Inside the complicated rise of private firefighting
Private firefighters are increasingly popular with inusurers. But some argue it creates a two-tiered system where only the ...
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‘Everyone needs to be on high alert,’ mayor says, as LA faces another round of Santa Ana winds
Southern California is bracing for another round of fire-fueling Santa Ana winds after a brief weekend reprieve from ...
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R. Winston “Pete” Bell Jr. and Katherine K. Evatt: Fire-ravaged Calif. needs help, not second-guessing
As Greensboro natives and longtime California residents, we’re deeply saddened by the terrible disasters resulting from ...
Amid dangerous winds in 2011, LAFD engines stood ready. That didn’t happen this time
Thirteen years ago, the LAFD took the type of dramatic measures in preparation of dangerous winds that the department failed ...
I'm a pilot flying a DC-10 fire bomber to battle the LA fires. This is what I've seen — and this is what needs to stop.
I'm a third-generation firefighter — and I'm helping to battle the LA fires from the air in a DC-10 fire bomber. Here's how ...
A key ‘weakness’ in L.A.'s wildfire strategy went unaddressed for years, Post probe shows
In a memo that has not been previously reported, chief told city fire commissioners that L.A. relied almost entirely on ...
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Here’s what we know about L.A. fire department’s DEI efforts, which Republicans have attacked
Donald Trump Jr., conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, and actor James Woods have made accusations similar to Musk’s. DEI initiatives broadly include efforts to increase diversity in ethnicity, gender, ...
LA Times Today: L.A. fire officials could have put engines in the Palisades before the fire broke out. They didn’t
LAFD firefighters have been working around the clock to combat the Palisades Fire, but the La Times reports that before fires broke out last Tuesday, top fire commanders decided not to assign roughly ...
The Women on the Frontlines of the Southern California Wildfires
They are firefighters and aid workers, chefs and booksellers—and they’re all on a mission to show up for their Los Angeles ...
San Diego ranks behind Los Angeles in firefighter staffing levels per capita
San Diego Fire-Rescue operates 52 fire stations with 994 firefighters serving a growing population of nearly 1.4 million.
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Strategy, meals and laundry: The monumental effort behind Los Angeles' firefight
The Eaton and Palisades fires that sparked last week in the Los Angeles area have killed at least 25 people and destroyed ...
75 Los Angeles fire trucks wait for repairs as wildfires rage — while city spends $1.3B on the homeless
We have over 100 fire apparatus out of service,” Los Angeles fire chief Kristin Crowley admitted when the wildfires were ...