A cramped, aging fire station jammed up against MacArthur Park has been dragged into a street war it never asked for — operating like a triage unit in the middle of one of LA’s nastiest fentanyl zones.

Los Angeles Fire Department’s Station 11 keeps a whopping 14 firefighters on duty daily, often bumped to 16 to staff an ambulance and a fast-response truck loaded with paramedics. The pace at which the firehouse must keep up with calls is almost incomprehensible.

Station 11 has been crushed under an extreme medical load: 8,568 ambulance runs compared to just 55 structure fires in the first eight months of 2025, according to records reviewed by The Post. These numbers make the firehouse among the busiest in the country.

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