ABC 7 Los Angeles on MSN3d
7 On Your Side obtains report showing initial response to Palisades Fire
A document obtained by Eyewitness News shows how the Los Angeles City Fire Department responded in the initial minutes after ...
IJR12d
‘You Have Failed’: LA Fire Chiefs Demand Current LAFD Head Be Thrown Overboard In Scathing Letter
A number of battalion chiefs have signed a letter calling for Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) Chief Kristin Crowley to ...
Amid dangerous winds in 2011, LAFD engines stood ready. That didn’t happen this time
Thirteen years ago, the LAFD took the type of dramatic measures in preparation of dangerous winds that the department failed ...
Hosted on MSN13d
LAFD Officials Demand Chief’s Resignation Over Wildfire Response
Chief Kristin Crowley is facing intense criticism and calls for her resignation over her handling of the deadly wildfires ...
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 ...
News Nation on MSN13d
LAFD officials demand chief’s ouster for wildfires mismanagement
( NewsNation) — Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley has come under attack for her handling of the deadly ...
New York Post15d
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 ...
LA fire officials could have put engines in Palisades before the fire broke out. They didn’t
Most of the more than 40 available engines could have been pre-deployed to fire zones before the Palisades blaze started, while others were kept at stations to help with the increase in 911 calls.
6abc News21d
Former LAFD battalion chief explains why California wildfires were hard to contain
LOS ANGELES (WPVI) -- At least five people are believed to be dead -- with the LA County sheriff saying he expects that number to rise -- as a series of devastating fires grow uncontained across ...
Los Angeles Times15d
L.A. fire officials could have put engines in the Palisades before the fire broke out. They didn’t
“The plan you’re using now for the fire you should have used before the fire,” said former LAFD Battalion Chief Rick Crawford. “It’s a known staffing tactic — a deployment model.