"The LAFD has not had the funding mechanism to supply enough mechanics and enough money for the parts to repair these engines ...

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Friday responded to a KTLA report regarding dozens of unserviced L.A. Fire Department ...

Firefighters who reported to assist during the devastating Palisades and Eaton fires were kept from helping on the front ...

Less than a month before fires swept across Los Angeles, a group of longtime firefighters gathered at City Hall to plead for more resources. They were at a "breaking point," one said. Another revealed ...

Another revealed that million-dollar fire trucks sat idle because budget cuts ... “I’m going to say what people can’t say,” said Freddy Escobar, president of the city’s fire union ...

Freddy Escobar — president of the United ... 36 ambulances, and 10 fire trucks, which carry equipment, like ladders and rescue supplies. “It just makes no sense to have million dollar fire ...

At least 75 fire trucks languished in a city repair facility ... Back in May, LAFD Captain Freddy Escobar — president of the United Firefighters of Los Angeles union — warned the department ...

Freddy Escobar, a 35-year veteran of the LA ... It just makes no sense to have million-dollar fire trucks and engines taken out of service and sidelined because we don't have enough mechanics ...

A 21-year-old woman was recently charged in connection to a Christmas Eve burglary at the fire hall at 410 45th Avenue North.