In May 2024, the city of Los Angeles adopted a Fiscal Year 2024 - 2025 budget that cut the appropriations for the fire ...

Fires across the Los Angeles area have killed at least 24 people and destroyed more than 12,000 structures, officials said, ...

a cut to the Los Angeles Fire Department 2025 budget and its commitment to recruiting a more diverse force have come under attack. Four major fires across the L.A. area have killed 16 people ...

The essential firefighting vehicles were still sitting in the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Bureau Of Supply and Maintenance lot in an industrial area Wednesday, waiting to be repaired.

California utility company Southern California Edison on Thursday said its equipment “may be associated with” the ignition of ...

Crews continued making progress battling the deadly infernos burning in Los Angeles County during a brief reprieve from dangerous fire weather over the weekend, but Southern California now is ...

The Los Angeles Fire Department pushed back Friday against speculation that its chief, Kristin Crowley, had been dismissed as crews continued to battle the wildfires burning across the region.

Records show that the City of Los Angeles decreased the Los Angeles Fire Department’s funding by nearly $17.6 million this fiscal year. However, that’s roughly a 2% decrease from the previous ...

Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley said Tuesday that “life-threatening and destructive and widespread winds” are in the region, which could fuel the growth of new or existing ...

Kristin Crowley was appointed Los Angeles fire chief in 2022 at a time of turmoil in a department consumed by complaints of rampant hazing, harassment, and discrimination among its 3,400-member ranks.

A fast-moving California fire has forced authorities ... "We demand that the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and the sheriff's department take swift action to protect the lives of the ...