Approximately 100 Los Angeles fire trucks have reportedly been sitting in repair shops for quite some time as the fires have devastated local residents and reduced homes and businesses to ashes.
every daily maillocal activist I took it Photo of the Los Angeles Fire Department Supply and Maintenance Office premises at 19 North Avenue, clearly showing a red vehicle. parked They are next to each other, the same media reported on Tuesday.
“More than 100 pieces of firefighting equipment are down,” the LAFD fire chief said in a recent interview. “Having that equipment and an adequate number of mechanics would have helped.”
According to Breitbart News, the news came after Crowley admitted that Los Angeles city officials had failed her and her department.
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LAFD has a total of 183 trucks in its fleet as fires continue to scorch dense urban space, killing at least 24 people, displacing more than 200,000 people and destroying more than 12,000 buildings. This means that more than half of the city's fire engines are out of service.
This comes just three months after LAFD asked the City Council to replace its entire fleet at a cost of $96.5 million.
Friday KCAL News reported Dozens of LAFD machines were parked in a so-called “boneyard.”
The newspaper's reporter said there were fire engines, an ambulance and a ladder truck at the scene. “This is essentially a maintenance yard,” he said, noting there was a budget request from Crowley.
She told the Fire Commission that “years of deferred maintenance, deferred vehicle replacements, and a lack of resources for adequate staffing and replacement parts have left the Los Angeles Fire Department's emergency services in constant disrepair. “It's there,” he said.
Meanwhile, Los Angeles residents are demanding Mayor Karen Bass (Democratic) be fired. petition As of Tuesday morning, it had 135,442 signatures, according to Breitbart News.
“We, the undersigned Los Angeles residents and concerned citizens, acknowledge Mayor Karen Bass' gross mismanagement and failure to effectively respond to the devastating 2025 fires in and around the City of Los Angeles. We urgently demand the mayor's immediate dismissal for this reason.''
