The toll might not have been as bad if extra engines had been pre-positioned much closer to the most fire-prone areas, former fire chiefs said.

About 11 minutes later, the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Engine 23 radioed into dispatch: “We’re on Palisades Drive. We went past Piedra Morada. We’re still heading up to where the fire ...

Former Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley’s appeal of her dismissal by Mayor Karen Bass went before the LA ...

I’m going to continue to advocate to get LAFD to where we need to go,” Crowley said as she left the Council Chamber.

LOS ANGELES − Former Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley is appealing her controversial firing at the hands of Mayor Karen ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The former Los Angeles fire chief who was ousted by Mayor Karen Bass after the most destructive wildfire ...

Former Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley lost an appeal to get her old job back in a hearing Tuesday before ...

Former Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley lost ... She repeated statements that the department was limited because of fire engines that were sidelined for maintenance.

Here is what The Times has reported: Top Los Angeles fire commanders decided not to assign for emergency deployment roughly 1,000 available firefighters and dozens of water-carrying engines in ...