The Covina Fire Department had a rich history of pride in maintaining a sense of family within the department. The Covina Fire Reunion was created when the Covina Fire Department was consolidated into the Los Angeles County Fire Department in 1998. The intention was to provide our working members and retirees a place and time to gather and share our common culture, heritage, history and values, and to preserve the close bonds we developed over the years. In general, once a department is consolidated into LACoFD, the retirees become somewhat orphaned from the culture they helped build. The fire houses they spent their careers in are still there, but the firefighters who remembered them are no longer there to welcome them when they drop by to visit. While consolidation into the LACoFD was a long time goal for generations of firefighters in Covina, and we are very proud to “wear the bear”, our culture in Covina taught us to not forget those who were the architects of our department. We can be justifiably proud of being members of both departments. Over the years, your reunion committee has evolved to provide assistance to our members and kept you informed of significant events that affect us all.