The claim: Los Angeles Fire Department is using women's handbags to put out California fires
The LAFD said the footage shows its team putting out a fire using canvas bags, which are part of the department's standard ...
Actor Denis Leary tells 'The View' LA fire department 'understaffed,' gets budget cut further every year
Actor Denis Leary told "The View" on Wednesday that the L.A. fire department, and others across the country, get their ...
Axing fact-checkers 'like disbanding your fire department,' former CNN journo complains amid LA wildfires
Some commentators compared fact-checkers to "fire departments" and "first responders" while wildfires continued to spread ...
‘Beyond the brink’: Data shows LA Fire Department among the most understaffed in America
A CNN analysis of the 10 largest US cities and other comparable departments shows the Los Angeles Fire Department is less ...
LA Times Today: Did Mayor Karen Bass really cut the fire department budget? The answer gets tricky
L.A. Fire chief Kristin Crowley pointed the finger at Mayor Karen Bass and budget cuts to the L.A. Fire Department. And she’s ...
Worker gets nose ring caught in office chair — leading to wild fire-department rescue caught on video
The unnamed office employee had apparently been sticking her nose through the chair’s mesh frame when, all of a sudden, “it ...
L.A. Fire Department brass face questions about slow response to Palisades Fire
CBS News has confirmed that as the Palisades Fire started on Jan. 7, only 19 fire engines were pre-deployed to the area.
LA fires live updates: At least 27 fire-related deaths
At least 27 people are believed to be dead and more than a dozen others remain unaccounted for as multiple wildfires rage ...
Fire department funding and recruitment policy come under scrutiny as deadly Los Angeles blazes rage on
As firefighters continue to battle raging fires across Los Angeles County, a cut to the Los Angeles Fire Department 2025 ...
Fire department responds to Salvation Army emergency shelter for third time in one week
The Waterbury Fire Department has responded for a third time this week to the Salvation Army on 74 Central Avenue, an ...
North Texas fire chief arrested for allegedly stealing from volunteer fire department, officials say
NEW FAIRVIEW, Texas — A North Texas fire chief has been arrested for allegedly stealing between $150,000 and $300,000 from a ...
LA officials were warned about budget cuts to fire department: 'Someone will die'
Several people are on record sounding the alarm that the Los Angeles Fire Department did not have the resources it needs ahead of the deadly Southern California fires.