‘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 ...
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 ...
Los Angeles Fire Chief Faces Calls for Resignation
As a disastrous fire continues to burn on the city’s west side, some are calling Chief Kristin Crowley to account: Why wasn’t ...
Hinesburg fire engine nearly slides off the road while responding to a call, chief says
The Hinesburg Fire Chief says crews had to walk more than a quarter mile to a house fire because the road was too icy for ...
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 ...
Fact-check: Did California Gov. Gavin Newsom cut $100 million in fire prevention?
Cal Fire’s total base wildfire protection budget has nearly tripled over the past 10 years, from $1.1 billion in 2014‑15 to ...
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 ...
Residents ordered to evacuate after fire breaks out at a power plant in Central California
People living near a power plant in Central California were ordered to evacuate their homes Thursday night after a fire broke ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...