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LAFD bosses sent just 5 fire engines to Palisades Fire — while holding back 1,000 firefighters and 35 trucks in critical first hours
Los Angeles fire bosses deployed a just fraction of ... according to internal fire department records obtained by the Times. Despite being available, no extra engines were readied in the Palisades ...
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LAFD asks firefighters to report availability
The Los Angeles Fire Department asked its firefighters to call ... peaking from 10 p.m. Tuesday through 5 a.m. Wednesday, potentially complicating firefighting efforts and carrying flames even ...
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LAFD is doing all we can to fight LA fires. But we're dangerously understaffed. | Opinion
Here are some numbers to consider. In 1960, with a population of 2.5 million, we had 112 LAFD fire stations. Today, with a population of nearly 4 million, we have 106 stations. That is according ...
Hughes Fire rages outside Los Angeles as new wildfire erupts near busy 405 Freeway
Firefighters in Southern California conducted another fierce wildfire fight on Wednesday and into Thursday morning.
Crews knock down multiple spot fires along 5 Freeway in Elysian Park
Crews with the Los Angeles Fire Department have knocked down grass fires that emerged Friday evening along the southbound 5 ...
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Los Angeles Fire Department budget sustained cuts but saw overall increase
LOS ANGELES -- Amidst confusion around budget cuts affecting the Los Angeles Fire Department while thousands ... of Los Angeles City. On Nov. 5, the City Council voted to approve a union contract ...