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California Former Chief Osby Adds Turnout Coat & Helmet to LACoFD Wall of Honor as New Fire Chief Marrone Takes the Reigns
Published on OT August 29, 2022, at 11:45 a.m.
Story from LAcFD Facebook post. Doug Morrison, LACoFD Photographer
Surrounded by the Osby and Fire Department families, Fire Chief Daryl L. Osby ceremoniously hung his turnout coat and helmet on the Wall of Honor to symbolize the successful culmination of his 38-year firefighting career with the Los Angeles County Fire Department; 11 of those years spent as the Department's first African American Fire Chief.
Welome Fire Chief Anthony Marrone
Anthony C. Marrone has officially taken the reins of Los Angeles County Fire Department following the retirement of longtime Chief Daryl L. Osby. Marrone has been a firefighter for 36 years, the last 23 of which he has been a chief officer. He was promoted to Deputy Chief in 2013, where he helped create the Leadership and Professional Standards Bureau.
It’s one of the largest fire departments in the world, providing life and fire safety services to more than 4 million residents and communities in 60 cities and 122 unincorporated areas within its 2,311-square-mile service area.