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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 ...
It's Not True Half of LA Fire Trucks Are Electric or Take 10 Hours To Recharge
A rumor that half of LA's fire trucks are electric and they have to go back to the firehouse to recharge every eight to ten hours is circulating online. For example, the America's Last Line of Defense ...
New York Post26d
75 Los Angeles fire trucks wait for repairs as wildfires rage — while city spends $1.3B on the homeless
Controversy over the rows of idle trucks has intensified after revelations about the LAFD budget being cut by $17 million by Mayor Karen Bass. The Los Angeles Fire Department had its budget cut by ...
New York Post27d
LAFD bosses sent just 5 fire engines to Palisades Fire — while holding back 1,000 firefighters and 35 trucks in critical first hours
Los Angeles fire bosses deployed just a fraction of its firefighters and trucks to the deadly Palisades Fire until it was already out of control — sending just five of the 40 available fire ...
Chuck Lorre Uses Latest Vanity Card To Thank Firefighters For Saving His Home
In his latest card that appeared at the end of the CBS comedy Georgie and Mandy’s First Marriage on Jan. 30, Lorre thanked ...
Hoodline16d
LAFD Conducts Extensive Search for Occupants in Abandoned Utility Truck in Pacoima Wash, No Persons Found
LAFD conducts a search for persons linked to a stranded utility truck in Pacoima wash, finding no one present.
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 budget and its commitment to recruiting a more diverse force have come under ...
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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 go ...
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Fire department funding and recruitment policy come under scrutiny as deadly Los Angeles blazes rage on
The LAFD has more than 3,500 uniformed firefighters ... to fix all the equipment that is out of service such as rigs, fire trucks and hook-and-ladders, Hudley-Hayes said. “Yes, I think the ...