Los Angeles Doesn't Have Enough Fire Trucks Thanks To Private Equity
Los Angeles has been beset by fires this year, and it seems like every fire department around has done everything it can to help. One department, though, simply doesn’t have enough trucks that are in ...
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75 Los Angeles fire trucks wait for repairs as wildfires rage — while city spends $1.3B on the homeless
“We have over 100 fire apparatus out of service ... president of the United Firefighters of Los Angeles union — warned the department was seriously underfunded. “We don’t have enough ...
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The familiar, water-dropping aircraft are leased by the fire department from Quebec each year to help fend off California ...
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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 ...
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.
L.A.’s fire chief generated controversy — and fierce loyalty — while the city burned
Critics of Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley — a gay woman leading an overwhelmingly male department — call her a “DEI ...
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75 Los Angeles fire trucks wait for repairs as wildfires rage — while city spends $1.3B on the homeless
The Los Angeles Fire Department had its budget cut by $17 ... Toby Canham for NY Post “We have over 100 fire apparatus out of service,” Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley admitted to ...
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Los Angeles Doesn't Have Enough Fire Trucks Thanks To Private Equity
The Seattle Fire Department says it faces even longer wait ... the latter being an important supplier of wildland firefighting apparatus to the California, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana markets. ...