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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| Staggering image of 100 essential fire trucks idling in a parking lot waiting for repair while Los Angeles apocalyptic fires ravage city killing 24 |
| 2025-01-14 |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Staggering images appear to show around 100 fire trucks sitting idly in a Los Angeles repair lot as fires ravage the city. The pictures, captured by a local activist, shows scores of essential firefighting vehicles sitting in the LA Fire Department's Bureau Of Supply and Maintenance lot on North Avenue 19 in the city's northeast. LA fire chief Kristin Crowley said in an interview with CNN: 'We have over 100 fire apparatus out of service. Having these apparatus, and the proper amount of mechanics would have helped.' The LAFD has a total of 183 trucks, meaning that more than half of the city's fire trucks are out of commission as the fires continue to burn through dense urban spaces, killing at least 24, displacing more than 200,000 and destroying over 12,000 buildings. It comes just three months after the LAFD made a request to the city's council to replace the entire fleet at the cost of $96.5million. The LAFD said in its request: 'Many vehicles have surpasses their expected service life, leading to increased maintenance costs, reduces parts availability and potential downtime.' The fire service also requested more than $1.9million to restore 16 maintenance positions 'deleted' in last year's budget. It said in its request: 'The positions support fleet maintenance, equipment engineering, purchasing and warehouse management and distribution.' |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #1 A $1.7million EV fire engine would have bought a lot of air filters and spare tires, o rings. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2025-01-14 12:34 |