How fire departments use pre-positioning to get a jump on wildfires
Fires in the Inland Empire and Orange County that broke out this week were stopped from becoming more dangerous because of ...
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Dozens of Los Angeles Fire Vehicles Were in the Maintenance Yard During the Wildfires
"The LAFD has not had the funding mechanism to supply enough mechanics and enough money for the parts to repair these engines ...
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He pulled up to Palisades fire with a fire engine and an offer to help. It was fake, police say
The man was wearing a yellow firefighter uniform — and he was driving a full-size red fire engine outfitted with emergency lights ... River Fire Department," the official said. He told Los Angeles ...
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LA fire department failed to deploy fighters and dozens of engines
The fire chiefs only started calling up more firefighters and deploying engines after the blaze was already tearing its way through Los Angeles County. They later said they moved more engines ...
L.A. County had extra firefighters ready. How many were near Altadena?
County firefighters poured into Pacific Palisades to assist the city. But it’s unclear how many were near Altadena when the ...
Update: 14,021 acres affected in Los Angeles County by Eaton Fire, still 95% contained
Eaton Fire initially started 6:18 p.m. Jan. 7 in Los Angeles County. Since its discovery 16 days ago, it has burned 14,021 acres. A fire crew of 1,837 has been working on site and, as of Thursday ...
Amid dangerous winds in 2011, LAFD engines stood ready. That didn’t happen this time
Thirteen years ago, the LAFD took the type of dramatic measures in preparation of dangerous winds that the department failed to employ last week in advance of the Palisades fire.
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LA fire officials could have put engines in Palisades before the fire broke out. They didn’t
No extra engines had been placed in the Palisades ... At least eight people have died in the fire, according to the Los Angeles County coroner’s office and Sheriff’s Department.
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With people and engines in LA, Kern homes still safe from fire, chief says
Even with about a third of Kern County Fire Department personnel helping battle fires in Los Angeles County ... "We have 23 front-line fire engines out there; that represents about half of ...
LA’s Olympic venues were spared by wildfires, but the city’s rebuild could impact the Games’ runup
The deadly wildfires that have ravaged sections of Los Angeles left an indelible imprint on the region's landscape and psyche.
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Stockton, 10 other San Joaquin County fire agencies help fight Southern California fires
The Stockton Fire Department's California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) engine was sent to Southern California to help battle the Palisades Fire. Stockton's help comes amid Gov.