A Jan. 18 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) claims firefighters in Los Angeles rely on electric fire trucks that take hours to recharge. “(Forty-five) of Los Angeles fire trucks have to go ...

As the Los Angeles Police Department plans to expand its ranks in the coming fiscal year, a new report from the Los Angeles Fire Department suggests that it, too, may need more staffing. The report, ...

New questions are being raised bout how Los Angeles fire crews were deployed at the start of the Palisades Fire. The Los Angeles Times reported that thousands of extra firefighters and dozens of water ...

A member of the Los Angeles Fire Department puts out a brush fire at a homeless camp in Elysian Park in 2021. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times) As the Los Angeles Police Department plans to expand ...

In ousting Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley Friday, Mayor Karen Bass cited failures of pre-deploying firefighters before the Jan. 7 firestorm began. “We know that 1,000 firefighters ...

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Friday responded to a KTLA report regarding dozens of unserviced L.A. Fire Department vehicles being sidelined and unable to respond during the devastating Palisades ...