Delays and lack of resources: How LA Fire Department was late to the Palisades Fire, according to witnesses: ‘No one came’

By Free Republic | Created at 2025-01-14 11:30:59 | Updated at 2025-01-14 23:32:24 12 hours ago

Delays and lack of resources: How LA Fire Department was late to the Palisades Fire, according to witnesses: ‘No one came’
NY Post ^

Posted on 01/14/2025 3:16:02 AM PST by TigerClaws

OS ANGELES — It took LA firefighters at least 45 minutes to respond to the Pacific Palisades blaze when it broke out last week, according to records and local homeowners.

And by that time, around 11 a.m. on Jan. 7, it was too late; what was at first a large plume of smoke had grown to a 10-acre blaze.

By 11:30 a.m., firefighters were reporting the fire was 200 acres, aided by strong winds that carried embers as far as two miles.

Firefighters battling the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on Jan. 7, 2025. 10 Firefighters battling the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on Jan. 7, 2025. AP Photo/Ethan Swope

Making matters worse, strong winds and very dry conditions allowed the fire to grow exponentially within a matter of hours.

The LAFD did not respond to a request for comment on Monday.

Jan. 7:

10:15 a.m.: Pacific Palisades homeowner resident Michel Valentine sees smoke near the site of the Lochman Fire. His wife calls 911 to report the fire, according to the Washington Post. 10:33 a.m.: Firefighters report seeing smoke and say they must divert resources from the two other fires, according to radio traffic.

10:45 a.m.: Valentine calls 911 again, but gets a busy signal, according to the Washington Post. 10:48 a.m.: Firefighters warn in radio traffic that the fire is moving with the wind and has the potential to spread to 10 acres.

11 a.m.: The first firefighters arrive at the blaze. 11:28 a.m.: The fire grows to 200 acres, according to radio traffic. 11:30 to 11:45: Valentine sees the first fire trucks arrive in his own neighborhood.

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When seconds count, government help is minutes away.

Were they in a DEI training class?

When they finally showed up was he at least happy the crew on the truck had at least one lesbian?

Clearing brush. Fire lanes. Working hydrants. Those are just minor details. #1 priority = diversity. Gotta keep the eye on that ball.

1 posted on 01/14/2025 3:16:02 AM PST by TigerClaws

To: TigerClaws

And 15% of LAFD’s major equipment (fire engines, ladder trucks, ambulances) is down for maintenance. Massive deferred maintenance in the system per local TV news guy.

2 posted on 01/14/2025 3:23:43 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)

To: TigerClaws

Re fire response taking 45 minutes:

Kamala to wildfire victims: “It’s critically important that, to the extent you can find anything that gives you an ability to be patient in this extremely dangerous and unprecedented crisis, that you do.”

https://x.com/RNCResearch/status/1878975875443749320

According to the story, the ATF is investigating the cause of the fire.

Can Trump ‘federalize’ fire management in California through an emergency proclamation? Get in there, clear the brush, save the billions of gallons in rainwater, fill up the reservoirs, and say, “Okay, you guys take it from here.”

This is like when you have a kid that’s 8 or 9 and you’re out for, say, a boat ride and the kid wants to drive. “I wanna drive, daddy!” And you say, “Sure, son, daughter, or too early to determine your 72 genders child. You drive. And they’re heading straight and touching the wheel keeping it going.

But then you see choppy waters, or another boat, or some danger and you say, “Now daddy’s got it.” And move them aside because you don’t want a child to kill you all.

We need to take the wheel and push these mental children aside to handle this.

The lesbians in charge of L.A. sort of did this - calling in Canada, Oregon, Mexico (all male) firefighters. The DEI training out the window. Let’s just get the job done.

So that’s what we as a nation need to do - just get the job done. Get some people who actually know what they’re doing and get the job done, please. Or the boat’s gonna crash.

3 posted on 01/14/2025 3:24:30 AM PST by TigerClaws

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