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 ...
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Fire department fills long-term need with ladder truck acquisition
A local public-safety acquisition more than 25 years in the making has become reality with the city’s purchase of a Davis ...
75 Los Angeles fire trucks wait for repairs as wildfires rage — while city spends $1.3B on the homeless
The essential firefighting vehicles were still sitting in the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Bureau Of Supply and Maintenance ...
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Newsom signs executive order to speed up temporary housing creation for Los Angeles fire victims
An executive order issued by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday will expedite the process of assisting Los Angeles fire victims with temporary housing, his office says. According to the governor’s ...
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New wildfire concerns in Los Angeles: Strong winds could return next week.
Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley said a large amount of unburned, dry fuel combined with low humidity and the expected return of the harsh Santa Ana winds next week could bring ...
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Disabled Los Angeles fire victim escaped flames in wheelchair
(KTLA) – A couple who escaped the deadly flames of the fast-moving, wind-driven Eaton Fire in Southern California are hoping their survival story will bring attention to the needs of those with ...
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No, LA Fire Department isn't using women's handbags to put out fires | Fact check
a woman says in the video. "Women's handbags?" Text within the post, which Libs of TikTok previously shared on X and later deleted, reads, "The LAFD are using women's handbags to hold water to put ...
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L.A. Fire Department brass face questions about slow response to Palisades Fire
For the first four hours that a CBS News crew was on scene while flames torched homes, crew members did not see any LAFD firefighters in the immediate ... because we all realize there's not enough ...