The toll might not have been as bad if extra engines had been pre-positioned much closer to the most fire-prone areas, former fire chiefs said.

The City Council Tuesday advanced an effort to identify potential funding initiatives for new Los Angeles Fire Department stations and to repair existing facilities — a move that comes after January’s ...

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass approved a pay raise for fired LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley before the deadly Palisades Fire and ...

Crowley remained with LAFD at a lower rank but her new position was previously unspecified ... over 100 of our fire engines, fire trucks and ambulances sat broken down in our maintenance yards.” ...