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 County, a cut to the Los Angeles Fire Department 2025 ...
Victim of gas station blaze sparked by Osceola County deputy's Taser files federal lawsuit
A federal lawsuit has been filed against Osceola County deputies, alleging excessive force in a gas station fire incident that left a man severely injured.
L.A.’s fire chief generated controversy — and fierce loyalty — while the city burned
Critics of Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley — a gay woman leading an overwhelmingly male department — call her a “DEI ...
LA fire sounded alarm on budget cuts impacting wildfire response: memo
The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) chief warned a month ago that budget cuts had plunged it into "unprecedented ...
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NorCal tribal fire department joins fight against LA fires
RIGOROUS FIRE TRAINING IN THE CAPE VALLEY ... TRIBES CAN’T SUPPORT GOING OUT LIKE THIS TRIBE HAS. AND YOLO COUNTY MARICELA DE LA CRUZ KCRA THREE NEWS. IN ADDITION TO ALL THAT TRAINING AN ...
How Flagler-Volusia use prescribed burns to help prevent wildfires like those in 1998
Flagler County Fire and Rescue Chief Michael Tucker talks about lessons learned from the 1998 fires in Volusia and Flagler and how prevention works.
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On LA fire lines, inmates shoulder heavy packs and tackle dangerous work for less than $30 a day
California began training inmates to help fight wildfires ... the state forestry department and the Los Angeles County fire department operate 35 “fire camps” where inmates can become ...
Why Incarcerated Firefighters Are Battling the L.A. Wildfires
As of Friday morning, 939 incarcerated firefighters have been working “around the clock cutting fire lines and removing fuel ...
Inconvenient truths about the fires burning in Los Angeles from two fire experts
For years, renowned fire experts Jack Cohen and Stephen Pyne have tried to shift the conversation on fire prevention ...
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On LA fire lines, inmates tackle dangerous work for less than $30 a day
California began training inmates to help fight wildfires ... the state forestry department and the Los Angeles County fire department operate 35 “fire camps” where inmates can become ...