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Lack of mechanics, resources leaves dozens of emergency vehicles out of service
Dozens of service emergency vehicles are sitting unused at a maintenance yard in Lincoln Heights, following the $18 million budget cut to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
Santa Barbara Independent4d
Is Santa Barbara County Prepared for the Next Big Fire?
The wind-driven fires quickly grew beyond the capacity of the Los Angeles crews on hand — here, the county has 16 fire ...
Escape from the Palisades: Split-second decision-making, confusing responses
A deep analysis of the Palisades fire evacuation paints a chaotic scenario: As the fire roared toward homes, major escape routes were gridlocked before the first evacuation orders were given.
grantcountybeat7d
Santa Clara new fire truck and fire department of the year
Santa Clara new fire truck Photo courtesy of Leandra Esparza Lopez recognized the fire department for receiving fire department of the year from Gila Regional EMS. He shared words of gratitude for the ...
NBC Los Angeles18d
2 people used firetruck purchased at auction to impersonate firefighters in Pacific Palisades
Two people suspected of impersonating firefighters were detained Saturday after trying to go through a checkpoint limited to emergency crews responding to the Palisades Fire. Sheriff’s deputies ...
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Evacuations lifted following fire at one of the world's largest battery plants in California
THIS IS OUT OF MONTEREY COUNTY TONIGHT, WHERE CREWS ARE WORKING TO PUT OUT A LARGE FIRE AT A BATTERY STORAGE FACILITY. TONIGHT WE’RE LEARNING PEOPLE IN ALL OF NEIGHBORING SANTA CRUZ COUNTY ARE ...
New York Post21d
75 Los Angeles fire trucks wait for repairs as wildfires rage — while city spends $1.3B on the homeless
Controversy over the rows of idle trucks has intensified after revelations about the LAFD budget being cut by $17 million by Mayor Karen Bass. The Los Angeles Fire Department had its budget cut by ...
CBS News22d
L.A. Fire Department brass face questions about slow response to Palisades Fire
Los Angeles — Questions are mounting regarding why hundreds of Los Angeles Fire Department personnel were ... Chief Anthony Marrone say the extreme Santa Ana winds overwhelmed them.
Fox News22d
Actor Denis Leary tells 'The View' LA fire department 'understaffed,' gets budget cut further every year
They have — they had to lay off department mechanics who fixed the broken-down fire trucks," Leary added. The Los Angeles fire chief warned in a memo in December that a $17.6 million budget cut ...
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LAFD bosses sent just 5 fire engines to Palisades Fire — while holding back 1,000 firefighters and 35 trucks in critical first hours
Los Angeles fire bosses deployed a just fraction of its firefighters and trucks to the deadly Palisades ... according to internal fire department records obtained by the Times.