Challenges for county fire chief

The upcoming summer fire season will represent the first real test for Los Angeles County's new fire chief, Daryl Osby, who took over the post in February from a chief who held the job for an unprecedented 22 years. Christina Villacorte in the Daily News.

As the county's first African-American chief - and one from a family of firefighters - the 49-year-old Osby knows a lot is expected of him.

"My position is bigger than just being an African-American fire chief," said Osby, who lives in Pomona. "But the fact that I was chosen, I think, means a lot to the people who came before me, who sacrificed to allow people like me and others to have a profession in the fire department."