r/Firefighting • u/NorCalMikey • Feb 21 '25

News LA Mayor fires LAFD Chief

Not really a surprise. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-02-21/bass-ousts-la-fire-chief-crowley-lafd-fires

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u/LunarMoon2001 Feb 21 '25

Coming from a former big city department that essentially laundered funds through their apparatus repair shop, I feel the pain of not having enough serviceable trucks.

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u/CbusFF Got promoted Feb 21 '25

Not past tense. Still happens every day. I've had personnel younger than the reserve vehicles they were on that shift.

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u/Classic-Temporary635 Feb 22 '25

Happened to me last shift😂😂😂😂 I was born in 03 and we had an 02 pierce of sh*t as our engine for the day. We cracked jokes about how I was a sperm flying through my dads rod while that truck was being put in service😂