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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why aren’t fire mitigation systems installed as part of the public works systems, developments or private homes? Large water guns to create a barrier or cover a neighborhood?  [/quote]

I don't really understand what you have in mind - like a continuous spray? Water isn't unlimited - hydrants in some of these areas are already running dry as firefighters use them. And any active system would presumably require power and somebody to man it. Plus spraying water in 100 mpg gusts probably not effective.

I know this kind of fire is unfamiliar to east coasters, I'm not mocking. But it's much bigger and faster than you are imagining. You're basically asking why Florida doesn't have some kind of pump to keep hurricanes out.

As with hurricanes, there are new building methods that help. Burying the power lines would be a huge help, but that's expensive and CA allowed it's power utility to be privatized. This is really a story of climate change + bad infrastructure decisions.[/quote]

Have you ever seen crop irrigation systems, they implement rotating water cannons to cover large swaths of land.  Install some of these and only turn them on when a fire is happening and a neighborhood is in danger. It’s not a complex idea. [/quote]

LOL asking someone from CA if they've seen a crop sprinkler. Uh, yes, I have. 
I tried to nicely explain already, but it's clear you are not familiar with fires, the terrain, or the water or electricity situation.  But sure, you solved it, good job.[/quote]

Yeah, still not sure how this idea isnt better than nothing. A quick google search shows that apparently there are companies that do provide this service. Adapting it to be an integral part of a community’s infrastructure would make sense.

https://www.wildfirewater.com/

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I think this area would be hard because it is all hills and houses. There isn't space to put a massive sprinkler system.

I assume planes can scoop up water from the ocean to fight the fire? I am not sure how that works. [/quote]

The system is there, just tap into the hydrant infrastructure. New developments and super sized houses would have them underground. [/quote]

The Palisades area hydrants are dry now, after 24 hours of firefighting in sporadic areas. There is no water to just spray around like you are suggesting. No. Water. Your idea would require private reservoirs: from where are those filled?

These are fires that we struggle to put out with airplanes dumping water from the sky. A sprinkler is not it. (To another PP - the planes can't fly in this wind.) And spraying water in high winds is a waste as it just gets carried away.

A much more minor issue, but pumps and sprinklers require power to run. There's no electricity in a wildfire, and batteries explode. Windmills are a possibility, not sure they will work in Santa Ana winds.

There are lots of things CA could do better, but "why don't they just spray water on it" is such a clueless take. [/quote]

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