Lack of manpower forces Greensburg Fire Department to sell truck that requires 2 drivers
The end of an era is approaching for the Greensburg Fire Department. The days are numbered for the department’s tractor-drawn ...
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SoCal hit by mudslides, flooding as powerful storm slams region
A Los Angeles Fire Department vehicle with a member inside was swept into the ocean by a heavy mudslide during the rain in Malibu.
Fire department vehicle swept into ocean in debris flow as rain pounds LA
A new atmospheric river is slamming California, including fire-ravaged Los Angeles, where residents are bracing for the ...
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Broadway Fire Department truck rolls into creek after bridge collapses in North Wilkesboro
A fire truck rolled into a creek after a bridge collapsed in the Piedmont Triad, according to officials with the Broadway Fire Department.Officials said they were responding to a structure fire ...
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No, LAFD doesn’t have 45 electric fire trucks that take hours to recharge | Fact check
A Jan. 18 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) claims firefighters in Los Angeles rely on electric fire trucks that take hours to recharge. “(Forty-five) of Los Angeles fire trucks have to ...
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It's Not True Half of LA Fire Trucks Are Electric or Take 10 Hours To Recharge
A rumor that half of LA's fire trucks are electric and they have to go back to the firehouse to recharge every eight to ten hours is circulating online. For example, the America's Last Line of ...
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Crashes and Disasters
A married couple from Oregon are suspected of impersonating firefighters to enter an evacuation zone around the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles with a fire truck that may have been bought after ...
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Couple with fake fire truck busted for impersonating firefighters near Palisades Fire in Los Angeles: sheriff
Los Angeles authorities said a couple was arrested for impersonating firefighters after they attempted to enter an evacuation zone with a fake firetruck near the Palisades Fire area. The Los ...
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2 arrested for impersonating firefighters, using illegitimate fire truck in Palisades Fire area
Two people from Oregon were arrested for reportedly impersonating firefighters and using an illegitimate fire truck in the Palisades Fire evacuation zone, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's ...
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Chesterfield Fire truck hit on I-95: ‘It still takes a mental toll’
Chesterfield firefighters were protected when a pickup hauling a trailer full of cars slammed into a ladder truck on Interstate 95 Thursday, according to Chesterfield Fire and EMS. They said the ...
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75 Los Angeles fire trucks wait for repairs as wildfires rage — while city spends $1.3B on the homeless
At least 75 fire trucks languished in a city repair facility in downtown Los Angeles as wildfires decimated Altadena, Pacific Palisades and Malibu, pictures taken by The Post show. The essential ...