LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Over the past ten months, the Los Angeles Fire Department has faced a lot of heat.

First, over how well it planned for the devastating winds that fueled the Palisades Fire.

More recently, questions have swirled about whether it properly watched the Lachman Fire burn scar days prior, which eventually sparked the massive disaster.

On Tuesday, the head of a civilian panel tasked with overseeing LAFD said the panel is failing to be a check on the department.

"I can tell you that 10 years ago, it was a successful check," said Board of Fire Commissioners President Genethia Hudley-Hayes. "Do I think we are doing a good job now? No."

The Board of Fire Commissioners is made up of five civilians with a staff size of just one to audit LAFD. Hudley-Hayes wants to add three

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