Union Chief: Tap $200M Reserve Fund To Cut Emergency Response Times
The president of the firefighters union says commissioners now support tapping the reserve fund to bring back ambulances, engines, and the staff to operate them.
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The president of the firefighters union says commissioners now support tapping the reserve fund to bring back ambulances, engines, and the staff to operate them.
Crews made quick work of a structure fire at a Chatsworth bottled water facility on Tuesday.
Passengers were safely evacuated from a jet that caught fire Sunday morning at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank.
The burned body of man was discovered early Thursday morning following a fire at a motel.
Two Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies are being hailed as heroes for saving the life of an elderly woman whose house caught fire.
A space heater fire claimed the life of a toddler, fire officials said Friday.
Mayor Villaraigosa wants more ambulances on the streets and a complete overhaul of management in the fire department to help improve slow emergency response times.
The LA Fire Department was under fire on Wednesday for its decision to withhold basic information on emergency calls.
Chief Brian Cummings wants Angelenos to rest assured that the majority of the fire department's technological glitches have been fixed.
Despite comments from the mayor and the fire chief, concerns still linger over whether the fire department needs a technological upgrade.
A West Hollywood stripper Tuesday night faced charges of attempted murder for allegedly setting fire to a West Hollywood apartment complex.
A 25-year-old woman is under arrest for setting fire to a West Hollywood apartment complex.
Firefighters extinguished a trash fire near Soto Street and Valley Boulevard Friday afternoon. The blaze, which started just before noon, could be seen from miles away.
A fire broke out at a Hollywood recording studio Monday night, authorities reported.
Summer likely can't come soon enough for commuters on the 60 Freeway in Montebello — but not for the reasons you'd expect.
It was a story that involved deadly gunfire and a house torched in East Hollywood about two weeks ago. Now, a woman who survived that attack is speaking about it for the first time from her family's home in Winchester.
The Daytona 500 has been halted by a fiery explosion caused when Juan Pablo Montoya slammed into a jet drier under caution.
One person suffered major burns Sunday in a mobile home park fire in Victorville.
Firefighters are checking for hot spots after a three-alarm fire broke out at a condominium complex in Westminster.
Investigators on Friday sought to determine what may have sparked an explosion at a Fontana home that left one resident dead and a neighborhood shaken by the blast.
The driver of a vehicle that went over an embankment in an unincorporated area near Malibu Thursday sparking a brush fire that charred about two acres was found badly burned and dead.
Firefighters battled a major fire that ripped through a Van Nuys thrift store and threatened to spread to neighboring businesses Wednesday night.
Firefighters Friday responded a slow-moving fire at a structure in Santa Fe Springs.
Los Angeles County Sheriff's detectives are investigating the death of a person found dead along the 710 Freeway.
Two small brush fires have been reported near each other in San Bernardino, according to authorities.
