Text messages sent to and from former LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley leading up to LA County’s disastrous wildfires and the weeks after show the coordination and direction from multiple agencies to protect residents to their best abilities.

During a press conference Friday afternoon, Bass said Crowley was asked to do an after-action report on the fires but refused, so she was let go.

Former LA Fire Chief Kristin Crowley is appealing her termination days after being fired by Mayor Karen Bass. Crowley would need the support of 10 of the council's 15 members to be reinstated as chief.

Some text messages have come to light showing how Los Angeles officials, including the now-former fire chief Kristin Crowley, coordinated the response to the Palisades Fire.