The letter
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Kristin Crowley has issued a statement about her removal as head of the Los Angeles fire brigade.
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Mayor Karen Bass, Los Angeles, immediately fired Crowley as Chief Friday.
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Bass said the decision was made because of Crowley's actions with regard to the forest fires in January
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Crowley called her time as a chef, “an absolute honor.”
LOS ANGELES – A day after she was fired as head of the Los Angeles fire brigade, Kristin Crowley, spoke out on Saturday and partially said that it was “an absolute honor” to serve as the fire brigade commander of the city.
Bass made the announcement on Friday and quoted specific cases with regard to Crowley's response to the Palisades and Eaton fires.
LAST: Burgemeester Bass removes Kristin Crowley as a Lafd -Chef
Karen Bass fires Lafd -Chef Kristin Crowley
What we know
Mayor Karen Bass, Los Angeles, announced on Friday that she had immediately removed Lafd -Chef Kristin Crowley. During a press conference on Friday, Bass said that she and Crowley met each other briefly on Friday prior to the announcement.
Bass said that Crowley's removal was out of the position because of her response to the recent Palisades and Eaton fires.
In particular, Bass crowley called home and sent 1,000 firefighters on the day the fires broke, and Crowley's alleged refusal to make an after-action report, of which Bass said “a necessary step to the study” of the burning was.
What we don't know
It is unclear why Crowley refused to make an after-action report on the fire.
Karen Bass' full explanation
What they say
The mayor's office released a full statement on Friday and said:
“Acting in the best interest of the public safety of Los Angeles, and for the activities of the Los Angeles fire brigade, I removed Kristin Crowley as a fire brigade commander. We know that 1,000 firefighters who could have been employed on the morning, broke the fires Instead, they were sent home on the Chief Crowley watch.
Kristin Crowley's response
Crowley issued a statement on Saturday, for the first time since her removal and called her time as a chef, “an absolute honor”. The full explanation Read:
“As a modest civil servant for the past 30 years, 25 of those with De Lafd, it has been an absolute honor to represent men and women and to lead from one of the largest fire brigades in the world. As a fire brigade commander, I have my actions And decisions to take care of our firefighters, so that they can take care of my career. -members, both sworn and civilian “
Civil servants criticize shooting
Various officials are against the decision of Bass, in particular the fire brigade, municipal councilor Monica Rodriguez and businessman Rick Caruso.
UFLAC president Fred Escobar said that the trade union was “furious about the termination of fire commissioner Crowley”, and said that Crowley “was made a scapegoat and that she is terminated because she told the truth”
Escobar blamed the budget reductions of Bass for a lack of engines and fire trucks to respond to the fires.
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Rodriguez also expressed himself against the decision and called Crowley 'the most qualified member of the La City Fire Department' and encouraged Crowley to appeal against the decision.
Caruso, who lost to Bas in the mayor of 2022, said that he was “disappointed by the decision” and called the “victim the fault.”
The other side
Various LA municipal councilors expressed their support for Bas's decision, including the councilor Marqueece Harris-Dawson, council member Hugo Soto Martínez and councilor Adrin Nazarian.
Karen Bass and Kristin Crowley's Tense Relationship
The background story
For some, Friday's announcement was no surprise. Bass and Crowley have a publicly tense relationship since the fires broke out on January 7.
In an interview of 10 January with Gigi GraciTe from Fox 11, Crowley expressed himself against the financing and staff of her department. Crowley admitted that the recent cutbacks in the department had negatively influenced the wealth of De Kutd to combat the fires and added that while the Belvolume for the Lafd had doubled since 2010, the department actually has fewer firefighters.
When asked if the city of Los Angeles de Lafd had failed, Crowley said simply: “Yes.”
Bass says she has never been warned about fires
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Karen Bass has also had to deal with intense criticism of her dealing with the situation, in particular the fact that she was thousands of kilometers in Ghana on the day the fires broke out.
In her first sit-down interview since the fires, she told FOX 11's Elex Michaelson that Crowley was not calling her to warn her of how dangerous the weather forecast was, and said that Crowley had not completed the “normal preparations” for the serious again The region expected.
“That kind of preparation did not happen,” said Bass. “If that had done. I wouldn't even have gone to San Diego, let alone leave the country. “
Bass said it is not clear why she never received a prior notice.
Who will replace Kristin Crowley?
What is the following
On Friday, Bass announced that Ronnie Villanueva, a 41-year-old Lafd veteran, would serve as an interim chef, while her office is looking for Crowley's replacement.
What is the next step for Kristin Crowley?
According to Mayor Bass's office, Crowley practiced its civil service to stay at the desk at a lower rank. Villanueva will be responsible for allocating its duties.
The source
Information In this story comes from a statement from former Lafd -Chef Kristin Crowley, an interview of 10 January with Crowley, public statements by city officials and public leaders, an interview with Mayor Karen Bass, her press conference of 21 February and previous FOX 11 reports .
