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Lack of mechanics, resources leaves dozens of emergency vehicles out of service
Dozens of service emergency vehicles are sitting unused at a maintenance yard in Lincoln Heights, following the $18 million budget cut to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
Mayor calls for ‘full investigation’ into LAFD vehicles sitting idle during Eaton, Palisades fires
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Friday responded to a KTLA report regarding dozens of unserviced L.A. Fire Department vehicles being sidelined and unable to respond during the devastating ...
75 Los Angeles fire trucks wait for repairs as wildfires rage — while city spends $1.3B on the homeless
At that time, officials said 86 of the city’s emergency vehicles were out of commission in Los Angeles because there was no money to hire sheet metal workers and mechanics to fix them. Among the ...
Firefighters kept from Palisades, Eaton front lines due to unserviced LAFD vehicles
Firefighters who reported to assist during the devastating Palisades and Eaton fires were kept from helping on the front ...
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Dozens of Los Angeles Fire Vehicles Were in the Maintenance Yard During the Wildfires
"The LAFD has not had the funding mechanism to supply enough mechanics and enough money for the parts to repair these engines ...
Los Angeles fire cleanup complicated by 'unprecedented' number of EVs with combustible lithium-ion batteries
California wildfire cleanup is complicated by highly combustible lithium-ion batteries found in electric and hybrid vehicles ...
Nonprofit providing emergency RVs to Los Angeles wildfire victims
Some residents who lost everything during the Los Angeles wildfires received a much-needed lifeline as they began the long ...
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FEMA, transportation, food, health and more: Find resources for LA wildfire victims
Just as multiple wildfires spread through the Los Angeles area, several companies have announced free resources to help ...
Los Angeles launches online wildfire relief tool to navigate government aid programs
The city of Los Angeles has launched an online tool to help people affected by recent wildfires by simplifying the task of ...
Los Angeles wildfires timeline: How the deadly blazes unfolded
Dozens of people are believed to have died in the Palisades and Eaton fires, which have burned down whole swaths of ...
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Flawed emergency alert systems lagged when residents needed them most during Los Angeles wildfires
Incident command stations may have trouble synthesizing the large amounts of information they are getting from different ...
Mudslides and floods swamp LA as much-needed rains fall on fire zones
A weekend storm in Los Angeles helped tamp down the most damaging wildfires in California history, but it also brought ...