It's Not True Half of LA Fire Trucks Are Electric or Take 10 Hours To Recharge
A rumor that half of LA's fire trucks are electric and they have to go back to the firehouse to recharge every eight to ten hours is circulating online. For example, the America's Last Line of Defense ...
Los Angeles Doesn't Have Enough Fire Trucks Thanks To Private Equity
Los Angeles has been beset by fires this year, and it seems like every fire department around has done everything it can to ...
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75 Los Angeles fire trucks wait for repairs as wildfires rage — while city spends $1.3B on the homeless
Controversy over the rows of idle trucks has intensified after revelations about the LAFD budget being cut by $17 million by Mayor Karen Bass. The Los Angeles Fire Department had its budget cut by ...
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 acquired in 2022.
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Dozens of Los Angeles Fire Vehicles Were in the Maintenance Yard During the Wildfires
"The LAFD has not had the funding mechanism to supply enough mechanics and enough money for the parts to repair these engines ...
Mayor calls for ‘full investigation’ into LAFD vehicles sitting idle during Eaton, Palisades fires
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Friday responded to a KTLA report regarding dozens of unserviced L.A. Fire Department ...
Firefighters kept from Palisades, Eaton front lines due to unserviced LAFD vehicles
Firefighters who reported to assist during the devastating Palisades and Eaton fires were kept from helping on the front ...
Napavine firefighters deployed to California reflect on experience fighting the Palisades Fire
Lewis County Fire District 5 firefighters in Napavine have had plenty of experience responding to wildfires across the county ...
Arsonist steps out of van, lights taco truck on fire in downtown Los Angeles
An arsonist was caught on video setting a taco truck on fire in downtown L.A., and the owner tells KTLA this isn’t the first ...
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75 Los Angeles fire trucks wait for repairs as wildfires rage — while city spends $1.3B on the homeless
At least 75 fire trucks languished in a city repair ... The essential firefighting vehicles were still sitting in the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Bureau Of Supply and Maintenance lot in ...
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Los Angeles Doesn't Have Enough Fire Trucks Thanks To Private Equity
The Los Angeles Fire Department has trucks, to be sure, but many of those trucks are sitting around awaiting desperately-needed repairs. Those repairs require parts, and parts have to come from ...