The claim: Photo shows Los Angeles Fire Department leadership team. A Jan. 8 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows what appears to be three women in uniform posing for a photograph in ...

In May 2024, the city of Los Angeles adopted a Fiscal Year 2024 - 2025 budget that cut the appropriations for the fire department by $17.6 million from the previous year.

Last weekend, community members across Los Angeles visited their neighborhood fire stations for free tours and demonstrations in celebration of the LA Fire Department’s (LAFD) annual Fire ...

The Los Angeles Fire Department asked off-duty members to call its communications department with their availability to assist in combating the fires in a Jan. 7 X post.It’s the first time in ...

Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley critiqued the city's handling of fire department funding Friday, agreeing when pressed ...

Fire fighting trucks, engines and apparatus awaiting repair at the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Bureau Of Supply and Maintenance. The department underwent $17 million in cuts to its budget in ...

The Los Angeles Fire Department’s budget was cut by nearly $17.6 million this fiscal year. That’s a roughly 2% decrease from the previous year. To stream KREM on your phone, you need the KREM app.

Crews with the Los Angeles Fire Department fought a fire at a recycling yard in Los Angeles on Sunday morning. Flames were first reported at the recycling yard, located at 5487 West San Fernando ...

Los Angeles City Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley is seen here in Long Beach, Calif., Dec. 5, 2024. Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images, FILE.

Several social media users have made posts accusing Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass of reducing funding for the Los Angeles Fire Department in the wake of the fast-moving fires. "Karen Bass cut fire ...

Seven months before the uncontrolled Palisades Fire in Los Angeles, the city's fire department budget for this fiscal year was cut by more than $17.5 million, records show.

For the 2023-2024 fiscal year, Los Angeles budgeted $837 million for the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), which was roughly 65% the size of the homeless budget of $1.3 billion.