After lengthy backlog, Lincolnwood Fire Department has new, nearly $1M fire engine
The Lincolnwood Fire Department has a shiny new fire engine, adding to the current fleet and coming at a price tag of nearly ...
New York Post5d
LAFD bosses sent just 5 fire engines to Palisades Fire — while holding back 1,000 firefighters and 35 trucks in critical first hours
“You would have had a better chance to get a better result if you deployed those engines,” former LAFD Battalion Chief Rick Crawford told the Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles fire bosses ...
WOOD-TV5d
Fire engines built in West Michigan bound for California wildfires
At the HME Ahrens-Fox plant along Chicago Drive in Wyoming Wednesday, workers were finishing engines that will go to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (more commonly known ...
USA Today6d
No, California didn't block fire trucks from Oregon over emissions rules | Fact check
A Jan. 11 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) claims California prevented some out-of-state fire engines from coming into the state to help fight its deadly wildfires. “Oregon sent 60 fire ...
Los Angeles Times6d
L.A. fire officials could have put engines in the Palisades before the fire broke out. They didn’t
As the Los Angeles Fire Department faced extraordinary warnings of life-threatening winds, top commanders decided not to assign for emergency deployment roughly 1,000 available firefighters and ...
Yahoo News5d
Fire engines built in West Michigan bound for California wildfires
At the HME Ahrens-Fox plant along Chicago Drive in Wyoming Wednesday, workers were finishing engines that will go to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (more commonly known as ...
CBS News5d
L.A. Fire Department brass face questions about slow response to Palisades Fire
only 19 fire engines were pre-deployed to the area. But it's unclear how many, if any, were sent to the first neighborhood that caught fire. For the first four hours that a CBS News crew was on ...
New York Post4d
75 Los Angeles fire trucks wait for repairs as wildfires rage — while city spends $1.3B on the homeless
Provided by The United Firefighters of Los Angeles City “We don’t have enough firefighters and medics, we don’t have enough fire engines, we don’t have enough trucks and ambulances in the ...
Seattle Times5d
LA fire officials could have put engines in Palisades before the fire broke out. They didn’t
No extra engines had been placed in the Palisades, where the fire broke out about 10:30 a.m. on Jan. 7, officials said. The department prepositioned nine engines to the San Fernando Valley and ...
The Hollywood Reporter5d
A Sense of Home Launches Home Kit Initiative for L.A. Fire Victims, With Support From Ted Sarandos and Nicole Avant
The nonprofit will offer survivors comprehensive home kits including furniture, kitchenware, bedding, cleaning supplies and health and hygiene products. By Kirsten Chuba Events Editor Nonprofit ...