Los Angeles Doesn't Have Enough Fire Trucks Thanks To Private Equity
Los Angeles has been beset by fires this year, and it seems like every fire department around has done everything it can to ...
No, LAFD doesn’t have 45 electric fire trucks that take hours to recharge | Fact check
A spokesperson for the fire department told Lead Stories the claim is false. The department's single electric fire engine was acquired in 2022.
75 Los Angeles fire trucks wait for repairs as wildfires rage — while city spends $1.3B on the homeless
The essential firefighting vehicles were still sitting in the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Bureau Of Supply ... 36 ambulances, and 10 fire trucks, which carry equipment, like ladders and rescue ...
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Fire department fills long-term need with ladder truck purchase
A local public-safety acquisition more than 25 years in the making has become reality with the city’s purchase of a Davis ...
The role of budget cuts and private equity firms in the Los Angeles wildfires
The crisis facing the LA Fire Department is a microcosm of the broader contradictions of capitalism. It highlights the urgent ...
Does the L.A. Fire Department Have a Fleet of Electric Fire Trucks?
Social media users across X, Facebook, Threads, and Instagram have claimed that efforts to contain the fires have been ...
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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 ... such as rigs, fire trucks and hook-and-ladders, Hudley-Hayes said. “Yes, I think the fire department is overwhelmed with ...
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Los Angeles Doesn't Have Enough Fire Trucks Thanks To Private Equity
The Los Angeles Fire Department has trucks ... The Seattle Fire Department says it faces even longer wait times, with ladder trucks orders taking 54 months — 4.5 years — to be fulfilled.
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75 Los Angeles fire trucks wait for repairs as wildfires rage — while city spends $1.3B on the homeless
The Los Angeles Fire Department had its budget cut ... 36 ambulances, and 10 fire trucks, which carry equipment, like ladders and rescue supplies. “It just makes no sense to have million dollar ...