Los Angeles Fire Department declines help from Jewish ambulance corps
Hatzolah’s practice of alerting 911 to emergencies while sending its own responders to a scene without authorization is in violation of the Los Angeles County code, the group was told.
Firefighters try to put out the Carmel forest fire near Haifa in December 2010(photo credit: NIR ELIAS / REUTERS)ByMARCY OSTER/JTA