Amid dangerous winds in 2011, LAFD engines stood ready. That didn't happen this time
LAFD took the type of dramatic measures in preparation of dangerous winds that the department failed to employ last week in ...
LAFD bosses sent just 5 fire engines to Palisades Fire — while holding back 1,000 ...
Los Angeles fire bosses deployed a just fraction of its firefighters and trucks to the deadly Palisades Fire until it was already out of control — sending just five the 40 available fire engines and ...
USA Today8 天
No, LAFD doesn’t have 45 electric fire trucks that take hours to recharge | Fact check
A spokesperson for the Los Angeles Fire Department has said the claim is false. The department has a single electric fire engine, acquired in 2022, and it has no electric fire trucks. Claim that ...
New York Post on MSN14 天
75 Los Angeles fire trucks wait for repairs as wildfires rage — while city spends $1.3B ...
We have over 100 fire apparatus out of service,” Los Angeles fire chief Kristin Crowley admitted when the wildfires were still at their peak.
Yahoo News7 天
No, LAFD doesn’t have 45 electric fire trucks that take hours to recharge | Fact check
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New York Post15 天
LAFD bosses sent just 5 fire engines to Palisades Fire — while holding back 1,000 ...
“You would have had a better chance to get a better result if you deployed those engines,” former LAFD Battalion Chief Rick Crawford told the Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles fire bosses ...
Los Angeles Times15 天
L.A. fire officials could have put engines in the Palisades before the fire broke out. They ...
Officials said they moved more engines “first thing in the morning” to also cover northeast L.A. The Times’ findings come as LAFD officials continue to assert that the firefighting effort ...