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 ...
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 ...
Northern California fire truck may have been used by Oregon couple allegedly impersonating firefighters at L.A. wildfires
An Oregon couple went to the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles with a fire truck that may have been previously used by a Northern ...
Los Angeles fire cleanup complicated by 'unprecedented' number of EVs with combustible lithium-ion batteries
According to the California Energy Commission, more than 99,000 zero-emission vehicles were sold in Los Angeles County in 2024 alone, including battery electric, plug-in hybrid and fuel cell electric ...
Two Oregon residents arrested for impersonating firefighters in Palisades Fire evacuation zone
Deputies say that the two claimed to be members of the "Roaring River Fire Department" in Oregon and that the firetruck they ...