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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 ... Los Angeles Fire Department’s Bureau Of Supply and Maintenance lot in an industrial area Wednesday, still waiting to be repaired. Controversy over the the rows of idle ...
US senators probe Wall Street over soaring prices for fire trucks and equipment, delivery wait times
Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Jim Banks (R-Ind.) have launched an investigation into rising prices and extended ...
LAFD actions in Palisades fire shrouded in secrecy as city refuses to release records
The LAFD has not answered questions about exactly which engines were unusable and what was wrong with them. And city ...
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Los Angeles Fire Department Eyes Hiring 227 as Layoffs Loom for Others
Freddy Escobar, president of United Firefighters of Los Angeles City Local 112, asserted that the department did not have enough fire trucks and engines for those 1,000 firefighters. But several ...
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Unhoused account for nearly one-third of fire calls: Los Angeles Fire Dept.
The Los Angeles Fire Department has shared a report outlining the impact that an increasing homeless population has had on its resources in recent years. “Fire Department field resources respond ...