th at 9 pm EST! This is a great chance to come out and meet the CoC and other members of the community! Sign up today using the form to the right! You can check availability of stations here!

Yearbook picture of LSFD CoC from the 1st Station Assignment Patrol (probably). - Credit: Alan G. F-102

Read the Pins

Please read the pinned messages in channels like #ask-the-coc before you ask your question. It is very likely someone has already asked and received the answer to your question.

Furthermore, you do not need to ask to DM a member of CoC or ask if there's one available to message. If they have a green dot on Discord, send them a message. Ensure you are following the chain of command by starting with a SiT member.

Recent Promotions!

Please help us congratulate the following FD CoC on their recent promotions!

Braden W. 1B-4

On February 27th, our beloved leader, the legendary Braden, was promoted to Community Manager for the DOJ Production Community.

Jacob M. F-100

On February 1st, Jacob M. F-100 (then F-101) was promoted to Senior Admin.

With Braden’s promotion, Jacob M. F-101 became the Fire Chief and F-100.

On March 3rd, we saw further changes to our administration team.

Trenton M. F-101

Trenton was promoted to Deputy Fire Chief and F-101. He also got promoted to Senior Admin.

Alan G. F-102

Alan grew bored of F-103, and petitioned for use of F-102. His petition was successful.

Josh S. F-103

Josh was promoted to Assistant Fire Chief and F-103.

Matt R. F-104

Matt became the newest FD admin, District Chief, and F-104.

On March 20th, the following CoC members were promoted:

To Fire Captain II

Steve C. F-201

To Fire Captain I and Senior Staff

John W. F-204

Nick L. F-207

To Fire Lieutenant III

Tim W. F-300

To Fire Lieutenant II

Matt M. F-303

Brandon P. F-304

To Senior Engineer

Alex B. F-400

Samir Z. F-401

Josh H. F-402

To Engineer and Staff in Training

Kenny R. F-405

Jakub K. F-406

Shawn H. F-407

New SiT getting their pictures taken for the yearbook. - Credit: Jakub K. F-406

Congrats again gents!

Announcements

Google Team Updates

Google Team, now known as the Infrastructure Division, has been busy making updates to many of our backend systems so far this year.

On January 5th, the team worked on cleaning up patrol logs, helping to make other backend systems run quicker.
On January 13th, the team gave us the #patrol-log-notifications channel, which pings members if they mess up on a log.
On February 17th, the team started working on updating and making the BOTtalion Chief better. The first QOL update was adding a /patrol start and /patrol end command that tracks members' time in server and then fills out the PAL.
Working with the Outreach Division, the Infrastructure Division added a suggestion system to the bot on March 4th. This included the /suggest create command to submit suggestions, replacing the old form system.

Contract with Casey's

Following last year's drama, on January 11th, the LSFD and LEO agencies entered into a new contract with Casey’s Highway Clearance. This agreement can be found to the right.

DoJRP Tow Agreement

Policy Updates

Starting February 1st, the majority of policy updates will be released at the beginning of each month unless the release is essential for continued operations in the department. These releases will be added to this website for easy retrieval by members. You can find them under Monthly Policy Updates.

DoJ Announcements

On February 2nd, the DoJ Announcements channel was officially retired from the department Discord. Please visit the main DoJ Discord for additional announcements.

Fire Department's Helpful Hose Tips

Single-Cert EMS EUP Guide

On February 8th, the Single Cert EMS EUP Guide was released for members to better understand the EUP available for the single-cert program since there were no presets available at the time.

Helpful Hose Tips

A Helpful Hose Tips document was released on February 10th to help members better understand the script and answer frequent questions about it. We highly encourage members to check it out again!

Bluetooth Mics

On February 13th, bluetooth mics were added to the structure for firefighters to use with polos and collared shirts.

These should not be used with t-shirts or when the turnout coat is required.
They should be paired with hip radios.

Fire while in LEO Queue

A highly requested policy change occurred on February 23rd. This change allows members of the department to patrol as FD while waiting in the LEO queue. This was placed on a two month trial period, which will end around April 23rd. Members who wish to take advantage of this change are required to do the following:

Connect to TS and join the LEO queue.
Establish a second TS connection.
Join the server using the FIRE queue with the second connection.
Put your active apparatus followed by [Q].

When you are eventually pulled into server as LEO, you...

Must complete current FIRE/EMS scene before switching over to LEO.
Must not intentionally rush scenes to haste transition.
Must disconnect from the FD TS connection.
Must leave the FiveM server, wait a few minutes, and reconnect.

Credit: Unknown Member

Fleet Services Technical Rescue Policy Update

Fleet Services received an upgrade when the Kenworth T440 Wrecker was finally approved for technical rescue use on March 5th. This allowed members of Fleet Services to respond to technical rescue situations where it may be needed to aid in the rescue, following specific criteria:

Must be requested by an LSFD CoC member.
Must be Rescue Operations trained through FTD.
Utilize the callsign “Wrecker #” when responding.
Fleet Services Techs may teleport to a fleet hub to activate the vehicle.

HELP!!

The Communications Department now officially recognizes the word “help” as a serious situation alongside 10-99. This means that stating 10-99 or help will cause dispatch to assume you are in distress and require immediate assistance from LEO and other FD units. This change took place on March 13th.

Development Releases Recap

In this section of the newsletter, we would like to bring your attention to all of the amazing assets and scripts that Dev has made for us since our previous edition! These are not all of the amazing assets and scripts that Dev has released, so please check them out in the #dev-updates channel in the main Discord. Also, make sure to give some love to your local developer!

