FACT CHECK: Threads Post Makes False Claim About LAFD, Electric Fire Trucks
A post shared on Threads claims the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) has 45 electric fire trucks that take 10 hours to recharge. View on Threads Verdict: False The LAFD has not issued a press ...
Fox News15d
Los Angeles fire cleanup complicated by 'unprecedented' number of EVs with combustible lithium-ion batteries
Highly combustible lithium-ion batteries used in electric and hybrid vehicles are complicating cleanup efforts in the Los Angeles neighborhoods ravaged by wildfire damage. Phase 1 of the federal ...
Longview News-Journal20d
Ampace Joins Forces with LAFD to Battle Wildfires Rescue Missions
Ampace Technology has stepped forward with a crucial donation of 50 portable power stations to the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), providing vital power support for firefighters working on the ...
Orange County Register22d
Suspects sought in theft of equipment from fire engine in Rancho Cucamonga
RANCHO CUCAMONGA — U.S. Forest Service investigators Tuesday were seeking the public’s help identifying two men who broke into a locked fire engine and stole equipment from a crew standing by ...
Reuters22d
Aerial views show ash and rubble from Los Angeles fire zones
LOS ANGELES, Jan 22 (Reuters) - From the air, the once-thriving Los Angeles neighborhoods wiped out by recent wildfires now appear as block after block of grayish-brown ash and rubble. Sunlight ...
NBC Los Angeles23d
17 deaths reported in area that did not receive alert until hours after Eaton Fire
Los Angeles County supervisors are looking into the emergency alert system after residents in one area of the Eaton Fire were not alerted until several hours after the blaze had started.
WFMY News223d
Bridge collapses, taking Broadway fire engine with it into creek
BROADWAY, N.C. — A bridge collapsed and took a Broadway fire engine with it at around 4:30 a.m. on Jan. 21, according to the Broadway Fire Department. Fire engine 2701 was crossing a privately ...
USA Today23d
No, LAFD doesn’t have 45 electric fire trucks that take hours to recharge | Fact check
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 ...
Rolling Stone23d
What Really Happened With the L.A. Fire Department Budgets?
Though the city maintains that the LAFD actually received $80 million more than 2023-24 — thanks to money allocated outside the department budget — a narrative began to take shape: Budget cuts ...
Los Angeles Times24d
With a forecast of dangerous winds, LAFD pre-deploys to avoid failings of Palisades fire
Bracing for another round of extreme fire weather conditions, Los Angeles Fire Department officials on Monday had staffed all of its available extra engines and staged 30 engines in fire risk ...
Snopes.com24d
It's Not True Half of LA Fire Trucks Are Electric or Take 10 Hours To Recharge
As of January 2025, the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) had only one fire truck with an electric engine, which is obviously not half of the fleet. Moreover, LAFD's website clarified that the ...