周二，洛杉矶市议会投票反对恢复克里斯汀·克劳利的消防局长职位，此前她已被解雇被凯伦·拜斯市长解雇了帕利塞德和伊顿大火之后。
市议会以13票对2票支持解雇克劳利。
克劳利对市长的决定提出上诉她被解雇近一周后。洛杉矶市议会周二举行了听证会，克劳利在会上发言并回答了问题，但市议会并没有倾向于投票支持她。
消防队长否认了Bass关于她拒绝对火灾进行调查的指控。
“我说过，鉴于帕利塞德火灾的严重程度、范围和复杂性，LAFD没有能力，也没有适当的资源，来充分进行事后报告。我们已经人手不足，资源不足，资金不足，根据我对LAFD的资源和能力的了解，我建议与州长[加文]纽森已经选择和资助的机构，消防安全研究所合作，”克劳利周二告诉市议会。
克劳利还表示，在火灾发生的当天早上，1000名消防队员被送回家，因为LAFD没有足够的设备供他们使用，他否认了巴斯的另一项指控。
“我们没有足够的设备来穿上它们。由于预算削减和缺乏对车队维护的投资，我们100多辆消防车、消防车和救护车坏在我们的维修场，无法在我们历史上最严重的一次野火事件中提供帮助，”她说。
克劳利还否认她没有向市长通报危险天气事件。
“LAFD进行了所有的标准沟通，包括通过电子邮件发送两份单独的媒体公告，就预测的极端天气和火灾危险进行了多次现场和录制的媒体采访，还向城市官员通报了即将发生的天气事件。应急管理部门在通知市长办公室和城市官员方面也发挥着关键作用。市长办公室本身也在火灾警告之前发布了多条媒体信息，”克劳利说。
巴斯说，在火灾发生前，她在前往加纳进行计划中的外交旅行之前不知道天气预报，她说消防队长没有打电话警告她。巴斯因火灾发生时不在城里而面临强烈反对。
洛杉矶市长办公室表示，虽然克劳利被撤职，但她将继续留在该部门。市长办公室在一份声明中说，克劳利行使了她的公务员权利，以较低的级别留在该部门，由新的临时负责人分配职责。
LA City Council votes not to reinstate fire chief fired by mayor
The Los Angeles City Council voted against reinstating Kristin Crowley as its fire chief on Tuesday after she wasfired by Mayor Karen Bassin the wake of the Palisades and Eaton fires.
The city council upheld Crowley's firing by a vote of 13-2.
Crowleyappealed the mayor's decisionnearly a week after her firing. The LA City Council held a hearing Tuesday where Crowley spoke and answered questions, but the council was not swayed to vote in her favor.
The fire chief denied Bass' allegations that she refused to conduct an investigation into the fires.
"I said that the LAFD is not capable, nor do we have the proper resources, to adequately conduct an after-action report for the Palisades Fire due to the sheer magnitude, scope and complexity of the incident. We are already understaffed, under-resourced, under-funded, and based on my knowledge of the LAFD's resources and capabilities, I recommended simply to collaborate with Gov. [Gavin] Newsom's already selected and funded agency, Fire Safety Research Institute," Crowley told the city council on Tuesday.
Crowley also said 1,000 firefighters were sent home the morning of the fires because LAFD did not have enough apparatus for them, denying another allegation made by Bass.
"We did not have enough apparatus to put them on. Because of the budget cuts and lack of investments in our fleet maintenance, over 100 of our fire engines, fire trucks and ambulances sat broken down in our maintenance yards, unable to be used to help during one of the worst wildfire events in our history," she said.
Crowley also denied that she did not inform the mayor of the dangerous weather event.
"The LAFD engaged in all of its standard communications, including emailing two separate media advisories, conducting multiple live and recorded media interviews about the predicted extreme weather and fire danger, and also notifying city officials about the upcoming weather events. The Emergency Management Department also plays a key role in notifying the mayor's office and city officials. And the mayor's office itself also set out multiple media messages prior to the fire's warnings," Crowley said.
Bass said she did not know the weather forecast before leaving for Ghana for a planned diplomatic trip before the fires broke out, saying the fire chief did not call to warn her. Bass has faced backlash for not being in the city when the fires broke out.
While she was removed from her position, Crowley will stay with the department, according to the LA Mayor's Office. Crowley exercised her civil service rights to stay with the department at a lower rank with duties to to be assigned by the new interim chief, the mayor's office said in a statement.
