LA fires latest: Firefighters to face 70mph winds pushing ‘explosive fire growth’ as death toll climbs to 24
Hollywood landmarks threatened as firefighters continue to battle deadly blaze - Death toll continues to climb as more than 7 ...
The New York Times5d
New Evacuations Ordered as L.A.’s Largest Wildfire Expands
Loren Elliott for The New York Times ... was burning along the tops of the ridges of Mandeville Canyon, said Kenichi Haskett, a division chief with the Los Angeles County Fire Department, on ...
CBS News4d
Denver Fire Department sending crews to California in wake of devastating fires
The Denver Fire Department ... fires are more contained as of Saturday morning, but many evacuation orders remain in place, CBS News reported. Fire officials in California say those fires, along ...
Quad-City Times6d
Muscatine Fire Department sees a drop in calls for fires in 2024
In 2024, the fire department responded to a total of 5,512 calls for service, covering a wide range of emergencies including emergency medical services (EMS), HazMat situations, structure fires ...
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A month before fires, L.A. fire chief warned budget cuts were hampering emergency response
Before wildfires broke out across Los Angeles, the city's fire chief said that budget cuts were hampering the department's ability to respond to emergencies, a department memo shows. Funding for ...
Indiatimes5d
'Worst-case scenario...': LA mayor Karen Bass slammed for $49 million fire department budget cuts before wildfires
The fires have ... have on the department’s ability to respond to emergencies. The leaked document detailed a worst-case scenario, with plans to potentially shut down 16 fire stations—one ...
Yahoo5d
Kern County Fire Dept. assists with Eaton, Palisades fires
Kern County Fire Department. “We have well over 100 firefighters that have left Kern County and have come to these fires that are burning actively here in Southern California,” said KCFD ...
NBC News6d
'Entirely foreseeable': The L.A. fires are the worst-case scenario experts feared
The Los Angeles-area fires are a worst-case scenario ... Given the weather and the fire department’s limitations, the review said, the initial response in Malibu and along Pacific Coast Highway ...
People6d
What's Making L.A. Fires So Bad, Did the City Run Out of Water and Was the Fire Department's Budget Cut? What We Know
The causes of fires ... Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley told reporters. Reporters and witnesses on the ground have also noted that embers from the flames spread quickly, leaping from ...