What Really Happened With the L.A. Fire Department Budgets?
LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley is at the center of a media storm, sparking budget questions and calls for resignation.
LA Fire Department rolls out new measure to aid residents grappling with looters
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department announced it is escalating efforts to target looting after California wildfires ...
Fire department funding and recruitment policy come under scrutiny as deadly Los Angeles blazes rage on
As firefighters continue to battle raging fires across Los Angeles County, a cut to the Los Angeles Fire Department 2025 ...
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These L.A. firefighters lost everything when the Eaton fire arrived at their doorstep
president of the Los Angeles Firemen’s Relief Assn. At least three firefighters from the L.A. County Fire Department have also lost their houses, said a representative for the L.A. County ...
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Did city, LAFD prepare enough for Palisades Fire? Here's what we know
New questions are being raised about whether the City of Los Angeles and its fire department ... fires to destroy entire communities, the L.A. Fire Department began moving its equipment to areas ...
Los Angeles Fire Department budget sustained cuts but saw overall increase
In May 2024, the city of Los Angeles adopted a Fiscal Year 2024 - 2025 budget that cut the appropriations for the fire ...
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Tearful LA fire union prez warned of dangerous fire department understaffing last year: ‘Someone will die’
CNN At a commission meeting just last month, Escobar told LA city officials that short staffing in the Los Angeles Fire Department was “dire” adding that “someone will die,” according to a ...
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Suspect killed in deputy-involved shooting in South LA
Sheriff's deputies responding to a domestic violence incident reported in South LA confronted the reportedly armed suspect, ...
The claim: Los Angeles Fire Department is using women's handbags to put out California fires
The LAFD said the footage shows its team putting out a fire using canvas bags, which are part of the department's standard ...
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L.A. Fire Department brass face questions about slow response to Palisades Fire
Los Angeles ... of Los Angeles Fire Department personnel were initially held back from racing to the scene of the Palisades Fire when it first broke out last week in L.A.'s Pacific Palisades ...
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75 Los Angeles fire trucks wait for repairs as wildfires rage — while city spends $1.3B on the homeless
At least 75 fire trucks languished ... the chance of wildfires devastating Los Angeles and the need for more funding for the Fire Department to address it. LA DISTRICT 11 Over 7,500 firefighters ...
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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 ... at the department as scores of equipment sat idle. Then just last month, LA city council ...