No, LAFD doesn’t have 45 electric fire trucks that take hours to recharge | Fact check
A spokesperson for the fire department told Lead Stories the claim is false. The department's single electric fire engine was acquired in 2022.
75 Los Angeles fire trucks wait for repairs as wildfires rage — while city spends $1.3B on the homeless
Back in May, LAFD Captain Freddy Escobar — president of ... Among the sidelined vehicles were 40 fire engines, which carry water and are used to fight fires, 36 ambulances, and 10 fire trucks, which ...
Los Angeles Doesn't Have Enough Fire Trucks Thanks To Private Equity
Los Angeles has been beset by fires this year, and it seems like every fire department around has done everything it can to ...
Amid dangerous winds in 2011, LAFD engines stood ready. That didn’t happen this time
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.
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LAFD bosses sent just 5 fire engines to Palisades Fire — while holding back 1,000 firefighters and 35 trucks in critical first hours
Los Angeles fire bosses deployed just a fraction of its firefighters and trucks to the deadly Palisades ... using now for the fire you should have used before the fire,” said Crawford, who ...
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An Oregon Couple Who Snuck Into Palisades Evacuation Zone in Fake Fire Truck Charged
Convicted arsonist Dustin Nehl, 31, and his wife, Jenni Nehl, 44, who studies weather, were hit with misdemeanor charges ...