ABC News17d
LA firestorm stresses importance of having personal disaster plan: Officials
Fire officials are urging residents to make a disaster action plan. As thousands of firefighters battled a series of raging wildfires across Los Angeles County, California officials warned the ...
New York Post17d
75 Los Angeles fire trucks wait for repairs as wildfires rage — while city spends $1.3B on the homeless
The essential firefighting vehicles were still sitting in the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Bureau Of Supply and Maintenance lot in an industrial area Wednesday, waiting to be repaired.
WDAF-TV18d
Metro fire departments undergo water, ice rescue training
Fire departments in at least two Kansas City metro cities, Independence, Missouri and Overland Park, Kansas, spent Wednesday training for emergency ice rescues. First responders are familiar with ...
CBS News18d
L.A. Fire Department brass face questions about slow response to Palisades Fire
Los Angeles — Questions are mounting regarding why hundreds of Los Angeles Fire Department personnel were initially held back from racing to the scene of the Palisades Fire when it first broke ...
Hindustan Times18d
Megyn Kelly ridicules three ‘obese’ female workers over LA Fire Department's response; Who is Kristine Larson?
Megyn Kelly blasted the three female workers of the Los Angeles Fire Department as the massive flames continue to ravage Southern California. Megyn Kelly blasted the three female workers of the ...
Fox News18d
Actor Denis Leary tells 'The View' LA fire department 'understaffed,' gets budget cut further every year
Actor Denis Leary told the co-hosts of "The View" on Wednesday that the Los Angeles Fire Department experiences budget cuts every year and said they've been understaffed for over a decade amid the ...
NBC Los Angeles18d
Did city, LAFD prepare enough for Palisades Fire? Here's what we know
New questions are being raised about whether the City of Los Angeles and its fire department did enough to prepare in the days ahead of the deadly Palisades Fire. The fire department did not hold ...
19 Action News18d
‘Many frozen hydrants’ as firefighters responded to large Painesville house fire caused by torch
The Painesville Fire Department responded to a large fire on Mentor Avenue Wednesday afternoon. According to a release from the Painesville Fire Department, it received the call at around 11 a.m ...
Fox 5 San Diego19d
Crews respond to garage fire in Oceanside
OCEANSIDE, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — Crews with the Oceanside Fire Department (OFD) responded to reports of a residential structure fire on Foussat Road Tuesday afternoon. The fire, which originated ...
TheWrap19d
Denis Leary Says Fire Departments Always Get Budget Cuts First Because They Don’t Strike
According to the actor, fire departments are always the first targeted in budget cuts, because they will always go out and help people, no matter what. Leary explained this during his appearance o ...
Fox 5 San Diego19d
Oceanside restaurant to provide 1,500 burritos to fire crews on frontlines in LA
OCEANSIDE, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI ... Captain Mike Cornette with Cal Fire/San Diego County Fire explained that leaving that setting changes things. “When we go out on the line, they give ...
CNN19d
‘Beyond the brink’: Data shows LA Fire Department among the most understaffed in America
A CNN analysis of the most recent data available from the 10 largest US cities and other comparable departments shows the Los Angeles Fire Department is less staffed than almost any other major ...