L.A. Fire Department probes use of trucks in porn shoots

The Los Angeles Fire Department is investigating allegations that two stations allowed department firetrucks to be used in porn shoots.

One adult video shows a scantily clad actress exposing herself to passersby on Venice Beach.

At one point, she approaches a parked firetruck from Station 63 in Venice and exclaims, “Look at this firetruck! Isn’t that nice?” before climbing onto a firetruck and exposing herself to the camera, according to NBC4 LA, which first reported the story and posted clips from the video.

A truck from Station 41 in Hollywood was used in a separate film shoot.

Capt. Jaime Moore, a department spokesman, confirmed Thursday that the Professional Standards Division launched an investigation into the Venice porn shoot in April or May, and that the alleged shoot in Hollywood was uncovered during that investigation.

The investigation is trying to determine to what extent fire personnel had knowledge of the shoots and whether any firefighters participated, he said. No firefighters have been fired or placed on leave to date, he said.

The NBC4 report alleged that firefighters helped to set up the Venice shoot and actually appeared in the video watching the shoot. (The onlookers’ faces were blurred in the posted video). Moore said that the firefighters’ role in the shoot is part of the investigation but could not confirm what involvement, if any, the firefighters had.

“They’re trying to determine whether the firefighters really knew this was going to happen, did they participate, and why wasn’t someone on the engine?” he said.

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said that if allegations that city personnel were involved prove true, the employees should be disciplined.

“It does cause me concern that a film of that type would be filmed anywhere close to city property,” Villaraigosa said. “It’s unacceptable.”

Personnel at the Venice and Hollywood fire stations reached by telephone declined to comment.

“It’s not one of our proudest moments,” Moore said. But he said the department’s new chief, Brian Cummings, is “adamant that he’s not going to tolerate this kind of stuff.”

abby.sewell@latimes.com

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ari Bloomekatz contributed to this report.