1/1: Added station alert / iflares command auto completion, Added automatic fire resistance to FD turnouts, Updated LSFD baseball caps, Updated zFire Script (better fire suppression), Fixed LSFD station mapmod bugs
1/26: Fixed LSFD Durango livery bug
2/11: Updated fire script version
2/15: Added FD receptionists to Stations 8 & 9
2/20: Added Fleet Services to LSFD vehicle menu, Added additional options to the vitals script (asthma attack, concussion, chest pain (non-stemi), crush injury, heat exhaustion, major head injury, panic attack, sepsis, smoke inhalation), Added BCFR Station 4, Added LSFD streamlight, Added LSFD TSU loadouts, Updated LSFD loadouts
3/6: Updated FD turnouts / shirts

Meet the NEW District Chief

Please help the FD CoC congratulate Matt R. F-104 on his promotion to District Chief! Matt has multiple years of experience and leadership in the department and community. We're excited to see him in this position and look forward to his future escapades in the LSFD. Please take a moment to get to know your newest District Chief below!

District Chief Matt R. F-104

Greetings All,

My name is Matt R. and I am the newest Junior Admin and District Chief for the LSFD. I have been a member of DoJ since October of 2020 and a fulltime member of LSFD since September of 2023. I’ve been a fulltime member of every department except Civ, but when I joined FD, I found a new group of friends that greatly enhanced my RP experiences and helped me enjoy my time within DoJ.

A little about me, I’ve been an IRL Firefighter / EMT-B for almost 20 years working for both city and county based services. I currently work for Stryker as a Field Service Technician covering one of the biggest cities in the US. I work on all of the Transport products, PowerPro, PowerLoad, and Chair. While also working within the hospitals fixing the beds and stretchers. If I’m not at work, I’m at home with my wife and 3 kids. I coach baseball and football every year and am a diehard fan. If you’ve seen the back of my District 4 Suburban, then you’ll know what team.

What makes the Fire Department so great is the people. The members and volunteers that show up everyday, trying to do their best, while also making it fun. The jokes in the VCs or how we can work as a team on calls, makes this department one of the best. I want to thank you all for being a part of DoJRP FD, and allowing us the opportunity to work with all of you.

If you ever have any questions, or need anything, after following the Chain of Command, my door is always open (TS or Discord Message).

Thank you,

Matt R. F-104

Meet the CoC

Capt. Steve C. F-204

Hey guys, thanks for reading another newsletter! For those of you that haven’t met me, I am a Captain II and have been in DOJ since June of 2018. My DOJ story started in SAHP, getting up to Staff, retiring, coming back to HP, getting up to Corporal, and then making the best jump ever over to full time FD in 2023. I was a volly ever since joining until the transition, so I’ve been in FD since I started! Some fun positions I’ve had over the years include BSO-Enforcement Coordinator (rest in peace BSO-E), the very first TSU Commander when the Chiefs relinquished control after creation of the sub, and am currently in the Dev department as a Senior Content Developer.

Around LSFD I am the Infrastructure Division Lead, keeping the lights on for all of our google backend, as well as BOTtallion Chief, and help out in the Admin Division keeping our documents neat and organized. I like to help out anywhere I can, and have a hand in most things in the department. Yes it is true: if it’s broken you could probably blame me.

My IRL background includes riding as an EMT-B in Jersey for a little over 3 years while in college, and currently I work as a Scientific Software Engineer in biotech working on software for cancer modelling after completing my Bachelor’s in Computational Biology and Master’s in Bioinformatics. In my free time, you probably know me as the patch guy, working freelance designing fire, police, EMS, and military patches, as well as keeping DOJ drippy with new patches and designs. I enjoy playing the Double Bass in a local community orchestra and jamming on my bass guitar occasionally.

Keep rocking FD, looking forward to a great rest of 2026!

“Steeeeeve!”

Capt. Nick L. F-207

Hi there I'm Nick and was asked to share a little bit about who I am. I'm 28 years old and have been in DOJ for 3 years now. This is my second stint in the community and the longest. I've thoroughly enjoyed my time here and am excited to see where we go as a department and community in the months to come. I've had the opportunity to serve in the TSU CoC and reached the rank of commander. Currently I'm a Captain I and hold the positions of sub division liaison and SRU commander.

Outside of the community, I'm a Firefighter/Paramedic in a urban department. I also work part time for 2 other departments including my hometown. When I'm not working, I enjoy golf, jet skiing and recently bought a UTV and plan to travel to Northern Wisconsin/UP of Michigan this summer/fall. I also love everything sports.

Thank you all for being apart of the greatest department in DOJ and keep making it an enjoyable experience.

2025 Firefighters of the Month Recap

The Firefighter of the Month Award is used to incentivize activity and dedication to the fire department. It is awarded to both a full-time and a volunteer firefighter, and considered based on activity and good standing.

January

February

March

FTD: Fire Training Division

The Field Training Division, or just FTD, has been a staple part of the fire department for several years. Its purpose is to curate and administer continuing education and recurrent training to members as they rise through the ranks of the LSFD. Every member of the department must partake in FTD one way or another. As you progress in the department, you will need to get specific certifications like Fire Ops 1 and Incident Command to rank up, along with equipment and vehicle certification courses like Truck Ops and ARFF (Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting). As they reach Senior Firefighters, most members are also encouraged to join FTD as instructors to help train the next generation of firefighters and EMTs.

2026 Total Trainings:

Fire Ops 1: 22

Intro to ICS: 5

Rescue: 1

Truck: 7

ARFF: 11

UAS: 1

Ride-Alongs: 103

FTD Coordinators:

Paul C. F-202

Tim W. F-300

Alex B. F-400

Kenny R. F-405

Credit: Ben R. F-205

Subdivision Spotlight

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