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 ...
“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 ...
In May 2024, the city of Los Angeles adopted a Fiscal Year 2024 - 2025 budget that cut the appropriations for the fire ...
Fires across the Los Angeles area have killed at least 24 people and destroyed more than 12,000 structures, officials said, ...
Kristin Crowley was appointed Los Angeles fire chief in ... and the department had also lost mechanics, leading to delays in repairing the vehicle fleet. “This service delivery model is ...
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 ...
The crisis facing the LA Fire Department is a microcosm of the broader contradictions of capitalism. It highlights the urgent ...
The Palisades and Eaton wildfires also continue burning in the Los Angeles area, leaving parts of Southern California with ...
"The LAFD has not had the funding mechanism to supply enough mechanics and enough money for the parts to repair these engines ...
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, waiting to be repaired.
High winds combined with low humidity pose extreme danger in a region that has failed to receive any appreciable rain recently.