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.
Electric fire trucks did not factor in response to deadly LA blazes
Amid the deadly wildfires in Southern California, posts claimed the Los Angeles Fire Department was hindered by electric ...
LAFD could have had at least 10 engines patrolling Palisades hills, former chiefs say
The toll might not have been as bad if extra engines had been pre-positioned much closer to the most fire-prone areas, former ...
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Does the L.A. Fire Department Have a Fleet of Electric Fire Trucks?
“To set the record straight: the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) currently operates one Rosenbauer RTX electric fire engine—the only electric fire engine in their fleet,” Todd ...
Fire-ravaged Los Angeles confronts difficult questions as it rushes to rebuild
As a charred Los Angeles resurfaces from the infernal flames that engulfed the region last month, questions loom as to how ...
L.A. Wildfires: SCE Admits Its Equipment May Have Ignited Hurst Fire North Of Los Angeles
SCE concedes in the filing that a conductor failure occurred near the origin of the fire, causing damaged equipment to fall ...
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Los Angeles wildfires timeline: How the deadly blazes unfolded
The Palisades and Eaton fires both ... winds and high fire danger." 8 a.m.: The Los Angeles Fire Department pre-deploys and pre-positions resources, including fire engines, command teams, brush ...
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L.A. Fires Will Drain Public Coffers From Pasadena to Utah
A Los Angeles Fire Department captain explains how the recent Palisades and Eaton fires got out of control ... won’t be paying monthly water or electric bills.
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What Los Angeles Could Learn From Great Fires of the Past
These cities changed in ways and at a speed that wouldn’t have been possible without fires. The lessons of that history are relevant in Los Angeles today, where elected officials have promised ...
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California Wildfire Updates: Palisades, Eaton Fires Reach Full Containment
The Palisades and Eaton fires in Los Angeles were fully contained ... Jan. 23, 3:00 a.m. PSTThe Los Angeles Fire Department said it was able to stop forward progress of the Sepulveda Fire, which ...