A spokesperson for the fire department told Lead Stories the claim is false. The department's single electric fire engine was ...
Los Angeles Democratic Mayor Karen Bass reportedly tried to cut nearly $49 million from the Los Angeles County Fire ...
Social media users across X, Facebook, Threads, and Instagram have claimed that efforts to contain the fires have been ...
In May 2024, the city of Los Angeles adopted a Fiscal Year 2024 - 2025 budget that cut the appropriations for the fire ...
But some people on social media have appeared to imply that the current struggle to contain the wildfires could be related to the fact that a Los Angeles fire department donated surplus equipment to ...
Recent budget cuts to the Los Angeles Fire Department, along with reductions in Overtime Variable Staffing Hours (V-hours), have been cited as factors hindering the response to the ongoing fires.