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Wealthy Homeowners and Their Insurers Turn to Hired Help to Fight L.A. Wildfires
Fire Defense Service’s pool-pump system was developed in part by a Los Angeles Fire Department firefighter ... It said its trucks carry a few hundred gallons of water and generally don ...
FACT CHECK: Threads Post Makes False Claim About LAFD, Electric Fire Trucks
A post shared on Threads claims the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) has 45 electric fire trucks that take 10 hours to recharge. View on Threads Verdict: False The LAFD has not issued a press ...
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.
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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 ...
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No, LA Fire Department isn't using women's handbags to put out fires | Fact check
a woman says in the video. "Women's handbags?" Text within the post, which Libs of TikTok previously shared on X and later deleted, reads, "The LAFD are using women's handbags to hold water to put ...
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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 ...
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LAFD team tasked with preventing wildfires accused of corruption, laziness before blazes devastated city
The arm of the Los Angeles Fire Department in charge of preventing wildfires faced years of allegations of corruption, laziness, harassment and discrimination before the blazes that have ...
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Los Angeles Wildfires: How all 12 professional sports teams are rallying to aid wildfire victims
Los Angeles Wildfires: How all 12 professional sports teams are rallying to aid wildfire victims The Los Angeles Dodgers, Lakers, Rams, Chargers, Kings, Ducks, Galaxy, Clippers, Angels, Sparks ...