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EXCLUSIVE LAFD Assistant Chief Kristina Kepner was accused of brutally assaulting ex-girlfriend... who claims boss Crowley 'covered it up' and promoted her A senior official at the Los Angeles Fire Department made 'homicidal and suicidal' threats, strangled and chased her girlfriend with a carving knife, court documents claimed. LAFD assistant chief Kristina 'Kady' Kepner then wrote a suicide note after cutting herself according to a 2021 domestic violence restraining order filed by the ex in a Los Angeles court. During an argument at their home, the LAFD official allegedly 'lunged' at her ex and began strangling her, while saying that...

Staggering images appears to show around 100 fire trucks sitting idly in a Los Angeles repair lot as fires ravage the city. LA's fire chief Kristin Crowley told Jake Tapper on CNN: 'Over the last 3 years, we have been clear that the fire department needs help.' She added that she has emphasized how 'understaffed, under-resourced, and underfunded the LAFD is', adding: 'I rang the bell that these additional cuts could be very very devastating for our ability to provide public safety.'

My name is Captain Jennifer Wilcox. My pronouns are she and her. I am a Caucasian female, wearing a black shirt uniform, eyewear, and a black hat.

OS ANGELES — It took LA firefighters at least 45 minutes to respond to the Pacific Palisades blaze when it broke out last week, according to records and local homeowners. And by that time, around 11 a.m. on Jan. 7, it was too late; what was at first a large plume of smoke had grown to a 10-acre blaze. By 11:30 a.m., firefighters were reporting the fire was 200 acres, aided by strong winds that carried embers as far as two miles. Firefighters battling the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on Jan. 7, 2025. 10...

Jeff Nguyen dives into the claims that many of the LAFD's trucks were not fit for service. From the story: "89 out of 584 apparatus were out of service."

As Los Angeles firefighters continue to battle deadly wildfires, authorities were forced to confront wild conspiracies - including a claim that firefighters are using 'women's handbags' to douse the flames. Disgraced Sandy Hook truther Alex Jones made the assertion on Thursday, sharing video of fire crews carrying bags filled with water. He claimed the department needed to use the 'women's handbags' because it sent supplies over to war-torn Ukraine. But LA Fire Department Chief Erik Scott, a public information officer, has since explained to the Wall Street Journal that the so-called handbags were actually canvas bags fire departments regularly use...

READ MORE: LA's water chief 'knew about empty reservoir and broken hydrants Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley was fired by Mayor Karen Bass on Friday afternoon, a source close to the chief’s office told DailyMail.com. ‘Kristin was summoned by Bass this afternoon, about 4pm. She came back from that meeting, hugged her staff goodbye and left. She said she was fired,’ the source said. The alleged booting follows Crowley lashing out against the Mayor’s cuts to her department, in an interview with a local Fox TV station around 12pm Friday. ‘My message is the fire department needs to...

Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley was summoned to Mayor Karen Bass' office for a closed-door meeting hours after she slammed the city's leadership over its handling of the fire department's budget as deadly wildfires continue to rip through Southern California, according to reports. The meeting started at 4 p.m., NBC reported, citing sources. SNIP The mayor's office denied media reports that Crowley was fired. "This is false," it said in a statement to ABC7.

Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley was fired by Mayor Karen Bass on Friday afternoon, a source close to the chief’s office told DailyMail.com. ‘Kristin was summoned by Bass this afternoon, about 4pm. She came back from that meeting, hugged her staff goodbye and left. She said she was fired,’ the source said. The alleged booting follows Crowley lashing out against the Mayor’s cuts to her department, in an interview with a local Fox TV station around 12pm Friday.

It wasn't funny if this was meant as a joke, especially now that Los Angeles County is likely experiencing the costliest wildfire in American history. During a commercial break for the show ‘9-1-1’ on Fox, LAFD Assistant Chief Kristine Larson did a media spot to increase diversity in emergency services. The LAFD has been criticized for spending an inordinate amount of time on DEI initiatives and less on vital aspects of training, like stopping wildfires.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass demanded her Fire Department make an extra $49million of budget cuts last week, a leaked memo revealed. This cut is already on top of $17.6million 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. ** We have fire engines we can't get parts for. When one breaks down we strip it of parts to put on other fire engines because we can't buy any...

