The first 911 call came at 10:29 a.m., from a resident of Piedra Morada Drive in Pacific Palisades. Amid high winds, a fire was visible in the distance, the flames flickering over a chaparral-choked ...

Thirteen years ago, Los Angeles Fire Department officials were bracing for the kind of dangerous winds that could drive ...

This Engine was acquired from Willingboro FD, N.J. in 2000. The late Lt. Gary Spotts, GRFD training officer, who passed away in 2001 from cancer, was the key success in obtaining this engine. Lt.

At least one LAFD official knew that a battalion chief had directed firefighters to leave the scene of the Lachman fire Jan.

A Jan. 18 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) claims firefighters in Los Angeles rely on electric fire trucks that take hours to recharge. “(Forty-five) of Los Angeles fire trucks have to go ...

A firefighter battles the Palisades fire as homes burn along Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu on Jan. 8 (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) The first 911 call came at 10:29 a.m., from a resident of ...