Glenoaks Elementary School honors local firefighters
Firefighters from the Glendale and Los Angeles fire departments were honored by students at Glenoaks Elementary on Aug. 30, 2019.
Glenoaks Elementary School was decorated with “thank You” signs made by students for the Glendale Fire Dept. and L.A. City Fire Dept. for fighting a fire that came close to their school, on campus in Glendale on Friday, Aug. 30, 2019. L.A. City Fire Dept. and GFD battled a stubborn fire this past weekend that came close to the school and to homes in the neighborhood. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Firefighters from the Glendale and Los Angeles fire departments received a hero’s welcome on Friday from students at Glenoaks Elementary School, showering the first responders with thanks for battling last week’s 45-acre brush fire in Eagle Rock.
Glenoaks Elementary School was decorated with signs made by students thanking the L.A. City Fire Dept. and Glendale Fire Dept. in Glendale on Friday, Aug. 30, 2019. L.A. City Fire Dept. and GFD battled a stubborn fire this past weekend that came close to the school and to homes in the neighborhood. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
With the charred hillside across the street, Glendale Fire Dept. station 21 battalion chief Brian Julian thanks the Glenoaks Elementary School students and staff for honoring them, at their assembly, on campus in Glendale on Friday, Aug. 30, 2019. L.A. City Fire Dept. and GFD battled a stubborn fire this past weekend that came close to the school and to homes in the neighborhood. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Glendale Fire Dept. station 21 firefighters receive a small token of appreciation from Glenoaks Elementary School sixth grader Diego Luna during school assembly on campus in Glendale on Friday, Aug. 30, 2019. L.A. City Fire Dept. and GFD battled a stubborn fire this past weekend that came close to the school and to homes in the neighborhood. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Glenoaks Elementary School mascot “Rocky” stands with Glendale Fire Dept. station 21 battalion chief Brian Julian outside the school after being honored alongside the L.A. City Fire Dept. in Glendale on Friday, Aug. 30, 2019. L.A. City Fire Dept. and GFD battled a stubborn fire this past weekend that came close to the school and to homes in the neighborhood. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Glenoaks Elementary School students and staff show their appreciation for Glendale Fire and L.A .City Fire Depts. at their assembly on campus in Glendale on Friday, Aug. 30, 2019. L.A. City Fire Dept. and GFD battled a stubborn fire this past weekend that came close to the schooo and to homes in the neighborhood. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Glenoaks Elementary School principal Dan DiMundo thanks the L.A. City Fire Dept. and Glendale Fire Dept. in Glendale on Friday, Aug. 30, 2019. L.A. City Fire Dept. and GFD battled a stubborn fire this past weekend that came close to the school and to homes in the neighborhood. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Glenoaks Elementary School students and staff thanked L.A. City Fire Dept. and Glendale Fire Dept. at their assembly in Glendale on Friday, Aug. 30, 2019. L.A. City Fire Dept. and GFD battled a stubborn fire this past weekend that came close to the school and to homes in the neighborhood. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Glenoaks Elementary School staff stand with he L.A. City Fire Dept. and Glendale Fire Dept. in front of the school in Glendale on Friday, Aug. 30, 2019. L.A. City Fire Dept. and GFD battled a stubborn fire this past weekend that came close to the school and to homes in the neighborhood. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Glenoaks Elementary School mom Ximena Vargas and her daughter Camila Hoyos Vargas, 7, look at signs made by students thanking the L.A. City Fire Dept. and Glendale Fire Dept. in Glendale on Friday, Aug. 30, 2019. L.A. City Fire Dept. and GFD battled a stubborn fire this past weekend that came close to the school and to homes in the neighborhood. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Glenoaks Elementary School was decorated with signs made by students thanking the L.A. City Fire Dept. and Glendale Fire Dept. in Glendale on Friday, Aug. 30, 2019. L.A. City Fire Dept. and GFD battled a stubborn fire this past weekend that came close to the school and to homes in the neighborhood. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Glenoaks Elementary School was decorated with signs made by students thanking the L.A. City Fire Dept. and Glendale Fire Dept. in Glendale on Friday, Aug. 30, 2019. L.A. City Fire Dept. and GFD battled a stubborn fire this past weekend that came close to the school and to homes in the neighborhood. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Glenoaks Elementary School was decorated with signs made by students thanking the L.A. City Fire Dept. and Glendale Fire Dept. in Glendale on Friday, Aug. 30, 2019. L.A. City Fire Dept. and GFD battled a stubborn fire this past weekend that came close to the school and to homes in the neighborhood. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Glendale Fire Dept. station 21 and L.A. City Fire Dept. station 42 firefighters do the pledge of allegiance alongside Boy Scouts color-guard member Noah Pieprzyca-Mazadiego at Glenoaks Elementary School during the school assembly on campus in Glendale on Friday, Aug. 30, 2019. L.A. City Fire Dept. and GFD battled a stubborn fire this past weekend that came close to the school and to homes in the neighborhood. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
