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The toll might not have been as bad if extra engines had been pre-positioned much closer to the most fire-prone areas, former fire chiefs said.
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.
Los Angeles fire bosses deployed a just fraction of its firefighters and trucks to the deadly Palisades Fire until it was already out of control — sending just five the 40 available fire engines ...
With more dangerous winds coming, LAFD says it has staffed all of its available extra engines and staged more than two dozen engines in fire risk areas, measures they failed to take ahead of the ...
A driver was killed in a crash after failing to yield to a Los Angeles Fire Department engine in Pacoima Sunday morning, authorities said. The crash occurred about 10:45 a.m. in the area of Terra ...
The Los Angeles Fire Department has one electric fire engine, but it does not have any electric fire trucks – a different type of vehicle, Stewart said.
The sole occupant of a vehicle was killed following a collision with a Los Angeles Fire Department fire engine in Pacoima.
The LAFD could have sent at least 10 additional engines to the Palisades before the fire — engines that could have been on patrol along the hillsides and canyons, several former top officials ...
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.
A driver was killed in a crash after failing to yield to a Los Angeles Fire Department engine in Pacoima Sunday morning, authorities said. The crash occurred about 10:45 a.m. in the area of Terra ...
The toll might not have been as bad if extra engines had been pre-positioned much closer to the most fire-prone areas, former fire chiefs said.