A spokesperson for the Los Angeles Fire Department has said the claim is false. The department has a single electric fire engine, acquired in 2022, and it has no electric fire trucks. Claim that ...
A post shared on Threads claims the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) has 45 electric fire trucks that take 10 hours to recharge. View on Threads Verdict: False The LAFD has not issued a press ...
The department has a single electric fire engine, acquired in 2022, and it has no electric fire trucks. Margaret Stewart, a ...
Social media users across X, Facebook, Threads, and Instagram have claimed that efforts to contain the fires have been ...
Los Angeles has been beset by fires this year, and it seems like every fire department around has done everything it can to ...
With more dangerous winds coming, LAFD says it has staffed all of its available extra engines and staged more than two dozen ...
Thirteen years ago, the LAFD took the type of dramatic measures in preparation of dangerous winds that the department failed to employ last week in advance of the Palisades fire.
Quick calculations, coordination, communication and feedback were key in helping helicopter pilots hit their spots.
“You would have had a better chance to get a better result if you deployed those engines,” former LAFD Battalion Chief Rick Crawford told the Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles fire bosses ...
A pedestrian died after being struck by a vehicle on the 110 Freeway in Los Angeles; driver hospitalized in fair condition.
The Times also reported that before the fires, LAFD leaders decided not to deploy additional engines to fire-prone areas like the Pacific Palisades. However, nine engines were positioned in ...
But several former chiefs with deep experience in LAFD tactics said most of the more than 40 available engines could have been predeployed to fire zones before the Palisades blaze started ...