It's Not True Half of LA Fire Trucks Are Electric or Take 10 Hours To Recharge
A rumor that half of LA's fire trucks are electric and they have to go back to the firehouse to recharge every eight to ten hours is circulating online. For example, the America's Last Line of Defense ...
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 acquired in 2022.
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 to employ last week in advance of the Palisades fire.
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LAFD bosses sent just 5 fire engines to Palisades Fire — while holding back 1,000 firefighters and 35 trucks in critical first hours
Los Angeles fire bosses deployed a just fraction ... out of control — sending just five the 40 available fire engines and holding back 1,000 firefighters, according to a damning new report.
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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 ...
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L.A. Fire Department brass face questions about slow response to Palisades Fire
Los Angeles — Questions are mounting regarding why hundreds of Los Angeles Fire Department personnel were initially held back from racing ... only 19 fire engines were pre-deployed to the ...