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 ...
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,” Los Angeles fire ... Back in May, LAFD Captain Freddy Escobar — president of the United Firefighters of Los Angeles union — warned the department was ...
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Fire department funding and recruitment policy come under scrutiny as deadly Los Angeles blazes rage on
Over 100 fire apparatus are out of service ... But even with a fully funded fire department, Hudley-Hayes said she believes Los Angeles firefighters would have still struggled to contain the ...
Does the L.A. Fire Department Have a Fleet of Electric Fire Trucks?
Social media users across X, Facebook, Threads, and Instagram have claimed that efforts to contain the fires have been ...
Los Angeles Had Substandard Hydrants Near Devastating Fire’s Starting Point
The Palisades fire first took hold in a neighborhood where many hydrants had only a single small outlet for firefighters to ...
The role of budget cuts and private equity firms in the Los Angeles wildfires
The crisis facing the LA Fire Department is a microcosm of the broader contradictions of capitalism. It highlights the urgent ...
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Brush Fire In Sherman Oaks Battled By LAFD
The Los Angeles Fire Department reported a brush fire in Sherman Oaks on Wednesday, January 22 at 11:01 p.m. on the ...
LA Hughes Fire only 14% contained after burning 10K acres
The fast-moving Hughes fire has spread to over 10,000 acres in less than two days, with firefighters saying it is just 14% ...
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California Governor Gavin Newsom Meets With Frontline Firefighters Battling Unprecedented Los Angeles Firestorms
What you need to know: Governor Gavin Newsom today met with firefighters who have been on the frontlines battling ongoing flames from the initial Los Angeles firestorm ... over 100 mph,” said Pasadena ...
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Los Angeles Doesn't Have Enough Fire Trucks Thanks To Private Equity
The Los Angeles Fire Department has trucks ... the latter being an important supplier of wildland firefighting apparatus to the California, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana markets. ...
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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 ...