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No, LAFD doesn’t have 45 electric fire trucks that take hours to recharge | Fact check
On May 14, 2022, Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley announced the arrival of the department’s first electric fire engine, which was expected to enter service at Station 82 in Hollywood ...
Firehouse26d
Los Angeles Fire Chief's Actions Draw Praise, Criticism
Some laud Los Angeles Chief Kristin Crowley ... Her rise in the macho Fire Station 11 may have shielded her from some of the department's sexism, several people who know her said.
CBS News24d
Los Angeles-area fire crews pre-positioned ahead of Particularly Dangerous Situation taking effect, Bass says
Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley warned ... Engines are pre-deployed in Sun Valley at Station 77, Woodland Hills at Station 84, West Los Angeles at Station 59 and the Hollywood ...
Los Angeles Times26d
What happened Saturday through Monday, Jan. 18-20: Southern California braces for latest threat of extreme weather
the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said Monday the facility is once again fully operational. The station narrowly escaped the flames of the Eaton fire, which on the morning of Jan. 8 ...
It Was the Big One. Just Not the One L.A. Was Expecting.
Officials across the Los Angeles area had plenty of warning that a deadly confluence of wind and drought was coming. A bad ...
Los Angeles Times27d
Sheriff’s Dept. temporarily closes Altadena station amid contaminant concerns, OSHA complaint
the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department temporarily shut down the Altadena sheriff’s station Thursday in the aftermath of the Eaton fire. A day earlier, sheriff’s officials sent an ...
ABC727d
Fire officials defend pre-deployment of firefighters before catastrophic LA County fires
LOS ANGELES (KABC ... Tuesday morning, the L.A. County Fire Department positioned one strike team at Fire Station 89 in Agoura Hills, which ended up being just miles northwest of what would ...
CBS News 828d
San Diego ranks behind Los Angeles in firefighter staffing levels per capita
SAN DIEGO — As wildfires devastated Los Angeles ... department. “We know we have to do better," said San Diego City Council President, Joe LaCava. "We know we need, for example, more fire ...
Fox Business28d
LA officials were warned about budget cuts to fire department: 'Someone will die'
Los Angeles' budget priorities continue to face scrutiny over cuts to the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), after ... $5 million for EV charging stations and nearly $2 million for a "diversity ...
Fox News22d
Hughes Fire forces partial evacuation of 5,000+ person Los Angeles jail
A fast-moving California fire has forced authorities ... "We demand that the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and the sheriff's department take swift action to protect the lives of the ...
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Los Angeles wildfires timeline: How the deadly blazes unfolded
6:26 p.m.: The Los Angeles Fire Department calls on all of its firefighters ... tanks and pumping stations, and an air quality alert is issued for parts of Los Angeles County, amid the wildfire ...