The Times also reported that before the fires, LAFD leaders decided not to deploy nine fire engines to fire-prone areas like the Pacific Palisades — deciding instead to keep them in position in ...

Thirteen years ago, the LAFD took the type of dramatic measures in preparation of dangerous winds that the department failed to employ last week in advance of the Palisades fire.

A spokesperson for the fire department told Lead Stories the claim is false. The department's single electric fire engine was acquired in 2022.

Los Angeles has been beset by fires this year, and it seems like every fire department around has done everything it can to ...

But several former chiefs with deep experience in LAFD tactics said most of the more than 40 available engines could have been pre-deployed to fire zones before the Palisades blaze started ...

As a proud 35-year veteran and current captain with the Los Angeles Fire Department ... hundreds of our firefighters and dozens of our fire engines and trucks were dispatched to fight the ...

"With that we even pulled on additional resources internally within the Los Angeles Fire Department to add five engines and one battalion chief. That is above and beyond what we would do on a red ...

“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 ...

But several former chiefs with deep experience in LAFD tactics said most of the more than 40 available engines could have been predeployed to fire zones before the Palisades blaze started ...