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FACT CHECK: Threads Post Makes False Claim About LAFD, Electric Fire Trucks
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 ...
No, LAFD doesn’t have 45 electric fire trucks that take hours to recharge | Fact check
A spokesperson for the fire department told Lead Stories the claim is false. The department's single electric fire engine was ...
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Pedestrian Killed in Tragic Early Morning Collision on 110 Freeway in Downtown Los Angeles
A pedestrian died after being struck by a vehicle on the 110 Freeway in Los Angeles; driver hospitalized in fair condition.
Lawsuit against LAFD calling for fair pay, proper staffing reignited following wildfires
A 2023 lawsuit calling for fair pay and proper staffing in the Los Angeles Fire Department has been reignited following the ...
LAFD divers respond to 35-foot commercial boat sinking in Los Angeles Harbor
Divers with the Los Angeles Fire Department were responding to a 35-foot commercial boat that started sinking in the Los ...
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LAFD is doing all we can to fight LA fires. But we're dangerously understaffed. | Opinion
produced by the International Association of Fire Fighters and the United Firefighters of Los Angeles City, the union of which I am president. That assessment shows that in 1969, the LAFD ...
Was the LAFD budget cut? The budget increased, but debate rages over cuts to some positions
Critics on social media have alleged that Mayor Karen Bass cut the city fire department’s budget by $23 million this year.
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Containment of Palisades Fire Rises to 63%, Over 6,000 Structures Lost in Los Angeles Blaze
The LAFD reports the Palisades Fire is 63% contained, with 6,380 structures lost and 857 damaged; evacuation orders are ...
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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 ... according to the Times. Former Los Angeles Fire Chief Ralph Terrazas resigned in 2022 amid allegations of racism and sexism. Corbis via Getty ...
With a forecast of dangerous winds, LAFD pre-deploys to avoid failings of Palisades fire
With more dangerous winds coming, LAFD says it has staffed all of its available extra engines and staged more than two dozen ...
LAFD helicopter pilots describe water drops, challenges of battling Palisades fire in high winds
Quick calculations, coordination, communication and feedback were key in helping helicopter pilots hit their spots.
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Amid dangerous winds in 2011, LAFD engines stood ready. That didn’t happen this time
Would it have been the most destructive in the history of Los Angeles? I don’t think so. ... Give yourself the best chance to minimize the damage.” Another former LAFD battalion chief ...