Investigation reveals broken fire engines had no impact on battling LA wildfire

Despite former Los Angeles Fire Department Kristin Crowley broken fire engines, and a lack of mechanics to fix them, as a reason why fire officials didn’t dispatch more personnel to fire-prone areas before the Palisades fire erupted a review of work orders reveal it played no vital role in addressing the raging wildfire that destroyed the Pacific Palisades.

According to the Los Angeles Times, “If the roughly 40 fire engines that were in the shop had been repaired, they said, the battle against what turned out to be one of the costliest and most destructive disasters in Los Angeles history might have unfolded differently.”

But many of the broken engines highlighted by LAFD officials had been out of service for many months or even years — and not necessarily for a lack of mechanics, accord