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Los Angeles cut $17.5M from fire department budget

Budget Cuts to Fire Department Are a Point of Contention, but the Full Picture Is Complicated

But as with much of the news swirling around the fires, the real picture is complicated. Facing lower tax revenues and higher operating costs, Ms. Bass did indeed approve a budget for the fire department’s current fiscal year that was $23 million less than the previous year.

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Yes, Los Angeles cut $17.6 million from the fire department’s budget

The Los Angeles Fire Department’s budget was cut by nearly $17.6 million this fiscal year. That’s a roughly 2% decrease from the previous year.

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Los Angeles cut $17.5M from fire department budget months before deadly fires

Seven months before the uncontrolled Palisades Fire in Los Angeles, the city's fire department budget for this fiscal year was cut by more than $17.5 million, records show.

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Fact Check: Los Angeles firefighters did not use handbags to douse fire

Small canvas bags that Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) firefighters used as makeshift water containers to quickly put out a trash fire have been misdescribed on social media as women’s handbags, suggesting the LAFD is under-resourced because of budget cuts and donations of firefighting supplies to Ukraine.

U.S. News & World Report · 6h

Wildfires Latest: 10 Confirmed Dead as Firefighters Work to Contain Blazes in Los Angeles Area

Firefighters are hoping for a break from the fierce winds that have fueled massive blazes in the Los Angeles area, killing 10 people, obliterating whole neighborhoods and setting the nation’s second-l

Newsweek on MSN · 10h

Kenneth Fire Map, Updates as Los Angeles Threatened by New Blaze

At least 10 people have been killed as a result of the wildfires, the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner said on Thursday.

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LAist on MSN · 43m

Archer Fire prompts evacuations in Granada Hills

The Los Angeles City Fire Department has ordered evacuations due to the Archer Fire, which started burning about 10:25 a.m. Friday in the northern San Fernando Valley community of Granada Hills. The following areas are under mandatory evacuation orders, which are likely to change quickly: North: Sunshine Canyon Road.

CBS News · 1h

Kenneth Fire sparks in West Hills area near homes, prompting mandatory evacuations

A 960-acre brush fire sparked in the West Hills area near the 101 Freeway Thursday afternoon. The Los Angeles Fire Department said that the fire was quickly burning toward the south, relatively close to homes before they were able to establish perimeter lines.

SFGATE on MSN · 20h

New fire erupts near Woodland Hills, prompting urgent evacuations

A new fire near West Hills on the border between Los Angeles and Ventura counties erupted Thursday afternoon as several other blazes are actively burning in the Los Angeles area, aerial footage shows.

5-alarm fire burning in Bronx, 7 people injured

CBS New York on MSN · 7h

5-alarm fire burning in the Bronx, 7 people injured

A five-alarm fire is burning in the Bronx, and several people have been hospitalized. Firefighters are on the scene along Wallace Avenue in the Allerton section, working to get the intense flames and smoke under control.

USA TODAY on MSN · 2h

7 injured including firefighters as crews battle 5-alarm Bronx apartment fire

The New York Fire Department is battling a 5-alarm blaze in the Bronx. Currently seven people including firefighters have suffered injuries.

ABC 7 New York on MSN · 2h

7 hurt, including 5 firefighters, in 5-alarm Bronx apartment fire

A wind-whipped 5-alarm fire burned through an apartment building in the Allerton section of the Bronx. The fire broke out in the upper floors of the building on Wallace Avenue just before 1:45 a.m. on Friday.

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Ventura County officials identify ‘person of interest’ in Kenneth Fire

Juan Sierra was arrested by Los Angeles police Thursday on a probation violation, but a document obtained by The Times shows ...

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A month before fires, L.A. fire chief warned budget cuts were hampering emergency response

The Los Angeles Fire Department's budget was cut by $17.6 million, about 2%, this fiscal year. The fire chief warned last ...

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California Wildfire Live Updates: New Fire Breaks Out—Sparking More Evacuations

Friday, 8:15 a.m. PST Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said FEMA has pledged to reimburse disaster relief expenses; the Palisades ...

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Man arrested by citizens near Kenneth fire not charged with arson, police say

Law enforcement officers responded to reports of a man attempting to light a fire behind a van in Woodland Hills.

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Veteran battalion chief Dean Crispen named new San Francisco fire chief

Dean Crispen, a 34-year veteran San Francisco Fire Department battalion chief, has been promoted to fire chief, Mayor Daniel ...

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LA Times owner blames mayor for cutting fire department budget ahead of wildfires: 'Competence matters'

Los Angeles Times owner Dr. Pat Soon-Shiong remarked how Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass cut the fire department’s budget prior ...

California fires live updates: At least 10 fire-related deaths, medical examiner says

At least 10 people are dead and many more injured as several fires broke out across Southern California amid historically dry ...

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Philadelphia Fire Department's Engine 6 reopens after 16 years

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The Philadelphia Fire Department's Engine 6 is back open now, after a 16 year absence. The fire house ...

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Eaton Fire growth has "been significantly stopped" as it moves towards Mt. Wilson

According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, five people have died in the blaze that has moved through Pasadena, ...

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Los Angeles cut $17.5M from fire department budget

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5-alarm fire burning in Bronx, 7 people injured

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