LATimes: L.A. fire officials could have put engines in the Palisades before the fire broke out. They didn’t

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Rather than trying to make sense of the other idiotic thread on the topic.

No extra engines had been placed in the Palisades, where the fire broke out about 10:30 a.m. on Jan. 7, officials said. The department pre-positioned nine engines to the San Fernando Valley and Hollywood that were already on duty, expecting that fires might break out there. Officials said they moved more engines “first thing in the morning” to also cover northeast L.A.

L.A. fire officials could have put engines in the Palisades before the fire broke out. They didn't

Fire officials made the critical decision to forgo calling in scores of extra firefighters and equipment in the hours before the fire, according to internal documents reviewed by The Times.

www.latimes.com

 

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Rather than trying to make sense of the other idiotic thread on the topic.

L.A. fire officials could have put engines in the Palisades before the fire broke out. They didn't

Fire officials made the critical decision to forgo calling in scores of extra firefighters and equipment in the hours before the fire, according to internal documents reviewed by The Times.

www.latimes.com

I guess they could have towed some of them! 🤡

 

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But several former chiefs with deep experience in LAFD tactics said most of the more than 40 available engines could have been pre-deployed to fire zones before the Palisades blaze started, while others were kept at stations to help with the increase in 911 calls. Those engines were eventually used to fight the Palisades fire and other blazes or to fill in for other engines deployed to the front line, current LAFD officials said.

“The plan you’re using now for the fire you should have used before the fire,” said former LAFD Battalion Chief Rick Crawford. “It’s a known staffing tactic — a deployment model.”

 

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Jason Hing, the department’s chief deputy of emergency operations, acknowledged that the resources that were pre-deployed were not enough, but he said that more may not have made a difference.

He also said that the staffing was similar to that of earlier red flag events.

“That fire was the most erratic behavior I’ve ever seen — 60- to 90-mile-an-hour winds pushing through in multiple directions, spotting like I’ve never seen before,” Hing said. “There was no way anybody was going to catch that fire.”

But others maintain that the more defenses the department had in place, the better the prospects of corralling the fire when it was small, no matter the speed and behavior of the winds. They cited an LAFD operations publication that states, “Our first-alarm brush response is based on a ‘hit it hard and fast’ concept. … If it is a high-hazard day, (fire) companies will be pre-deployed.”

 

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They would have burned up like everything else did...

 

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Jason Hing, the department’s chief deputy of emergency operations, acknowledged that the resources that were pre-deployed were not enough, but he said that more may not have made a difference.

He also said that the staffing was similar to that of earlier red flag events.

“That fire was the most erratic behavior I’ve ever seen — 60- to 90-mile-an-hour winds pushing through in multiple directions, spotting like I’ve never seen before,” Hing said. “There was no way anybody was going to catch that fire.”

But others maintain that the more defenses the department had in place, the better the prospects of corralling the fire when it was small, no matter the speed and behavior of the winds. They cited an LAFD operations publication that states, “Our first-alarm brush response is based on a ‘hit it hard and fast’ concept. … If it is a high-hazard day, (fire) companies will be pre-deployed.”

Back to, “unprecedented event that we should have just stayed in bed for?!