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LA Fire Sounded Alarm On Budget Cuts Impacting Wildfire Response: Memo​


The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) chief warned a month ago that a near $18 million budget cut had plunged it into "unprecedented operational challenges" which would hamper its ability to respond to large-scale emergencies like wildfires.

LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley sounded off on the budget cuts in a Dec. 4 memo viewed by Fox News Digital where she foresaw what she described as the "cascading impacts" the cost-saving measures would have on the department.

The city slashed $17.6 million from the LAFD in its latest budget and the decision has come in for scathing criticism as several monster fires rip through the county with at least 10 people already announced dead from the disaster.

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California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass tour the downtown business district of Pacific Palisades as the Palisades Fire continues to burn on Jan. 8, 2025, in Los Angeles. (Eric Thayer/Getty Images)

The budget measures were signed off by LA Mayor Karen Bass — whose leadership has also come in for scrutiny — and she has denied the cuts have hindered the city’s response. The cuts come into effect on July 1, 2024.

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LA fire sounded alarm on budget cuts impacting wildfire response: memo

The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) chief warned a month ago that budget cuts had plunged it into "unprecedented operational challenges" which would hamper its wildfire response.
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StarRaider said:
You are probably correct... brass is a copper / zinc alloy if I recall my metallurgy correctly so "pennies a pound" does seem low.
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I don’t get the logistics of stealing the hydrant. Wouldn’t they have to close the main water source first? Or are they just leaving spewing water after taking them?
 
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EXCLUSIVE: Leaked Memo reveals LA Mayor Karen Bass Demanded her Fire Department Cut an Extra $49 Million Just ONE WEEK Before Wildfires Broke Out​


Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass demanded her Fire Department make an extra $49 Million of budget cuts last week, a leaked memo revealed.

This cut is already on top of $17.6 Million of cuts in her latest budget.

The extra cuts, requested just days before fires broke out and devastated swathes of Los Angeles, would have shut down 16 fire stations and crippled the department's ability to respond to emergencies, sources said.


DailyMail.com interviewed current and former senior LAFD officers briefed on the shocking proposed cuts, and exclusively obtained the memo from an LA Fire Department (LAFD) whistleblower who posts on social media under the moniker 'LAFD Watchdog'.

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LA Mayor Karen Bass demanded $49M budget cuts for fire department

A leaked memo sent to Los Angeles fire departments revealed Mayor Karen Bass demanded an extra $49M in budget cuts on top of the $17.6million already cut a week before fires.
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EXCLUSIVE: Equestrian center becomes safe haven for more than 300 horses and donkeys as Los Angeles wildfires blaze on​


An equestrian center in LA's famed Griffith Park has become the safe haven for over 300 horses and donkeys as horrific wildfires continue their rampage across southern California .

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Equestrian center in Burbank rescued hundreds of horses amid LA fires

The Los Angeles Equestrian Center has made it their mission to take in and rescue more than 300 horses and donkeys from desperate owners who are forced to flee the Los Angeles fires.
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Homeless man 'with blowtorch' in LA is tackled and zip-tied by furious locals as cops confirm latest wildfire is ARSON - while Khloe Kardashian leads anger at 'scum' Firebug​



A homeless man allegedly trying to start a fire with a blowtorch was tackled and zip-tied by furious Los Angeles locals carrying out a citizen's arrest.

Locals claim the man was riding a bicycle around the Woodland Hills neighborhood on Thursday afternoon and carrying a large 'propane tank or a flamethrower'.

Community members claim they surrounded the man, brought him to the ground and detained him up with zip ties after they allegedly saw him trying to set fire to an object behind a vehicle.

One witness said the man was 'very focused on moving forward with the blow torch', telling FOX 11 the suspect said: 'I can't stop. I can't stop. I'm not putting this down. I'm doing this.'

Authorities have one suspect in custody who is believed to have intentionally started a fire, but have not confirmed the person's identity. It is currently unclear whether the man detained by Woodland Hills locals was found to have any connection to the wildfires or if he has been formally charged.

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This is the moment furious residents in the Woodland Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles tackled and zip-tied a homeless man who they allege was trying to start a fire with a blowtorch

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Homeless man 'with blowtorch' in LA is tackled and zip-tied by locals

Community members surrounded the suspect after they allegedly saw him trying to set fire to an object behind a vehicle in the Woodland Hills neighborhood on Thursday afternoon.
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Furious celebs vent anger as man is arrested over devastating LA fires - as Henry Winkler and Khloe Kardashian lead outrage​


Hollywood's elite are venting their anger after a man was arrested in connection over the catastrophic fires that have killed at least 10 people and consumed more than 34,000 acres across Los Angeles.

Henry Winkler was met with waving support from fans and fellow celebs after he called for the suspected arsonist to be punished for the 'pain' caused by the fires,

'THERE IS an ARSONIST here in LA,' the actor, 79, wrote in a now-viral tweet. 'May you be beaten you unrecognizable!!! The pain you have caused!!!'


Khloe Kardashian, whose famous family has donated $2,500 worth of meals to first responders, also took to her Instagram Stories to slam the suspected criminal.

'You sick mother f**kers!' the reality TV star, 40, wrote: 'What the f*** is wrong with people?!?! Arson!!!! May you be fully prosecuted!!! What scum!!!'

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Furious celebs vent anger as man is arrested over devastating LA fires

Conspiracy theorists have been pushing the foul play narrative online since Tuesday, when two fires erupted in the city about 40 miles apart. Four additional fires have since broken out in area.
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LAFD was just a week away from another yuge budget cut...

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NEW: LA Mayor Karen Bass called for $49M in additional cuts to the fire department just *one week* before the LA fires which would have shut down 16 fire stations.

California: We deserve better leaders.

The revelation was made by the Daily Mail who obtained a leaked internal memo.

"The LAFD is still going through a [financial year] 2024/2025 $48.8million budget reduction exercise with the [City Attorney's Office]," the document read.

"The only way to provide a cost savings would be to close as many as 16 fire stations (not resources, fire stations); this equates to at least one fire station per City Council District."


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LA Mayor Karen Bass demanded $49M budget cuts for fire department

A leaked memo sent to Los Angeles fire departments revealed Mayor Karen Bass demanded an extra $49M in budget cuts on top of the $17.6million already cut a week before fires.
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Sea Ray said:
Politics aside, there's no one else to blame for empty fire hydrants than gov't. That falls completely on gov't. LA is not even in a drought now. Gov't has got to see to it that the hydrants work. I would think lawsuits could come of this
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Hopefully, new and better leadership for the people of California.
 
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