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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 warned board members in writing two years ago that her department needed to create a pair of fully staffed crews dedicated to clearing brush and maintaining ...
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FACT CHECK: No, LAFD Chief Has Not Been Fired As Of Jan. 17
Social media users are claiming that the LAFD chief was fired. One user wrote, “Karen Bass fired LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley just hours after Crowley said city leadership “failed” the fire ...
Rolling Stone23d
What Really Happened With the L.A. Fire Department Budgets?
some residents — and online spectators — began to criticize Mayor Karen Bass and Los Angeles Fire Department Fire Chief Kristin Crowley, particularly because the LAFD’s 2024-25 budget ...
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Los Angeles Fire Chief's Actions Draw Praise, Criticism
Some laud Los Angeles Chief Kristin Crowley for backing her troops while ... legs to pull the fire hose instead of relying on upper body strength, as men do. Critics have sought to portray these ...
L.A.’s fire chief generated controversy — and fierce loyalty — while the city burned
Critics of Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley — a gay woman leading an overwhelmingly male department — call her a “DEI ...
The New York Times28d
Los Angeles Fire Chief Faces Calls for Resignation
As a disastrous fire continues to burn on the city’s west side, some are calling Chief Kristin Crowley to account: Why wasn’t the city better prepared? By Shawn Hubler and Alexandra Berzon ...
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Rumor that LA Fire Chief Crowley was fired is false, according to Mayor's office
The rumor that Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley was fired is false, according to Mayor Karen Bass' office. Chief Crowley also did not quit. LAFD issued the following statement ...
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Palisades Fire: LAFD chief addresses pre-deployment decisions prior to blaze
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley Wednesday defended pre-deployment decisions made by the agency prior to last week's devastating windstorm that fanned the ...
Indiatimes29d
California Wildfires: Why Team Trump is targeting this lesbian fire chief
FILE - Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley talks during a news conference at Harbor–UCLA Medical Center in the West Carson area of Los Angeles on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024.
New York Post29d
LA Fire Chief Kristin Crowley accused of firing employee for exposing financial misconduct, harassment in new suit
Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley was named in a lawsuit filed by a former longtime employee who said she spoke up about months of egregious misconduct by the chief and another top official ...
The Spokesman-Review29d
Frustration grows as L.A. fire victims demand to get back into their decimated neighborhoods
Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley said Wednesday that firefighters ... The troops – wearing camouflage body armor with AR-style rifles slung across their chests – aren ...