Los Angeles Times5d
These L.A. firefighters lost everything when the Eaton fire arrived at their doorstep
president of the Los Angeles Firemen’s Relief Assn. At least three firefighters from the L.A. County Fire Department have also lost their houses, said a representative for the L.A. County ...
The New York Times6d
Los Angeles Fire Chief Faces Calls for Resignation
when Kristin Crowley became the first female chief in the history of the Los Angeles Fire Department, she was lauded as a force for stability. “There is no one better equipped to lead the L.A.F ...
'We're Just Broken,' Los Angeles Firefighter Says after Losing Home to Wildfire
Many firefighters are in the same position as their neighbors -- finding piles of charred rubble where their houses were.
Los Angeles Times5d
L.A.’s fire chief generated controversy — and fierce loyalty — while the city burned
with both UFLAC and the Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Officers Assn. penning public letters of support. Still, in the midst of the worst disaster to strike L.A. in a generation, many see a ...
The Durango Herald3d
Local fire departments send aid to Los Angeles as fires continue to devastate the area
Last week, several local fire districts sent crews to Southern California to assist in the containment of the large-scale wildfires that have been ravaging the Los Angeles area since Jan. 7.
CBS News 85d
San Diego ranks behind Los Angeles in firefighter staffing levels per capita
SAN DIEGO — As wildfires devastated Los Angeles ... San Diego trails L.A. on that list at #10. “This is a woefully understaffed fire department,” said LAFD Fire Captain, Freddy Escobar ...
ABC74d
Fire officials defend pre-deployment of firefighters before catastrophic LA County fires
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Were enough firefighters at the ready before last week's fires broke out? Were they in the right places? Were they able to respond quick enough? Those are just a few ...
The New York Times4d
The L.A. Fires Expose a Web of Governments, Weak by Design
Within those vast borders, there is a Los Angeles Police Department and a Los Angeles ... will they stay? How Will L.A. Rebuild?: A 2017 fire wiped out more than 5,000 structures in Northern ...
AOL5d
New wildfire concerns in Los Angeles: Strong winds could return next week.
Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley said a ... fire have been allowed to return as of 1 p.m. PT Thursday, the L.A. County Sheriff's Office said. ∎ Before this year, the Los Angeles ...
ABC76d
Palisades Fire: LAFD chief addresses pre-deployment decisions prior to blaze
LOS ANGELES ... the Palisades Fire came in, those engines were immediately re-directed to the Palisades. Additional engines from L.A. County Fire and 15 Ventura County Fire Department engines ...
abc276d
Los Angeles fire captain loses home to Eaton Fire
Al Hugo, a 32-year veteran of the Los Angeles Fire Department, lived in his Altadena ... his twin brother working as a firefighter for L.A. County and his youngest son serving as a firefighter ...