Divers with the Los Angeles Fire Department were responding to a 35-foot commercial boat that started sinking in the Los ...

We dealt with that fivefold growth with essentially the same number of firefighters responding ... we need to protect Los Angeles? Can we and will we build the fire department that we need as ...

There are 28 fire departments in Los Angeles County in addition to the city's fire department. All are responding to the ongoing fires, along with firefighters from five additional states.

The Palisades and Eaton wildfires also continue burning in the Los Angeles area, leaving parts of Southern California with ...

"The LAFD has not had the funding mechanism to supply enough mechanics and enough money for the parts to repair these engines ...

On Tuesday, Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley warned of "life-threatening and destructive" winds, adding that the "danger has not yet passed." Crowley said the department is ...

In May 2024, the city of Los Angeles adopted a Fiscal Year 2024 - 2025 budget that cut the appropriations for the fire ...

The fires erupted a few months after the Los Angeles Fire Department’s budget was slashed ... “We can no longer operate this way.” Crowley was responding to a question by Fire Commissioner ...

The Post’s analysis offers evidence that the Palisades Fire started in the area where firefighters had spent hours using ...

a cut to the Los Angeles Fire Department 2025 budget and its commitment to recruiting a more diverse force have come under attack. Four major fires across the L.A. area have killed 16 people ...

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.

The adopted budget for the 2024-2025 fiscal year increased the amount for the fire department to $819,637,423, according to a summary on the city administrative officer's website. That meant the ...