Christine Crowley of the Los Angeles Fire Station (LAFD) was fired Friday by Mayor Karen Bass for not sending firefighters to the Pallisard and Eton fires.
The mayor of Bus said in a statement On Friday, under Crawley’s supervision, 1,000 firefighters were sent homes, causing the fire to rage around Los Angeles, killing 29 people and destroying thousands of homes.
“We know that 1,000 firefighters who could have been on duty in the morning were fired on Chief Crawley’s watch,” Bus said in a statement. “And the necessary step to the investigation was to tell Chief Crawley, the chairman of the fire committee and to have an action report on the fire. The chief refused. These require her removal. .”
The bus has been scrutinized themselves since the fire first broke out in January, and while in Africa many of the cities were engulfed in flames. base cut Los Angeles Fire Department budget is $17.6 million from 2024 to 2025. Thousands of dollars About the business that has woken up (Related: California Screamin: A dark, painful American tragedy at the heart of LA’s apocalyptic downfall)
Bass recently announced that her trip to Africa has been investigated by her own office while Los Angeles was burned. “But I feel absolutely terrifying about not being here for my city and not being here for my family, affected by the fire,” the mayor continued. “So, when I say it was a mistake, the idea that absolutely didn’t exist was very painful,” Bass said in an interview with Fox11.
Bass initially did not provide answers regarding her overseas trips when Sky News reporter David Blevins confronted her about whether she was owing an apology to her members.
Crowley is a solid supporter of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiative, supporting an internal “racial equity plan.” [LAFD] It is a more powerful organization to focus on the physical characteristics of personnel.
Bass has appointed LAFD veteran Ronnie Villanueva as interim fire chief to replace Crowley.
“My office will lead the national search while the department is in the hands of Prime Minister Villanueva’s experienced and experts, and I will talk directly with firefighters and Angelenos about what they want to see at the next permanent chief. I’ll do it,” Bass said.
