Battalion Chief Kenneth Cook's email adds to the growing evidence that city and LAFD officials attempted to burnish the ...

Newly-released text messages and depositions from California State Parks staffers offer details of state actions and ...

A proposed half-cent sales tax increase to fund the Los Angeles Fire Department has been cleared for signature gathering.

The LAFD's Swift Water Rescue team has responded to at least five calls of people in the L.A. River or washes that connect to ...

Firefighters hoisted a woman to safety Friday after she was stuck in a section of the rain-swollen Tujunga Wash in Arleta.

As the flames spread, the firefighting response was disorganized and chaotic, with the LAFD’s own after-action report ...

Councilmember Monica Rodriguez raised concerns about in-house after-action reports being overseen by political appointees.

A high-profile after-action report from the Los Angeles Fire Department on last January’s Palisades Fire went through several drafts that minimized the department’s failings both before and after the ...

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LAFD successfully rescued a woman swept away in the Tujunga Wash, providing immediate medical attention and transportation to ...

At least one Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) official knew firefighters were ordered to leave the Lachman Fire site, which burned just days before the Pacific Palisades blaze, according to the Los ...

L.A. shoppers could see an additional 0.5% sales tax that would help fund the Los Angeles Fire Department. A petition to get ...