FIREFIGHTER
CAPTAIN JOE CASTRO
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Los Angeles Fire Department
KCLAFM Webcast: December 12, 2001
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PERSONAL
Born 1958 in San
Diego, California.
Married with 2 children.
Attended elementary,
middle and high school in Torrance, California.
PROFESSIONAL
Hired on the LAFD
in 1978.
Worked as a firefighter
in the Wilshire and Echo Park area of Los Angeles from 1978 – 1984.
Promoted to Apparatus
Operator in 1984 (driving the hook and ladder) and worked in the Watts
area of Los Angeles.
Promoted to Captain
I in 1988 and was assigned as commander of Fire Station 64 in South Central
Los Angeles.
Was an instructor
at the Training Academy from 1989–1991.
Promoted to Captain
II in 1992 and was assigned to a Task Force in South Central Los Angeles.
Was transferred to Task Force 35 in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles
in May, 1992, after the Civil Disturbance of April, 1992.
Currently on an
administrative detail at LAFD headquarters, City Hall East, assigned as
the Departments Community Relations Officer. Duties include; responding
to major incidents and handling media relations and TV interviews