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Los Angeles- A female firefighter who said she was in charge of an engine company when a fire rig was used in a 2008 porn shoot defended the Los Angeles Fire Department on Tuesday, saying firefighters did nothing wrong and she was tired of hearing the agency’s reputation attacked.
Engineer Julie Wolfe said she was in charge of Fire Engine 263, assigned to Station 63 in Venice, when porn actress Charley Chase was filmed topless on the truck.
Wolfe, a 24-year-veteran of the Fire Department , said she was told by her supervisors not to discuss specifics of the incident, but felt she needed to defend the agency.
“I am here to tell you and the public that the members of the department did nothing wrong and had nothing to do with the photo shoot,” she said during the City Council’s public comment period.
“I can’t stand by one more day to hear my Fire Department’s name thrown in the mud.”
Council members did not publicly respond to her statement.
Afterward, however, Councilman Dennis Zine said there are other issues beyond whether the firefighters were actually involved in the adult-movie shoot.
“What concerns me is if the engine was left unattended and the fact it was parking in handicapped spaces,” Zine said.
Zine said he wants to talk with Wolfe to find out what she knows about the incident.
“She has 24 years in, and she certainly seemed to know what she is talking about,” Zine said. “She said the firefighters didn’t do anything wrong. I guess we’ll see when we can look into it.”
During the incident, first reported last month by KNBC (Channel 4), Chase was filmed standing on the unattended fire engine, which was parked in two handicapped spots at Venice Beach, and baring her breasts to passersby. No firefighters were in the scene, but several appeared to be watching from a distance.
Chase later wrote on her blog that the firefighters were not involved in setting up the scene and she did not meet them.
The Fire Department is investigating the incident, but officials have said that the two-year statute of limitations for disciplining wrongdoing had already expired.
The agency is also investigating a similar incident that reportedly occurred several years ago involving Engine 41 from Hollywood.
Earlier this year, a Department of Transportation employee was fired for appearing in a porn shoot while on-duty, spanking and fondling an actress near a parking meter. That agency does not have similar statute of limitations on its civilian employees.
Capt. Tina Haro, a spokeswoman, said the Fire Department could not comment on Wolfe’s statements until the inquiry is completed.
The incident also prompted Fire Chief Brian Cummings to place himself on 120 hours of community service for an incident a dozen years ago when a woman in a bikini posed with him and other firefighters in front of a firetruck at the same Venice station.