The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has fixed or replaced the vast majority of fire hydrants flagged for repairs in last year’s inspections after a long delay by the L.A. Fire Department in forwarding the inspection results, officials confirmed this week. The LAFD — which is contracted to annually inspect 66,000 fire hydrants across the city — had identified at least 1,350 hydrants in need of repair, according to its 2024 inspection. But the department did not properly transmit the data to DWP in August, a lapse that came to light only after the Palisades fire when LAFD shared its year-old inspection data with KCBS-TV. DWP finally received the data Feb. 14.