Napavine firefighters deployed to California reflect on experience fighting the Palisades Fire
Lewis County Fire District 5 firefighters in Napavine have had plenty of experience responding to wildfires across the county ...
Electric fire trucks did not factor in response to deadly LA blazes
Amid the deadly wildfires in Southern California, posts claimed the Los Angeles Fire Department was hindered by electric ...
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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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2 people used firetruck purchased at auction to impersonate firefighters in Pacific Palisades
Two people suspected of impersonating firefighters were detained Saturday after trying to go through a checkpoint limited to emergency crews responding to the Palisades Fire. Sheriff’s deputies ...
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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 ...
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75 Los Angeles fire trucks wait for repairs as wildfires rage — while city spends $1.3B on the homeless
At least 75 fire trucks languished in a city repair facility in downtown Los Angeles as wildfires decimated Altadena, Pacific Palisades and Malibu, pictures taken by The Post show. The essential ...
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Couple with fake fire truck busted for impersonating firefighters near Palisades Fire in Los Angeles: sheriff
Los Angeles authorities said a couple ... patrol unit was driving through the Palisades Fire area with fire personnel and noticed a fire truck that did not appear to be legitimate.
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Fire officials defend pre-deployment of firefighters before catastrophic LA County fires
Sheila Kelliher of the Los Angeles County Fire Department, explaining that strike teams were in position. The teams are each comprised of five fire trucks and 21 firefighters whose mission is to ...
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The home front: Could the Los Angeles fires happen in Australia?
The Los Angeles bushfires are “next level ... using satellite data to detect fires early and then responding by sending a fire truck, or winching in a crew by helicopter, to put the fire ...
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No, LAFD doesn’t have 45 electric fire trucks that take hours to recharge | Fact check
A Jan. 18 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) claims firefighters in Los Angeles rely on electric fire trucks that take hours to recharge. “(Forty-five) of Los Angeles fire trucks have to ...
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Crashes and Disasters
A married couple from Oregon are suspected of impersonating firefighters to enter an evacuation zone around the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles with a fire truck that may have been bought after ...
To get into off-limits fire zone, two people pretended to be reporters, officials say
Two people were arrested after authorities said they used forged press passes to illegally enter the Palisades fire evacuation zone.