The Times also reported that before the fires, LAFD leaders decided not to deploy nine fire engines to fire-prone ... staffing tactic — a deployment model.” Crawford, as well as other former ...

No extra engines had been placed in the Palisades, where the fire broke ... said former LAFD Battalion Chief Rick Crawford. “It’s a known staffing tactic — a deployment model.” ...

A spokesperson for the Los Angeles Fire Department has said the claim is false. The department has a single electric fire engine, acquired in 2022, and it has no electric fire trucks. Claim that ...

"With that we even pulled on additional resources internally within the Los Angeles Fire Department to add five engines and one battalion chief. That is above and beyond what we would do on a red ...

As a proud 35-year veteran and current captain with the Los Angeles Fire Department ... hundreds of our firefighters and dozens of our fire engines and trucks were dispatched to fight the ...

Los Angeles — Questions are mounting regarding why hundreds of Los Angeles Fire Department ... as the Palisades Fire started at about 10:30 a.m. on Jan. 7, only 19 fire engines were pre-deployed ...

The sole occupant of a vehicle was killed following a collision with a Los Angeles Fire Department fire engine in Pacoima. The crash happened around 10:45 a.m. on Saturday in the 13000 block of ...

A driver was killed in a crash after failing to yield to a Los Angeles Fire Department engine in Pacoima Sunday morning, authorities said. The crash occurred about 10:45 a.m. in the area of Terra ...

The Times also reported that before the fires, LAFD leaders decided not to deploy additional engines ... model.” Crawford, as well as other former chiefs with lengthy experience in fire tactics ...

No extra engines had been placed in the Palisades, where the fire broke ... said former LAFD Battalion Chief Rick Crawford.