LAFD: 113 Firefighters Are Off-Duty Without Pay Due to Vaccine Mandate

Firefighters with the Los Angeles Fire Department extinguish the flames of a car fire started in a homeless encampment in Los Angeles on Nov. 6, 2020. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

LOS ANGELES—A total of 113 Los Angeles city firefighters have been removed from duty without pay for failing to meet the city’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate for municipal employees, the fire department announced on Dec. 6.

The policy requires municipal employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19 by Dec. 18, and those who are not vaccinated in the meantime must submit to testing paid by the employee.