Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass fired LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley on Friday.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has fired Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley over the chief's handling of the Palisades fire. “Acting in the best interests of Los Angeles’ public safety, and for the operations of the Los Angeles Fire Department, I have removed Kristin Crowley as Fire Chief,” Bass said in a statement Friday. “We know that 1,000 firefighters that could have been on duty on the morning the fires broke out were instead sent home on Chief Crowley’s watch.
' Later that day, Crowley had equally strong words for CNN's Jake Tapper, telling him the fire department lacks enough mechanics to repair broken-down emergency vehicles. When Tapper asked whether the city's budget cuts affected her agency's ability to fight the wildfires, she responded: 'I want to be very, very clear. Yes.' Hours later, Crowley was summoned to the mayor's office.
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