The fires are still going out here in Los Angeles and new ones are emerging tonight, the Sunset fire and now a fire in Studio City, the air smells of fire and smoke, and the only thing worse is the inept local leadership.And the level of ineptitude is truly mindblowing.I wrote an article and a Twitter thread on the wokeness in the LAFD. The article has yet to run, but the Twitter thread offers a sample of the insanity. Wokeness and DEI led to four lesbians, 3 of them named some variation of Kirstin, running one of the nation’s largest...

Holy cr*p. LAFD reportedly canceled their annual fire hydrant testing a few weeks ago citing “fiscal challenges.” But they have enough money for an LAFD DEI Bureau and DEI chief. Unbelievable. Quote Max Bonilla @outragedteen_ · 9h Any reason why Los Angeles County failed to test their fire hydrants a week before this fire started? The Notice: TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF ANNUAL HYDRANT TESTING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024/2025 Tuesday, December 24, 2024 - 08:30:00 In consideration of the Department's current operational and fiscal challenges, the annual hydrant testing scheduled for the beginning of this year will be temporarily suspended. This decision...

The Los Angeles Fire Department is using handbags to collect water to throw on the fires. VIDEO AT LINK.................... Yes, but they are DESIGNER HANDBAGS!..................

We can either be known as the ones who helped lead the charge to freedom, or we can set the vaccine mandate precedent for other agencies and watch our freedoms end,'’ stated Roll Call 4 Freedom, an organization comprising hundreds of police officers and civilian employees.. Firefighters and police officers in Los Angeles have positioned themselves on the front lines in the battle against coercive COVID-19 vaccine mandates, joining together to demand freedom from forced inoculation in a “monumental fight to preserve our Liberties.” Founded by stakeholders with the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), “Firefighters for Freedom” has partnered with...

       LOS ANGELES – A Sylmar man was charged today in a federal grand jury indictment alleging that he deliberately set Hollywood’s Pizzeria Mozza restaurant on fire during the civil disturbances that struck the city in late May.          Mario Ernesto Alvarado, 42, is charged with one count of arson. His arraignment is scheduled for August 10 in United States District Court. Alvarado was arrested on a federal criminal complaint in this case on July 16. He is free on $25,000 bond.          During the civil disturbances that occurred in Los Angeles on May 30, Alvarado allegedly walked into a commercial...

On day six of Nepal’s tragedy, life triumphed as rescuers pulled an 18-year-old man from the rubble of a multistory residential building in one of Kathmandu’s hard-hit neighborhoods. A large crowd erupted in cheers as Pemba Tamang was carried out on a stretcher. He was wearing a New York shirt and blue neck brace, was blanketed by dust and had the look of a deer in the headlights. His rescuer, Inspector Lakshman Basnet of the Nepalese Armed Police Force, said Tamang was responsive and showed no apparent signs of serious injury. He was given an IV drip and rushed from...

At least 16 cars burned Saturday morning in Los Angeles bringing the total number of suspected arson fires to 44 over the last two days, sources told ABC News. In nearly every case, the fires were set in cars parked in and around the Hollywood area. In some cases, the flames spread to nearby buildings. Investigators have not determined a motive behind the blazes, nor have they established whether they are the work of one person or the efforts of people acting together. They are looking at all possibilities behind the blazes, especially the prospect of a serial arsonist on...

They pedaled through intense heat, pouring rain and pounding hail, but nearly a dozen firefighters who left on bicycles from Los Angeles six weeks ago made it to New York just in time. "They've been unstoppable," said Erik Scott, spokesman for the Los Angeles Fire Department. "I think some of the amazing things they've done is the terrain they've gone through," Scott said. "They are exhausted but in good spirits." As part of the national "Ride for 9-11," firefighters from Los Angeles city and county and other stations across Southern California cycled cross-country to raise money for charity and honor...

Fire Forces Evacuations, Burns Homes in Sylmar Area Sayre Fire is near the 210 Freeway in Northern Los Angeles. A dangerous, fast-moving brush fire in the Sylmar section of the San Fernando Valley, spread by gusting 50 mph winds has now burned at least five homes and is threatening several more, City Fire Department spokesperson Melissa Kelly said today. So far there are no reports of injuries to residents or fire personnel, said Kelly. The blaze ignited about 10:30 p.m. in the dry, brushy hills above 13000 W. Sayre Street near Shablow Ave, and has so far consumed more...