FACT CHECK: Threads Post Makes False Claim About LAFD, Electric Fire Trucks
A post shared on Threads claims the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) has 45 electric fire trucks that take 10 hours to recharge. View on Threads Verdict: False The LAFD has not issued a press ...
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No, LAFD doesn’t have 45 electric fire trucks that take hours to recharge | Fact check
A Jan. 18 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) claims firefighters in Los Angeles rely on electric fire trucks that take ...
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No, LAFD doesn’t have 45 electric fire trucks that take hours to recharge | Fact check
A Jan. 18 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) claims firefighters in Los Angeles rely on electric fire trucks that take hours to recharge. “(Forty-five) of Los Angeles fire trucks have to ...
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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Watch: Los Angeles Fire Department truck stuck in mud
Video shared by FOX 11 in Los Angeles shows firefighters trying to dig out a fire truck after it became stuck in mud after ...
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75 Los Angeles fire trucks wait for repairs as wildfires rage — while city spends $1.3B on the homeless
Controversy over the rows of idle trucks has intensified after revelations about the LAFD budget being cut by $17 million by Mayor Karen Bass. The Los Angeles Fire Department had its budget cut by ...
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LAFD helicopter pilots describe water drops, challenges of battling Palisades fire in high winds
“We as firemen want to solve the problem and put the fire out,” said Child, chief pilot with the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Air Operations Division. “But the (Federal Aviation ...
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No, LA Fire Department isn't using women's handbags to put out fires | Fact check
The LAFD said the footage shows its team putting out a fire using small canvas bags, which are part of the department's standard equipment, not handbags. The canvas bags are more efficient than ...
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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 Fire until it was already out of control — sending just five of the 40 available fire ...
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 lot in an industrial area Wednesday, still waiting to be repaired.