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 ...
LAFD took the type of dramatic measures in preparation of dangerous winds that the department failed to employ last week in ...
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 ...
We have over 100 fire apparatus out of service,” Los Angeles fire chief Kristin Crowley admitted when the wildfires were still at their peak.
LAFD firefighters have been working around the clock to combat the Palisades Fire, but the La Times reports that before fires ...
The department has a single electric fire engine, acquired in 2022, and it has no electric fire trucks. Margaret Stewart, a Los Angeles Fire Department spokesperson, told Lead Stories that the claim ...
“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. “You give yourself the best ...
With the tempest expected to hit on Dec. 1 that year, LAFD commanders ordered up at least 40 extra fire engines for stations closest to the areas where the fire hazards were greatest, including ...