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(NewsNation) — Kristin Crowley has been removed arsenic chief of the Los Angeles Fire Department, with Chief Deputy Ronnie Villanueva taking implicit the relation connected an interim basis.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass cited Crowley's decision-making during the wildfires that devastated the Los Angeles country arsenic the crushed for Crowley's removal.
"We cognize that 1,000 firefighters that could person been connected work the greeting the fires broke retired were alternatively sent location connected Chief Crowley's watch," Bass said. "Furthermore, a indispensable measurement to an probe was the president of the Fire Commission telling Chief Crowley to bash an after-action study connected the fires. The main refused."
Villanueva is simply a 41-year seasoned of the LAFD. After 7 months of retirement, helium is returning arsenic interim chief. He spent 24 of those years successful the tract connected progressive assignments and besides has acquisition successful exigency management.
President Donald Trump has been a harsh professional of Bass, the LAFD and California Gov. Gavin Newsom for however the fires were handled and previously suggested helium would withhold exigency assistance if the authorities did not instrumentality actions helium deemed important.
