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 ...
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75 Los Angeles fire trucks wait for repairs as wildfires rage — while city spends $1.3B on the homeless
We have over 100 fire apparatus out of service,” Los Angeles fire chief Kristin Crowley admitted when the wildfires were ...
The Private Firefighters On Call for the Californians Who Can Afford Them
Andrew Sarvis of West Coast Water Tenders on the LA fires and the demand for private firefighers in Malibu and the Palisades.
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 a just fraction of its firefighters and trucks to the deadly Palisades Fire until it was ...
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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 ... Another former LAFD battalion chief, who did not want his name used, also told The Times that the pre-deployment should ...
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L.A.’s fire chief generated controversy — and fierce loyalty — while the city burned
The Palisades fire has spurred criticism of the LAFD’s first female and LGBTQ leader ... Anthony Mitchell Sr., an amputee who used a wheelchair, and his son Justin, who had cerebral palsy ...
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7 On Your Side obtains report showing initial response to Palisades Fire
LAFD has told Eyewitness News in the past that extra engines cannot be parked at Fire Stations 23 and 69 because of limited space. Crawford said he has never used parking as a reason not to stage ...
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The Private Firefighters On Call for the Californians Who Can Afford Them
“A good analogy would be a one-on-one defense versus zone defense,” LAFD Captain Brock Larue ... contest all night, fighting fire by myself with a truck,” Sarvis says.
L.A. officials say they are better prepared for dangerous winds.
With powerful winds sweeping through Southern California again, top Los Angeles officials said they were prepared to handle ...
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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 ... re using now for the fire you should have used before the fire,” said Crawford ...