KCAL News investigation finds more than 1,300 fire hydrants need maintenance across LA
An investigation has found that hundreds of fire hydrants spanning throughout Los Angeles may be in need of repair, despite ...
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LAFD team tasked with preventing wildfires accused of corruption, laziness before blazes devastated city
LAFD’s Fire Prevention Bureau is in charge ... a lawsuit settled in 2022 alleged. A 2015 LA Times investigation found that thousands of high-rise apartments, schools, churches and other ...
Mayor calls for ‘full investigation’ into LAFD vehicles sitting idle during Eaton, Palisades fires
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Friday responded to a KTLA report regarding dozens of unserviced L.A. Fire Department ...
What — or who — started the Palisades fire? Two leading theories emerge as investigation intensifies
For the last few weeks, a team of investigators from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has worked ...
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LAFD Bravest demand fire chief resign in blistering letter: ‘Best for the citizens of LA’
LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley is under fire for ... Earlier this week, Bass revealed an external investigation will be conducted into LA’s wildfire response, but “internally we absolutely are ...
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How Will Fire Investigators Trace the Source of the L.A. Wildfires?
Wildfires like the Los Angeles blazes destroy so much, but they often spare some evidence of the cause of their ignition ...
SoCal Edison says equipment likely caused Hurst Fire
New regulatory filings shows power line surges, malfunctions during high winds, including at a transmission tower near where ...
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No, LAFD doesn’t have 45 electric fire trucks that take hours to recharge | Fact check
“(Forty-five) of Los Angeles fire trucks have to go back to the fire department for 10 hours a day to recharge instead of fighting fires after refueling in 7 minutes,” reads the post.
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Amid dangerous winds in 2011, LAFD engines stood ready. That didn’t happen this time
Thirteen years ago, Los Angeles Fire Department officials were bracing for the kind of dangerous winds that could drive flames across hillsides and canyons and tear through neighborhoods from ...