California Fires

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2 hours ago, ClearedHot said:

Very disturbing report about events leading up to the fire and the actions of leadership, I am shocked they still have their jobs.  If the reports are correct (and leadership is responding trying to defend their actions so it appears to be true), the experts warned them and urged them to activate standby and reserve capabilities.  The main fire department had a total of 40 trucks available if they kept a shift over and activated their contingency plan.  The plan also called for them to pre-position trucks in the pacific-palasades neighborhoods, the fire chief declined to call up the additional resources and they had just FIVE trucks to deal with the initial outbreak.  Some of those neighborhoods did not get engine support for 48 hours.

No way of telling how that would have impacted the outcome, but talk about an epic leadership failure.

"Two days to stop the spread"