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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, nobody is prepared to fight that kind of fire. (Not that we have the same fire risk here, for reasons PPs explained.)  You can only evacuate. [/quote]

The question you and others are missing is: are our first responders adequately prepared, staffed and equipped? [b]It sounds like the LA forces were not [/b]for even a lesser emergency. Are our first responders equally understaffed? Under budget? If so, that puts our communities at risk. Are we at risk if, for example, even only three houses are on fire simultaneously in Arlington? Fairfax City? Bethesda? Clarksburg? Anacostia?[/quote]

Who told you this? You just slip this pretense in here as if it were accurate.[/quote]

There is some debate about whether they were adequately staffed given the potential risks and whether more money should have been dedicated to making sure that the one reservoir was kept filled. Newsome is looking into this.

The word “seems” should tip you off that the subject is debatable not yet proven.[/quote]

CalFire and LAFD are literally the best in the world. Bar none.

But they can’t handle 4 wild fires at the same time. And these wildfires are impossible to extinguish without air support….which can’t happen when winds are 100 mph.

Read the LA Times article. It was a biblical disaster and no amount of training or resources or manpower could’ve stopped what happened. The only thing that could’ve been done was declaring Pacific Palisades unfit for habitation, using eminent domain, and rebuilding from the ground up with a fire proof design of homes. [/quote]

I’m sure LAFD is great and the fire out there would be too overwhelming whether fully equipped and staffed or not.

The bottom line here is whether our FDs have what they need — even for smaller events not some once in a lifetime time situation. We’ve had interstate bridges and other infrastructure crumble. Are we letting our emergency response departments crumble too, or are they set. The LA fire chief has said they were not fully budgeted. Whether true or not is yet to be determined. Would our chiefs say the same as her? [/quote]

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