Los Angeles Area Regional Training Group Foundation

LAA RTG Foundation Purpose

The Los Angeles Area Regional Training Group Foundation is a California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation, 501 (c)3.

ENTITY NUMBER: 5062220

This corporation is a nonprofit public benefit corporation and is not organized for the private gain of any person. It is organized under the Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law for public purposes.

The specific purpose of this corporation is to provide support to the Los Angeles Area Firefighters and the community by providing innovative firefighting and fire related education, equipment and training services and to assist with organizing standardized firefighting and fire related training across the greater Los Angeles Area in order to support timely and regionally sensible fire service responses and any other firefighting and fire related support activities as may be approved by the corporation’s board of directors from time to time.

Location:

11300 Greenstone Ave.

Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670

Our Mission

The Mission of the Los Angeles Area Regional Training Group "RTG" Foundation is to help fund the highest quality, innovative education, training and equipment to the Los Angeles region‘s fire service members through safe, cooperative, sustainable, and equitable partnerships in a consistent, efficient and effective manner.

Our Vision

The Vision of the Los Angeles Area Regional Training Group "RTG" Foundation is to help fund the RTG to create and operate a nationally recognized regional training and education program.

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Message From The Director

Thank you for your time in visiting the RTG Foundation website and your consideration to donate to the Los Angeles Area Firefighters. We hope that you find it informative and gives you a complete understanding of where your tax deductible donation will help fund the highest quality, innovative education, training and equipment to the LA region's fire departments.

I have been honored to serve as the Executive Director of the Los Angeles Area Regional Training Group since 2014 and I am extremely proud of the work we are doing collaboratively across the LA region.

Our motto is to "Train As One" with the goal of preparing 9,000 firefighters for any type of incident in the Los Angeles region. Training everyone on the basics of all special operations within a common command system acts as a force multiplier that ramps up resource leverage, actually increasing the capacity of first responders and special teams to handle the most critical work to mitigate any emergency.

To say we are in an exciting time in the Fire Service would be an understatement. The advances achieved with regard to training and firefighter safety are astounding and the members of the RTG are honored to assist every agency within our region in delivering the highest quality training and education while staying current with the latest technological advances associated with that training.

Our online training program (TDM) has helped us reach our goal of training the LA region’s firefighters as one from Lancaster to Long Beach. This type of training delivery will propel the RTG and all 29 fire agencies into the forefront of training not just in California but the United States.

The threat of terrorism is unfortunately a threat that is here to stay as evidenced by attacks in the United States and around the world. While we all hope that a threat never materializes into an event however, we must prepare and train as if it could happen at any moment.

Advances in Urban Search and Rescue techniques along with new educational opportunities with Hazardous Materials training and participation with our Green Cell simulation training will aid the LA region in our efforts to be prepared to mitigate and respond to any event that might occur in the Los Angeles area and beyond.

There are considerable cost to keep the LA Area Fire Service in a state of operational readiness that goes beyond tax revenue and grants. With your financial support, the Los Angeles region's firefighters will continue to be on the forefront in fire service education, training & equipment. Your donation goes directly back to you and your community. By funding regionalized training, any emergency is handled more seamlessly thus increasing the fluidity of the operation.

Respectfully,

Chief Jim Birrell

RTG Executive Director

The RTG is the Regional Training Division of the Los Angeles Area Fire Chiefs' Association. (LAAFCA)

The LA region's fire departments are mandated to prepare for human-caused and natural disasters by effectively and efficiently developing and delivering standardized training to all 9,000 Firefighters in the Los Angeles Region.

Funding through the RTG Foundation supports Regional Training, Education and Equipment.

Thank you for visiting the Los Angeles Area Regional Training Group Foundation Website!

To learn more about the RTG, please click on the link below.

https://laartg.org