LA relied on teen volunteers for years despite fire chief's warning, but leaders can't be sued: lawyer
Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley asked for full-time employees to augment a mostly volunteer brush-clearing crew two years ago.
Trump’s federal hiring freeze halts onboarding of federal firefighting crews ahead of wildfire season
The federal hiring freeze implemented by President Donald Trump has affected the hiring of a crucial group of federal workers ...
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LA Fire Chief given teen volunteers to clear brush, despite years of warning unaccountable leaders
The devastating fires in Los Angeles are revealing just how deeply ill-prepared the city was for a disaster of such magnitude. While nobody can ever be fully […] ...
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How do we keep a wildland fire from becoming an urban conflagration?
In my career I've worked for urban fire departments as well as federal wildland fire agencies. I've managed and directed many fires in the wildland urban interface as well as public wildlands and ...
The LA County fires devastated homes in the wildland urban interface. Here’s what that is
Californians live in the wildland urban interface. And when fires sweep through it, they often leave destruction.
A key ‘weakness’ in L.A.’s wildfire strategy went unaddressed for years, Post probe shows
In a memo that has not been previously reported, chief told city fire commissioners that L.A. relied almost entirely on ...