Margaret Stewart, a spokesperson for the LAFD, denied the claim’s validity in an email to USA Today. “There are not 45 electric fire trucks in Los Angeles across all of the fire departments ...
Amid the deadly wildfires in Southern California, posts claimed the Los Angeles Fire Department was hindered by electric trucks requiring hours to recharge. This is false; the department counts ...
In ousting Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley Friday, Mayor Karen Bass cited failures of pre-deploying firefighters before the Jan. 7 firestorm began. “We know that 1,000 ...
The Los Angeles Fire Department did not inform the city’s Department of Water and Power until mid-February that more than 1,000 fire hydrants needed repairs, despite being aware of the issues ...
The Los Angeles Fire Department announced that evacuation warnings will take effect at 7 a.m. Thursday through at least 2 p.m. Friday. LAFD has provided a map of the areas affected. Mud and debris ...
According to a report from the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles Fire Department failed to immediately alert the city’s Department of Water and Power that more than 1,000 fire hydrants needed ...