Los Angeles Fire Department budget sustained cuts but saw overall increase
In May 2024, the city of Los Angeles adopted a Fiscal Year 2024 - 2025 budget that cut the appropriations for the fire ...
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Los Angeles County Deputies Evacuating Altadena Residents Wondered about Their Station
In addition to helping Altadena residents evacuate, deputies also grabbed weapons and equipment from their station.
Deputies raced to evacuate Altadena residents, wondering if their station would burn, too
As the Eaton fire raged through Altadena, sheriff's deputies raced through the darkened streets evacuating residents. Then ...
California fires updates: Death toll in Los Angeles fires rises to 29
At least 29 people are believed to be dead and more than a dozen others remain unaccounted for as multiple wildfires rage ...
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Concerns over Oakland fire station closures elevated by destruction in Los Angeles
Since the Palisades Fire kicked off the storm of destructive blazes tearing across parts of Los Angeles County earlier ... the Oakland Fire Department temporarily shut down Stations 28 and 25 ...
California fires live updates: New LA County fire explodes to over 10,000 acres
Thousands of firefighters have been battling wildfires across 45 square miles of densely populated Los Angeles County. The ...
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Hughes Fire forces partial evacuation of 5,000+ person Los Angeles jail
A fast-moving California fire has forced authorities ... "We demand that the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and the sheriff's department take swift action to protect the lives of the ...
As western Altadena waited hours for evacuation orders, fire commanders faced utter chaos
With thousands of lives at risk, a mobile command post tasked with issuing evacuation orders struggled to keep pace with the ...
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Fire officials defend pre-deployment of firefighters before catastrophic LA County fires
LOS ANGELES (KABC ... Tuesday morning, the L.A. County Fire Department positioned one strike team at Fire Station 89 in Agoura Hills, which ended up being just miles northwest of what would ...
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Fire department funding and recruitment policy come under scrutiny as deadly Los Angeles blazes rage on
As firefighters continue to battle raging fires across Los Angeles County, a cut to the ... The data shows the department needs 62 additional fire stations, according to the fire chief.
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‘Beyond the brink’: Data shows LA Fire Department among the most understaffed in America
“If we cut one position, if we close one station … the residents ... including from the Los Angeles County Fire Department, which covers areas outside the city, including hard-hit Altadena.