USA Today21 天
No, LAFD doesn’t have 45 electric fire trucks that take hours to recharge | Fact check
“(Forty-five) of Los Angeles fire trucks have to go back to the fire department for 10 hours a day to recharge instead of fighting fires after refueling in 7 minutes,” reads the post.
New York Post26 天
LAFD team tasked with preventing wildfires accused of corruption, laziness before blazes ...
The arm of the Los Angeles Fire Department in charge of preventing wildfires faced years of allegations of corruption, laziness, harassment and discrimination before the blazes that have ...
Los Angeles Times24 天
Amid dangerous winds in 2011, LAFD engines stood ready. That didn’t happen this time
Thirteen years ago, Los Angeles Fire Department officials were bracing for the kind of dangerous winds that could drive flames across hillsides and canyons and tear through neighborhoods from ...
Reuters29 天
Fact Check: LAFD recall of off-duty firefighters misinterpreted as calls for public’s help
A Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) recall of its off-duty firefighters in response to out-of-control wildfires was misinterpreted online as a call for assistance from members of the public.
Politifact25 天
Here’s what we know about LA fire department’s DEI efforts, which Republicans have attacked
Donald Trump Jr., conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, and actor James Woods have made accusations similar to Musk’s. DEI initiatives broadly include efforts to increase diversity in ethnicity, gender, ...
CNN1 个月
Fire department funding and recruitment policy come under scrutiny as deadly Los Angeles ...
As firefighters continue to battle raging fires across Los Angeles County, a cut to the Los Angeles Fire Department 2025 budget and its commitment to recruiting a more diverse force have come ...
Reuters29 天
Fact Check: Photo showing ‘all-women’ LAFD leadership team lacks context
As the fires raged, a photo of three women, all senior personnel of the LAFD, was shared on social media, opens new tab captioned: “This is the leadership team at the Los Angeles Fire Department ...
USA Today27 天
No, LA Fire Department isn't using women's handbags to put out fires | Fact check
The LAFD said the footage shows its team putting out a fire using small canvas bags, which are part of the department's standard ... shared on YouTube on Jan. 8 by a news account called ONSCENE ...
New York Post26 天
75 Los Angeles fire trucks wait for repairs as wildfires rage — while city spends $1.3B ...
The essential firefighting vehicles were still sitting in the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Bureau Of Supply and Maintenance lot in an industrial area Wednesday, waiting to be repaired.
Los Angeles Times28 天
L.A. fire officials could have put engines in the Palisades before the fire broke out. They ...
As the Los Angeles Fire Department faced extraordinary warnings of life-threatening winds, top commanders decided not to assign for emergency deployment roughly 1,000 available firefighters and ...
CBS News27 天
L.A. Fire Department brass face questions about slow response to Palisades Fire
Los Angeles — Questions are mounting regarding why hundreds of Los Angeles Fire Department personnel were initially held back from racing to the scene of the Palisades Fire when it first broke ...