Editing Los Angeles Fire Department (section)

===Light Forces and Task Forces===
[[File:Firefighting ladder trucks.jpg|thumb|LAFD on the scene of a Major Emergency Structure Fire]]
The LAFD uses the concept of Light Forces and Task Forces which can be considered one "Resource", although comprising more than one unit or company.<ref name=FireRescue>{{cite web|url=http://lafd.org/about/apparatus#“fire_rescue” |title=Apparatus |publisher=Los Angeles Fire Department|access-date=2014-02-07}}</ref>

A Light Force is composed of a Pump Engine (200 Series, for example Engine 201 or Engine 301 for 100 stations) and a Ladder Truck.<ref name=Soronc>{{cite web|title=Deployment Plan|url=http://soronc.org/files/info/lafdBrochure05052011HI.pdf|website=The South Robertson Neighborhoods Council|access-date=3 March 2015}}</ref> Light forces will almost always respond together as one unit or resource.<ref name=FireRescue/>

A Task Force is simply a Light Force coupled with an Engine. An Engine Company is considered a single unit or "resource" when responding to incidents on its own.<ref name=Soronc/> A Task Force usually responds to larger incidents, such as structural fires, and is made up of an Engine, a 200 Series Engine (Pump), and a Truck, all operating together. While a standard Engine is always staffed with a full crew, a 200 Series Engine (Pump)is only staffed by a driver (and one other firefighter if responding as part of a Light Force). The purpose of the 200 Series Engine (Pump) is to provide support and equipment to the Truck in a Light Force, and either the Truck Company or the Engine Company in a Task Force.<ref name=FireRescue/>