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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Missoula Rural Fire District sends firefighters to battle Los Angeles-area fires
The Missoula Rural Fire District has sent a Type 3 Wildland Engine with four firefighters to help battle wildfires in the Los ...
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How Can a City Just Burn Like This?
Homes, as well as vegetation, can serve as fuel for fires. Other structures like natural gas tanks and fuel depots can ...
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Cortez sends firefighters to Los Angeles
Jan. 11, four wildland firefighters from the Cortez Fire Protection District will head to Los Angeles County, where fires ...
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Los Angeles Fire Chief Warned Budget Cuts Could Impact Firefighters' Response
In a Dec. 4 memo, Los Angeles Chief Kristin Crowley said the cuts "have adversely affected the department's ability to maintain core operations." ...
Yes, the Los Angeles County Fire Department donated surplus equipment to Ukraine
Yes, the Los Angeles County Fire Department donated surplus equipment to Ukraine in March 2022. On March 17, 2022, the Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACFD) announced it was donating “surplus” ...
No ‘water system in the world’ could have handled the LA fires. How the region could have minimized the damage
Widespread destruction from the L.A. fires was inevitable, given the drought and winds. Still, the region could have been ...
The Conditions That Led to the ‘Unprecedented’ Los Angeles County Fires
The biggest threat to Los Angeles remains the strong winds, which reduced in speed early Thursday morning, allowing ...
'Entirely foreseeable': The L.A. fires are the worst-case scenario experts feared
The blazes are the result of a combination of suburban sprawl in fire-prone areas, fierce Santa Ana winds, dry conditions ...
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Ten Confirmed Dead as CA Wildfires Continue to Rage
Earlier in the day, officials confirmed five deaths: four in the 13,690-acre Eaton fire in Altadena and one in the ...
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Local firefighters head to LA hoping to learn how to prevent the same from happening here
Firefighters from around the state and across the country are converging in Los Angeles this weekend to combat the ...
Los Angeles Mayor faces criticism for overseas trip, budget cuts as wildfires rage
As Los Angeles faces its most destructive fire, Mayor Bass is criticized for an overseas trip and prior budget cuts impacting ...