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‘Beyond the brink’: Data shows LA Fire Department among the most understaffed in America
In 2011, Los Angeles placed near dead last in a ranking of fire department staffing for the country’s 40 largest cities. The study, conducted by a New York City labor union, reviewed metrics ...
New York Daily News6d
Ex-Upstate NY fire chief was rogue drone operator: state police
A former fire chief in Upstate New York has been arrested for allegedly ... with support from the FAA and the Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General. The probe began after ...
CNN5d
Fire department funding and recruitment policy come under scrutiny as deadly Los Angeles blazes rage on
As firefighters continue to battle raging fires across Los Angeles County, a cut to the Los Angeles Fire Department 2025 budget and its commitment to recruiting a more diverse force have come ...
Firehouse5d
As Firehouse Sees It: Restoring Faith and Trust Within Departments
He completed an internship with the Rochester, NY, Fire Department and served with fire departments in Rush, NY, and Laurel, MD, and was a lieutenant with the Glenwood Fire Company in Glenwood ...
New York Post3d
LA Mayor Karen Bass appointee who oversaw fire department was put on leave over alleged city hall bomb threat
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’ deputy mayor — whose purview included oversight of the city’s fire department — was placed on administrative leave last month after the FBI raided his home in ...
Firehouse6d
Icy Mountain Road Hinders Firefighters at Stewartsville, VA, Structure Fire
He completed an internship with the Rochester, NY, Fire Department and served with fire departments in Rush, NY, and Laurel, MD, and was a lieutenant with the Glenwood Fire Company in Glenwood ...
World Socialist Web Site4d
Bronx apartment building fire exemplifies the crisis in working class housing
[Photo: New York Fire Department/ @FDNY] The fire was first reported shortly before 2 a.m. and quickly grew to five alarms, the highest level of response, involving a total of approximately 250 ...
New York Post5d
Palisades Fire was likely started by dormant blaze sparked by NYE fireworks: report
When he and his wife each called the Los Angeles Fire Department 30 minutes apart last Tuesday to report the possible beginnings of the Palisades Fire, Valentine said, he had to wait because the ...
The New York Times4d
This Is Where the Palisades Fire Started
Blacki Migliozzi/The New York ... Police Department who were posted nearby described it — suggested a range of possibilities, some of them contradictory, for the origin of the fire.
Rome Sentinel20h
Family of 5 displaced in Boonville fire
Fire Chief David Pritchard Jr. said the alarm was raised at 2:31 p.m. after the fire started in the oil furnace in their ...
Fox News4d
Dems blame LA fire on 'climate change' despite city cutting fire department budget
despite reports that the city's fire hydrants ran out of water and the fire department's budget was slashed just weeks before the Palisades fire destroyed thousands of homes and burned more than ...