LAFD insider named chief amid lingering questions about Palisades fire

New chief Jaime Moore said bringing in an outside group to investigate the department's handling of the Jan. 1 Lachman fire, ...
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Damaged engines didn’t affect Palisades firefight. But they point to a larger problem

After the Palisades fire ignited, top brass at the Los Angeles Fire Department were quick to say that they were hampered by broken fire engines and a lack of mechanics to fix them. If the roughly 40 ...

LAFD knew of firefighter complaints about Lachman mop-up and said nothing

At least one LAFD official knew that a battalion chief had directed firefighters to leave the scene of the Lachman fire Jan.
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'I am sorry': LAFD official who planned for January fires says the plan 'wasn't enough'

In an exclusive interview, LAFD Deputy Chief Richard Fields told 7 On Your Side Investigates the plan he helped craft for the January 7 wind event "wasn't enough." ...