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Drivers or partners? An LAFD role could be nixed amid budget woes
Emergency incident technicians are firefighters who play a key role in coordinating the response to fires, and losing them ...
A Times investigation: LAFD union head made $540,000 in a year, with huge overtime payouts
Freddy Escobar made nearly $540,000 in 2022. He doubled his base salary with overtime payouts, earning a total of more than $424,000 from the city while collecting an additional $115,000 from the ...
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LA mayor fires LAFD Chief Kristen Crowley, names new interim chief
Bass appointed former Chief Deputy Ronnie Villanueva, a 41-year LAFD veteran ... and every single day -- is without question. Bringing new leadership to the Fire Department is what our city ...
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Mayor Bass fires Kristin Crowley as LAFD chief after tensions over LA fires
Bringing new ... with the LAFD for about 25 years, working her way up through the ranks of the department as a firefighter, paramedic, engineer, fire inspector, captain, battalion chief, assistant ...
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Interim Los Angeles Fire Chief Recently Retired from LAFD
Los Angeles has a new leader at the ... He joined the LAFD in 1983 and rose through the ranks, serving in various leadership roles, including battalion chief, assistant chief, and Deputy Chief ...
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Fired Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley has a new job
According to the department, Crowley’s new title is Assistant Chief of LAFD’s Operations Valley Bureau. The Valley Bureau spans the entire San Fernando Valley. Crowley, the first woman to ...
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Bass fires LA Fire Chief Kristen Crowley, names new interim chief
Bass appointed former Chief Deputy Ronnie Villanueva, a 41-year LAFD veteran ... and every single day -- is without question. Bringing new leadership to the Fire Department is what our city ...