LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley is at the center of a media storm, sparking budget questions and calls for resignation.

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, ...

It’s just one of the black marks against the LAFD — which include allegations that a deputy chief was drunk while overseeing ...

Lauren Andrade, president of Equity on Fire, predicts efforts to diversify fire departments will face an uphill climb in this political climate.

[In] 2021, the women in the fire service for LAFD asked [then-Chief Ralph] Terrazas to resign because of the lack of transparency and accountability and frankly, the backlog of complaints that ...

It felt like a little bit of a scapegoat, if you will, and more finger-pointing than I have seen. Why is it important for fire departments such as LAFD to have DEI initiatives, like its office of ...

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 area. "We will get you the number, as to where, I ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lauren Andrade, a fire captain in Orange County, is deeply familiar with the DEI conversation as it relates to fire. She’s president of Equity on Fire, a group that advocates for diversity in fire ...