No, LAFD doesn’t have 45 electric fire trucks that take hours to recharge | Fact check
A spokesperson for the fire department told Lead Stories the claim is false. The department's single electric fire engine was ...
With a forecast of dangerous winds, LAFD pre-deploys to avoid failings of Palisades fire
With more dangerous winds coming, LAFD says it has staffed all of its available extra engines and staged more than two dozen ...
Amid dangerous winds in 2011, LAFD engines stood ready. That didn’t happen this time
Thirteen years ago, the LAFD took the type of dramatic measures in preparation of dangerous winds that the department failed ...
What caused the Palisades blaze? Visual evidence points to a recent fire nearby.
The Post’s analysis offers evidence that the Palisades Fire started in the area where firefighters had spent hours using ...
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Los Angeles Fire Chief's Actions Draw Praise, Criticism
Some laud Los Angeles Chief Kristin Crowley for backing her troops while others say she didn't handle the wildfire response ...
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75 Los Angeles fire trucks wait for repairs as wildfires rage — while city spends $1.3B on the homeless
We have over 100 fire apparatus out of service,” Los Angeles fire chief Kristin Crowley admitted when the wildfires were ...
LA fire officials could have put engines in Palisades before the fire broke out. They didn’t
Most of the more than 40 available engines could have been pre-deployed to fire zones before the Palisades blaze started, while others were kept at stations to help with the increase in 911 calls.
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Fire department funding and recruitment policy come under scrutiny as deadly Los Angeles blazes rage on
Los Angeles Fire Commission President Genethia Hudley ... fire trucks and hook-and-ladders, Hudley-Hayes said. “Yes, I think the fire department is overwhelmed with what has happened,” Hudley- ...