Los Angeles Mayor Removes Fire Chief Over Alleged Lack of Preparation for Palisades Fire

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Karen Bass said that the Los Angeles Fire Department was not prepared when fires broke out in January 2025.

The mayor of Los Angeles said Feb. 21 that she removed the cityโ€™s fire chief because the chief had not prepared the department to fight fires when they broke out earlier this year.

Karen Bass, the mayor, said she removed Kristin Crowley effective immediately.

โ€œI have called for a full investigation for everything leading up to Jan. 7,โ€ Bass told reporters at a press conference. โ€œA necessary step to the investigation was the president of the Fire Commission telling Chief Crowley to do an after-action report on the fires. The fire chief refused. We all know that a thousand firefighters [who] could have been on duty on the morning the fires broke were instead sent home on Chief Crowleyโ€™s watch. These actions required her removal.โ€

The mayor also said: โ€œOur firefighters acted heroically during the Palisades fire and they act heroically every single dayโ€”that is without question. Bringing new leadership to the fire department is what they and the people of Los Angeles deserve.โ€

Starting on Jan. 7, a series of fires broke out in Los Angeles, causing immense destruction. The fires, which came to be known as the Palisades fire, were finally brought under control on Jan. 31.

The Los Angeles Fire Department, reached on Friday, declined to comment. The department also declined to provide contact information for Crowley, who has not appeared to react to the termination.

Crowley, who started with the department in 2007, became the Los Angeles fire chief in March 2022.

The Los Angeles Fire Department is one of the largest in the United States. The department has about 3,500 personnel, with some 1,000 firefighters always on duty, according to the departmentโ€™s website.

Bass has elevated Ronnie Villanueva to interim fire chief.

โ€œWhile the Department is in the experienced and expert hands of Chief Villanueva, my office will lead a national search and I will speak directly with firefighters and Angelenos about what they want to see in their next permanent chief,โ€ Bass said in a statement.

Byย Zachary Stieber

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