Drivers or partners? An LAFD role could be nixed amid budget woes
To Los Angeles City Council members searching desperately for cuts amid a budget crisis, the Fire Department’s emergency incident technicians ...
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Suspended LAFD union president disputes allegations of missing receipts: ‘I’ve been unjustly accused’
Freddy Escobar stood on the sidewalk outside his former workplace waving a green thumb drive and a stack of papers ...
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Top officers for LAFD union suspended after audit finds $800,000 in unaccounted spending
The president and two other top officers of the Los Angeles Fire Department’s labor union were suspended from their posts ...
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Body of missing LAFD firefighter Connor J. Lees has been found
The body of Los Angeles Fire Department firefighter Connor J. Lees has been found nearly four months after the 29-year-old ...
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Illegal homemade fireworks suspected in Pacoima explosion, police say
Explosive materials, possibly used in an illegal homemade fireworks operation, were discovered in a Pacoima home that exploded Thursday, critically ...
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LAFD did not alert DWP to more than 1,000 fire hydrants needing repair
The Los Angeles Fire Department did not inform the city’s Department of Water and Power until mid-February that more than ...
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With a forecast of dangerous winds, LAFD pre-deploys to avoid failings of Palisades fire
Bracing for another round of extreme fire weather conditions, Los Angeles Fire Department officials on Monday had staffed all of ...
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Amid dangerous winds in 2011, LAFD engines stood ready. That didn’t happen this time
Thirteen years ago, Los Angeles Fire Department officials were bracing for the kind of dangerous winds that could drive flames ...
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