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 ...
Does the L.A. Fire Department Have a Fleet of Electric Fire Trucks?
Social media users across X, Facebook, Threads, and Instagram have claimed that efforts to contain the fires have been hindered because the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) uses a fleet of electric ...
Opinion: Los Angeles tragedy points to need for support for CT fire services
This issue is not only about the appropriate budget allocations for hiring enough firefighters; it’s also about attracting ...
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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 facility in downtown Los Angeles as wildfires decimated Altadena, Pacific Palisades and Malibu, pictures taken by The Post show. The essential ...
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Helping Los Angeles in This Time of Need
Driving home to Pasadena on the evening of January 7 on the 210 Freeway, a Volunteer Minister named Jan spotted ...
What caused the Palisades blaze? Visual evidence points to a recent fire nearby.
The Post’s analysis offers evidence that the Palisades Fire started in the area where firefighters had spent hours using ...
Fire crews in Los Angeles brace for more heavy winds; at least 24 killed, thousands of buildings lost
Fires across the Los Angeles area have killed at least 24 people and destroyed more than 12,000 structures, officials said, ...
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FEMA Reactivates Online Rumor Response Page to Combat Los Angeles Fire Misinformation
Another post that circulated starting on January 7 claimed that Los Angeles-based fire agencies ... wing social media influencers that Oregon fire trucks were turned away due to California ...
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 facility in downtown Los Angeles as wildfires decimated Altadena, Pacific Palisades and Malibu, pictures taken by The Post show. The essential ...
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Video shows bulldozer removing cars abandoned by people fleeing Los Angeles fires
As the devastating Palisades Fire ... fire trucks can get up there.” It is not known how many vehicles were left behind on the road and how many were ultimately removed, and the Los Angeles ...
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Fire department funding and recruitment policy come under scrutiny as deadly Los Angeles blazes rage on
As firefighters continue to battle raging fires across Los Angeles County ... she told CNN’s Jake Tapper. Over 100 fire apparatus are out of service, the fire chief said. The budget cuts ...
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Amid L.A. fires, California officials deny false claims Oregon fire trucks turned away due to emissions regulations
In fact, they say, the trucks were briefly stopped for routine safety checks before they traveled to the site of the Los Angeles fires. Cal Fire debunked that claim that has widely circulated on ...