As Wall Street Chases Profits, Fire Departments Have Paid the Price
Fire engine manufacturing is now largely controlled by three companies. Around the country, prices have soared, and orders ...
Fire-ravaged Los Angeles confronts difficult questions as it rushes to rebuild
As a charred Los Angeles resurfaces from the infernal flames that engulfed the region last month, questions loom as to how ...
Electric fire trucks did not factor in response to deadly LA blazes
Amid the deadly wildfires in Southern California, posts claimed the Los Angeles Fire Department was hindered by electric ...
Firefighter swept into ocean in debris flow as heavy rain pounds Los Angeles
A new atmospheric river is slamming California, including fire-ravaged Los Angeles, where residents are bracing for the ...
Update: Palisades Fire remains 100% contained, 23,706.6 acres destroyed in Los Angeles County
Palisades Fire initially started 10:30 a.m. Jan. 7 in Los Angeles County. It has burned 23,706.6 acres after being active for ...
Napavine firefighters deployed to California reflect on experience fighting the Palisades Fire
Lewis County Fire District 5 firefighters in Napavine have had plenty of experience responding to wildfires across the county ...
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California Police Pull Over 'Suspicious' Fire Engine to Find Fake Firefighters Trying to Enter Evacuation Zone
The fire engine was stopped while trying to enter an evacuation zone after a Los Angeles patrol vehicle noticed the truck and thought it looked suspicious. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department ...
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Dozens of Los Angeles Fire Vehicles Were in the Maintenance Yard During the Wildfires
"The LAFD has not had the funding mechanism to supply enough mechanics and enough money for the parts to repair these engines ...
Fire-weary L.A. faces more dangerous winds; officials say they are prepared
Gusts of up to 70 mph are possible along the coast and valleys, and in the mountains, up to 100 mph, the National Weather Service said. Parts of L.A. County, and most of Ventura County, are at highest ...
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Merced Fire Captain runs into son while assisting on LA wildfires
Merced City Fire Captain Bryan Akers, right, and his son Mason, left, while deployed to assist with firefighting efforts on ...
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Army Corps of Engineers debuts live fire debris clean-up map. See affected areas
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has launched an interactive “Phase 2” debris removal map to provide residents with real-time updates during the wildfire cleanup effort in Los Angeles County.
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No, LAFD doesn’t have 45 electric fire trucks that take hours to recharge | Fact check
A spokesperson for the Los Angeles Fire Department has said the claim is false. The department has a single electric fire engine, acquired in 2022, and it has no electric fire trucks. Claim that ...