The LAFD operates a number of Aerial Ladder Fire Engines - called "Truck Companies" in LA firefighter jargon. However, these powerful apparatus are rarely assigned to run on their own. Typically, a Truck Company runs with a single Engine in a configuration called a "Light Force."

2020年2月10日 · The new apparatus is based on Rosenbauer’s Concept Fire Truck (CFT), which visited Los Angeles last fall for a demonstration. The new fire engine will be customized for the specific needs of the LAFD while meeting all of the safety standards set forth by the National Fire Protection Association.

2022年5月14日 · City of Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley was joined by community and industry leaders at the LAFD Museum in Hollywood on May 14, 2022, to proudly announce the arrival of the Los Angeles Fire Department's first electric fire engine, the Rosenbauer RTX, which will soon enter service at LAFD Station 82 in Hollywood.

2025年1月22日 · Claim that LAFD has 45 electric fire trucks is wrong, spokesperson says. Margaret Stewart, a Los Angeles Fire Department spokesperson, told Lead Stories that the claim is false. “There are not ...

2020年2月10日 · LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Fire Department (LAFD) debuted the nation’s first Rosenbauer electric fire engine, expected to be delivered in early May. When the truck comes to a...

2022年5月17日 · The Los Angeles City Fire Department (LAFD) has deployed what is believed to be the first electric fire truck in North America.

2025年1月23日 · The claim is almost entirely false. The LAFD has only one electric fire truck in its fleet, the Rosenbauer RTX, which it acquired in May 2022.The electric firefighting vehicle does not need to be charged for 10 hours a day, and stores energy sufficient for most missions.For extreme cases, it is equipped with both an electric and gas backup energy source.

2022年11月16日 · Instead, this one was lauded as “America’s first electric fire truck” — though it’s equipped with a BMW-sourced diesel engine to top up the batteries if they run low.

2020年2月11日 · The Los Angeles Fire Department is spending $1.2 million on the Rosenbauer Concept Fire Truck, or CFT, the equivalent price of an LAFD aerial ladder truck.

2022年9月20日 · LAFD has the first all-electric fire truck in the country — the third in the entire world. Check out its features. John Cadiz Klemack reports Sept. 20, 2022. The country's first fire engine has...