The Palisades fire started about 15 hours later. So, if Bass' big criticism of Crowley is that on the morning of January 7, she sent home 1,000 firefighters who could have been on duty to help battle any fires that broke out, why didn't Bass order those firefighters held over - which would have cost the city a healthy amount of money in paying overtime - as part of mobilization? And if those 1,000 firefighters were there, how effective could they be without an adequate number of functioning engines and without adequate access to water? //

Just two months before the fire, Crowley begged the Los Angeles City Council for $100 million to replace LAFD's aging fleet and hire more maintenance technicians. That plea went unanswered, as Ward Clark reported back in January. In addition, as the Daily Mail reported, "Bass demanded LAFD make $49 million in cuts...on top of $17.6 million of cuts in her latest budget.". //

'She fired the only person doing anything about the fires,' the source said. //

Alexander was Great
4 hours ago
Hi Jen,
Karen Basshole is a liar. I have family that are firefighters in LAFD. The firefighters run shifts, so the equipment is alotted to one shift. If they added another two shifts without equipment, it does no good. There were over 200 pieces of fire equipment sitting in a lot because of no money to maintain them because of budget cuts. My family LAFD firemen call shenanigans on Basshole and the LA city council. I am told the LAFD firemen actually think she is a competent chief and like her.
Basshole is covering her a$shole. She should resign. //

Alexander was Great anon-b66h
4 hours ago
My in-law that works for LAFD says despite her being a DEI hire, she is very competent and the firefighters like her. She fights for what they need despite being told she cannot have the equipment she wants. //

jester6
4 hours ago
This is a BS reason.

LAFD has 3,500 firefighters. 1000 firefighters would be an entire shift.

Do they have an extra engine and/or ladder truck in every station for the extra firefighters to use? Was the chief supposed to commandeer city buses or order the members to respond to incidents in their personal vehicles?

She used this reason as an excuse to fire her because it holding over a shift would be solely at the chief's discretion.