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Fire Trucks Cost $2M Now and Firefighters Are Begging for Help
The International Association of Fire Fighters is calling the feds to action over price increases and multi-year wait times ...
Simi Valley landfill to see fewer truckloads of LA fire debris by mid-summer
Work to clear and transport debris from the Los Angeles wildfires to the Simi Valley landfill is expected to be mostly complete by mid-summer.
Los Angeles brush fire injures 1, shuts down Metro line
A brush fire that broke out in the San Fernando Valley Wednesday afternoon injured one person, caused a shutdown of an LA ...
Three months after Palisades fire, mayor proposes adding more than 200 LAFD jobs
Months after the most destructive wildfire in modern Los Angeles history, Mayor Karen Bass is seeking to add scores of new ...
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Los Angeles Fire Department Eyes Hiring 227 as Layoffs Loom for Others
Freddy Escobar, president of United Firefighters of Los Angeles City Local 112, asserted that the department did not have enough fire trucks and engines for those 1,000 firefighters. But several ...
Los Angeles brush fire injures one, shuts down transit line amid countywide heat wave
A brush fire that broke out in the San Fernando Valley Wednesday afternoon injured one person, caused a shutdown of an LA Metro line and encroached on structures before forward progress was stopped.
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As Fire Truck Prices Hit $2 Million, US Firefighters Demand an Antitrust Probe
The U.S. Department of Justice ... citing reports that dozens of fire trucks were out of commission during the wildfires that devastated two Los Angeles communities and killed at least 29 people ...
Arbor Day: How Los Angeles is replanting trees after devastating wildfires
ABC News joined The Arbor Day Foundation and the Altadena nonprofit Amigos de los Rios to discuss replanting and preserving trees in the wake of the Eaton Fire.