A scathing five-page letter signed by several current and former LAFD battalion chiefs and administrators accuses Crowley of mismanagement and leadership failures that contributed to the ...

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 document obtained by Eyewitness News shows how the Los Angeles City Fire Department responded in the initial minutes after ...

A number of battalion chiefs have signed a letter calling for Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) Chief Kristin Crowley to step down over the mismanaged response to wildfires devastating Los ...

“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 (WPVI) -- At least five people are believed to be dead -- with the LA County sheriff saying he expects that number to rise -- as a series of devastating fires grow uncontained across ...

LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley is at the center of a media storm, sparking budget questions and calls for resignation.

"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 ...

“The plan you’re using now for the fire you should have used before the fire,” said former LAFD Battalion Chief Rick Crawford. “It’s a known staffing tactic — a deployment model.

A USC professor explains how DEI isn’t to blame for the L.A. fires, despite false claims from divisive opportunists.

Former LAFD Battalion Chief Rick Crawford told The Times that he would have taken the same approach to last week's wind threat as Butler did in 2011. Crawford worked for the department for 33 ...