The LAFD has not answered questions about exactly which engines were unusable and what was wrong with them. And city officials have slow-walked releasing maintenance records for each of the agency ...

The LAFD could have sent at least 10 additional engines to the Palisades before the fire — engines that could have been on patrol along the hillsides and canyons, several former top officials ...

LAFD Deputy Chief Richard Fields, who was in charge of preparations for the life-threatening windstorm, told The Times that ...

LAFD’s helicopter pilots were ready to go. Using five medium-sized twin-engine helicopters, pilots, including Prince, ... Hopping in the pilot’s seat of the Leonardo AW139, ...

Former and current LAFD members also blasted Crowley for letting over 125 senior commanders retire under her watch, creating a crippling power void across the city’s different firehouses.

Hopping in the pilot’s seat of the Leonardo AW139, Prince and his fellow pilots would fly to a nearby water station to fill a tank that can hold upwards of 5,000 gallons.

LAFD firefighter Margaret Stewart asked all members to call (213) 576-8962 and report their availability. She said this is the first time in 19 years that the department has carried out this protocol.

Claim that LAFD has 45 electric fire trucks is wrong, spokesperson says. Margaret Stewart, a Los Angeles Fire Department spokesperson, told Lead Stories that the claim is false. “There are not ...