No, LAFD doesn’t have 45 electric fire trucks that take hours to recharge | Fact check
A spokesperson for the fire department told Lead Stories the claim is false. The department's single electric fire engine was acquired in 2022.
Los Angeles Magazine6d
Tragedy and Resilience: Fires Transform Pacific Palisades and Altadena
Amid the unthinkable losses from L.A.'s unprecedented disaster, there were also small miracles and harbingers of hope across ...
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No, LAFD doesn’t have 45 electric fire trucks that take hours to recharge | Fact check
Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley announced the arrival of the department’s first electric fire engine, which was expected to enter service at Station 82 in Hollywood, according to a Los ...
National Review27d
Mayor Karen Bass Partied While Her City Burned
But this morning, Paul Pringle, Alene Tchekmedyian, and Dakota Smith of the Los Angeles Times report a troubling scoop: As the Los Angeles Fire Department ... water-carrying engines in advance ...
CBS News21d
Los Angeles-area fire crews pre-positioned ahead of Particularly Dangerous Situation taking effect, Bass says
Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley warned ... including fire patrols and engines, are strategically positioned in the high-risk areas across the city. She said regional and state ...
The New York Times21d
L.A. Wildfires: Santa Ana winds drive fire risk back up to extreme levels.
Rodney Nickerson, 82, died in his home just a short walk from Mr. Shaw’s. Mr. Nickerson was a retired aerospace engineer for Lockheed Martin and an active deacon at his church, according to his ...
The New York Times23d
L.A. Wildfires: As city tries to recover, forecasters warn of growing fire threat next week.
Crowley of the Los Angeles Fire Department said her agency had ... the city at the time was amply equipped with more than 100 engine companies, a fleet of helicopters and “an army” of ...
Mayor calls for ‘full investigation’ into LAFD vehicles sitting idle during Eaton, Palisades fires
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Friday responded to a KTLA report regarding dozens of unserviced L.A. Fire Department ...
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.