Areas that burned in the brush fires aren’t of the clear just yet, according to Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley. She said crews have encountered flare-ups during their response ...

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 first thing we should think about is disaster preparation…being ready for whatever might come down the road,” Alex ...

Kristin Crowley was elevated to Los Angeles fire chief in 2022 at a time of turmoil in a department consumed by complaints of rampant hazing, harassment and discrimination among its 3,400-member ...

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

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