Amid the deadly wildfires in Southern California, posts claimed the Los Angeles Fire Department was hindered by electric ...

A spokesperson for the fire department told Lead Stories the claim is false. The department's single electric fire engine was acquired in 2022.

Nearly all Californians could see a surcharge on their property insurance bills to cover part of the industry’s losses from the Los Angeles fires after the state’s insurer of last resort said Tuesday ...

The Los Angeles fires were burning evidence of how dangerous this delusion is. The fires were a bonfire of bad ideas that had ...

In Los Angeles, he said, “we are watching fires ... of extreme fire weather conditions, Los Angeles Fire Department officials on Monday had staffed all of its available extra engines and staged ...

A rumor that half of LA's fire trucks are electric and they have to go back to the firehouse to recharge every eight to ten hours is circulating online. For example, the America's Last Line of Defense ...

A post shared on Threads claims the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) has 45 electric fire trucks that take 10 hours to recharge. View on Threads Verdict: False The LAFD has not issued a press ...

The essential firefighting vehicles were still sitting in the Los Angeles Fire Department ... vehicles were 40 fire engines, which carry water and are used to fight fires, 36 ambulances, and ...

Gavin Newsom announced the mobilization of “more than 130 fire engines ... fires. Fire chief warned leaders of ‘weakness’ in the city’s ability to fight wildfires Los Angeles Fire ...

Last week, as neighborhoods were being destroyed by fire, Los Angeles ... more than 40 engines that are available to aid in battling wildfires,” the story continued. “The department only ...

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