2/24/2025 – Equity On Fire – Our Letter to Mayor Bass and Members of the Los Angeles City Council to Reinstate Fire Chief Crowley
1/22/25 – What Really Happened With the L.A. Fire Department Budgets?
1/18/25 – L.A.’s fire chief generated controversy — and fierce loyalty — while the city burned
1/15/25 – Republicans blame DEI for the LA fires. This fire captain disagrees
11/26/2024 – NBC Bay Area – Bay Area fire departments still struggle to hire women, NBC Bay Area survey finds
7/24/2024 – NBC Bay Area – Advocates call for removal of SJ fire chief over scandals, lack of women in department
7/23/2024 – NBC Bay Area – Advocates ask for removal of San Jose fire chief
5/6/2024 – NBC Bay Area – Scandal-plagued San Jose Fire Department takes heat over lack of women in the ranks
4/23/2024 – 9News – A third party recommended the termination of a fire chief. Northglenn then hired him for an HR position.
2/22/2023 – Sexual Harassment Complaints Widespread in Fire Service, New Data Reveals
2/14/2023 – California Group Accuses Pilot Rock Fire of Illegal Employent Practices
2/18/2022 – USC Price – USC Safe Communities Institute helps first responders fight inequality and extremism
1/27/2022 – LA Magazine – L.A.’s Scandal-Scarred Fire Department Has a New (Female) Chief. Here’s Why That Matters
1/20/2022 – CNN Newsroom – Deputy Fire Chief Kristin Crowley joins CNN’s Alisyn Camerota to discuss the nomination
1/18/2022 – Los Angeles Times – Garcetti names first female fire chief as LAFD faces harassment complaints
1/17/2022 – Spectrum News 1 – LAFD’s first Black female battalion chief receives MLK Legacy Week award
12/30/2021 – Spectrum – Former female OCFA PIO Speaks out on lawsuit against agency
12/29/2021 – KNX NEWS – Former female OCFA PIO files gender discrimination lawsuit against agency
11/25/2021 – Yahoo News – Despicable act done by LAFD firefighter when handed vaccine mandate
11/12/2021 – LA Times – Firefighters are critical of LAFD leadership and discipline process, survey finds
11/04/21 – LA Times Podcast – What it’s like for LA’s female firefighters
11/02/21 – 11/02/21 – LAFD Fire Chief called on to resign over rampant racism, sexism, harrassment in the department
11/02/21 – LA Times – Top LAFD official accessed confidential files while he was under investigation
10/31/21 – Spectrum – LA Women Firefighters demand the Fire Chief resign
10/25/2021 – LA Downtown News – LA Women firefighters, community leaders call for Chief Terrazas to resign
10/21/2021 – The Lily (Washington Post) – Women firefighters in L.A. are reporting harassment. It’s ‘a nationwide problem,’ others say.
10/20/2021 – Fox 11 – LA Fire commissioner calls for LAFD Chief Terrazas to be replaced
10/19/2021 – LA Sentinel – Chief Ignored Abuse Reports, Should be Removed
10/19/2021 – Firefighter Nation – Female Firefighters, Civil Rights Advocates Call for Fire Chief’s Removal
10/19/2021 – Los Angeles Magazine – Los Angeles Magazine Why LAFD Women Firefighters Want Chief Ralph Terrazas Out
10/19/2021 – LA Daily News – LA Daily News LA Women Firefighters Want Fire Chief Removed
10/18/2021 – Telemundo 52 – Grupo de mujeres bomberos de LAFD dice que el jefe ignoró reportes de abuso
10/18/2021 – LAist – Women firefighters call for Chief Terrazas’ resignation
10/18/2021 – LA Times – Female firefighters, Civil Rights Leaders call for the Chief’s removal
10/15/2021 – LAist – Women at the LAFD say harassment and retaliation keep them quiet about abuse
10/3/2021 – LA Times – LAFD’s Sexism Problem
9/30/2021 – Fox 11 News – Black LAFD FF alleges discrimination at multiple stations
9/24/2021 – CBS Local – Supporters of fire pilot Desiree Horton rally in Irive to get her reinstated
9/22/2021 – LA Times – Female LAFD firefighters face hazing, retaliation, Chief Testifies
9/10/2021 – Ms. Magazine – “The Women at Ground Zero”: Remembering the Women Erased from the 9/11 Story
9/8/2021 – Fullerton Observer – Citing Sex Discrimination, First Female OC Fire Authority Pilot Sues to Get Job Back
9/8/2021 – LA Times – Firefighters, police should support vaccine mandates if they truly care about communities
9/8/2021 – LA Times – More than 100 L.A. firefighters live outside California. Will the city crack down?
9/4/21 – LA Times – It’s one blaze after another inside the L.A. Fire Department, now home to an anti-vax movement
8/26/21 – Daily News – LAFD invites federal scrutiny once again
8/25/21 – NPR – LAFD Captain under investigation after anti-vaccine mandate video
8/25/21 – The Hill – Top Official says LAFD is “very hostile” workplace for women and Black firefighters
8/25/21 – LA Times – LA Mayor Garcetti ignores complaints of “very hostile” workplace
8/25/21 – LA Times – LAFD Fire Captain attacks city’s vaccine requirement while on duty
8/24/21 – Red Canary – Union retaliation against a female firefighter in Anacortes WA
8/18/21 – KCRW – Difficulties for Female and Black firefighters in the LAFD
8/17/21 – LA Times – City Council orders LAFD to report on bias in the department
8/05/21 – Black News Channel Go – Racial Bias investigation in the LAFD
8/03/21 – LA Times – Federal officials “carefully looking into” calls for LAFD investigation
7/29/21 – LA Times – Black and Latino L.A. firefighters call for investigation of alleged racial bias, other wrongdoing
7/23/21 – CBS SoCal – Protesters support Desiree Horton – OCFA fire pilot
7/11/21 – LA Times Front page print – LAFD “Frat House” culture – abuse and discrimination
7/11/21 – LA Times Editorial “Frat House” culture – abuse and discrimination
6/13/21 – Daily News – 6 Black Firefighters sue for discrimination – “White boys club”
6/10/21 – LA Times – OC Helicopter pilot sues for gender discrimination
6/09/21 – OC Register – OC helicopter pilot sues for gender discrimination
6/08/21 – Red Canary – Houses on Fire – gender, race discrimination OCFA & LAFD
6/01/21 – LA Times – Effective Commissioner ousted due to Union pressure
6/01/21 – Netflix – OCFA Fire Captain Lauren Andrade’s efforts to create inclusive environment for working mothers
5/25/21 – LAist, KPCC – Union pressure ousted effective commissioner who fought for women and minorities from board
3/18/21 – ACLU SoCal – OCFA adds lactation accommodations to all 77 stations
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