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LAFD’s DEI bureau drew the right’s ire. It’s now on the chopping block
The Bureau of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, created in November 2022, was supposed to spearhead recruitment of underrepresented groups, including women, who were less than 4% of firefighters at the ...
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LAFD team tasked with preventing wildfires accused of corruption, laziness before blazes devastated city
LAFD’s Fire Prevention Bureau is in charge of ... He was replaced by Kristin Crowley, the department’s first woman and openly lesbian fire chief. But Crowley now finds herself in legal tangles ...
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Fact Check: Photo showing ‘all-women’ LAFD leadership team lacks context
As the fires raged, a photo of three women, all senior personnel of the LAFD, was shared on social media, opens new tab captioned: “This is the leadership team at the Los Angeles Fire Department ...
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LAFD’s $300K-per-year diversity chief sparks fury for defending DEI by blaming the victim: ‘He got himself in the wrong place’
These are the only women on the 14-member senior leadership team, but they have become emblematic of LAFD’s diversity push. “This is the leadership team at the Los Angeles Fire Department ...
LAFD Deputy Chief Faces Backlash for Past Remarks on Fire Victims
Los Angeles Fire Department Deputy (LAFD ... Larson, a 33-year veteran and the first African American woman to serve as deputy chief of the LAFD, oversees the department's Equity and Human ...
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L.A. Woman: Former Chief of the Los Angeles Fire Department Kristin Crowley
Three years ago, Chief Kristin Crowley made history when she was appointed the first female leader of the Los Angeles Fire Department ... the incredible men and women of the LAFD for nearly ...
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Former LAFD Chief responds to dismissal
25 of those with the LAFD, it has been an absolute honor to represent and lead the men and women of one of the greatest fire departments in the world. As the Fire Chief, I based my actions and ...
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Fired LAFD chief loses appeal of dismissal after making her case to LA City Council
"The fire department and the city should not be ... of a lifetime to serve and represent the incredible men and women of the LAFD for nearly three years. The LAFD deserves to be properly funded ...
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No, LA Fire Department isn't using women's handbags to put out fires | Fact check
A Jan. 9 Instagram video (direct link, archive link) shared by the conservative account Libs of TikTok shows someone filming their TV screen while footage airs of firefighters filling up small ...
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Fired Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley has a new job
Crowley, the first woman to serve as LAFD’s Chief ... Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, left looks on as now-former Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley talks during a news conference ...
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Former Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley appeals her dismissal over deadly fires
Former Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley is appealing her ... it was an "absolute honor to represent and lead the men and women of one of the greatest fire departments in the world." ...