A rumor that half of LA's fire trucks are electric and they have to go back to the firehouse to recharge every eight to ten hours is circulating online. For example, the America's Last Line of Defense ...

“To set the record straight: the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) currently operates one Rosenbauer RTX electric fire engine—the only electric fire engine in their fleet,” Todd ...

The LAFD fleet maintenance yard has 22 engines ... has served for 35 years as a firefighter in the Los Angeles Fire Department, where he is now a captain II.

In a Monday statement, Bryan Stern of the nonprofit Grey Bull Rescue said area emergency services, including the Los Angeles County Fire Department, "have been asking for Starlink for quite some ...

The fires erupted a few months after the Los Angeles Fire Department’s budget was ... Right now, only 78% of the department’s fleet is operational, but its goal should be 90%, according ...

Kristin Crowley was elevated to Los Angeles fire chief in 2022 at ... to delays in repairing the vehicle fleet, she said. Other city officials say the department's budget was later boosted ...

In May 2024, the city of Los Angeles adopted a Fiscal Year 2024 - 2025 budget that cut the appropriations for the fire ...

Dozens of people are believed to have died in the Palisades and Eaton fires, which have burned down whole swaths of ...

a cut to the Los Angeles Fire Department 2025 budget and its commitment to recruiting a more diverse force have come under attack. Four major fires across the L.A. area have killed 16 people ...

Social media users across X, Facebook, Threads, and Instagram have claimed that efforts to contain the fires have been hindered because the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) uses a fleet of electric ...

LOS ANGELES -- Amidst confusion around budget cuts affecting the Los Angeles Fire Department while thousands of firefighters are battling at least five wildfires, ABC News dug into the city ...