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LAFD: Design For Disaster - The Story of the Bel Air Conflagration (1962)
This 1962 documentary film produced by the Los Angeles Fire Department, describes the historic Bel Air / Brentwood wildfire ...
Firefighters claim LAFD understaffed
As Southern California begins to emerge from a series of deadly wildfires, firefighters are receiving public praise and ...
Firefighters claim LAFD understaffed, forces unpaid overtime work
As Southern California begins to emerge from a series of deadly wildfires, firefighters are receiving public praise and ...
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Firefighters gain control of new wildfires in Southern California as critical fire weather conditions wane
Firefighters in Southern California have been conducting more fierce wildfire fights as crews race to contain and extinguish ...
31,000 people must evacuate as new infernos torch fire-ravaged Southern California
Exhausted firefighters battling deadly infernos for weeks are now grappling with two new wildfires torching Southern California.
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Here’s what we know about L.A. 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, ...
Los Angeles Fire Chief Faces Calls for Resignation
As a disastrous fire continues to burn on the city’s west side, some are calling Chief Kristin Crowley to account: Why wasn’t ...
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Mayor Karen Bass failed to deploy LA's $1M crisis team to fires
Bass, according to a former LAFD Battalion Chief, could have actioned the team immediately because she 'doesn't have to wait ...
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Did Los Angeles officials fail to act in time? 1,000 firefighters held back until blaze went out of control, say reports
Los Angeles fire authorities faced criticism for delayed deployment and underutilization of available firefighting resources during the Pacific Palisades wildfire, despite severe wind warnings.
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Palisades Fire: LAFD chief addresses pre-deployment decisions prior to blaze
"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 ...
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Questions raised about whether Los Angeles did enough to prepare for the deadly Palisades Fire
City Councilman John Lee says the north and west San Fernando Valley had extra engines in place: “I spoke to different people within LAFD and received information that we had pre-deployment in ...
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Questions raised about whether Los Angeles did enough to prepare for the deadly Palisades Fire
New questions are being raised about whether the City of Los Angeles and its fire department did enough to prepare in the days ahead of the deadly Palisades Fire. The fire department did not hold ...