Los Angeles Doesn't Have Enough Fire Trucks Thanks To Private Equity
Los Angeles has been beset by fires this year, and it seems like every fire department around has done everything it can to ...
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Hot Wheels unveil eight F1 car models to fit the sport into people’s hands
The official range involves a set of scale model cars and two tracks on which to race them, expanding on the limited edition 1:64 die cast Formula 1 model launched last year. Eight of the 10 ...
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75 Los Angeles fire trucks wait for repairs as wildfires rage — while city spends $1.3B on the homeless
At least 75 fire trucks languished in a city repair facility in downtown Los Angeles as wildfires decimated Altadena, Pacific Palisades and Malibu, pictures taken by The Post show. The essential ...
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No, LAFD doesn’t have 45 electric fire trucks that take hours to recharge | Fact check
A Jan. 18 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) claims firefighters in Los Angeles rely on electric fire trucks that take hours to recharge. “(Forty-five) of Los Angeles fire trucks have to go ...
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No, California Didn't Turn Away Fire Trucks From Oregon Over Smog Certification
According to Oregon and California’s fire departments, trucks were stopped in Davis, California, just outside Sacramento, for maintenance and safety checks, and those trucks continued onward.
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Out-of-State Fire Trucks Headed to CA Wildfires Not Getting Emissions Tests
No Oregon fire trucks have been turned away or delayed from helping fight the wildfires in Los Angeles due to emissions tests — despite what many people have read on social media, California and ...
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No, California did not reject or delay out-of-state fire trucks for emissions tests
“Did you hear that California rejected 60 fire trucks that Oregon has sent over to fight the Los Angeles fire?” said a man in a TikTok video with over 500,000 views. “And you wouldn’t even ...
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Chevy Truck History: 11 Major Models From The Last Century
Chevrolet first put its pickup truck foot forward in 1918. Directed at competing with the recently released 1917 Ford Model TT, the Chevrolet Model T marked Chevrolet's entry into pickup truck ...
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Oregon fire trucks headed for LA aren’t being stopped for smog checks; officials struggle to dispel the rumors
No Oregon fire trucks have been turned away or delayed from helping fight the wildfires in Los Angeles due to emissions tests — despite what many people have read on social media, California and ...
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No, 60 Oregon fire trucks aren’t ‘being held up in Sacramento for emissions testing’
Officials in California and the Oregon State Fire Marshal’s office have rebutted claims that a lack of "smog certification" or needing "emissions testing" kept Oregon fire trucks from aiding ...