With a forecast of dangerous winds, LAFD pre-deploys to avoid failings of Palisades fire

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Bracing for another round of extreme fire weather conditions, Los Angeles Fire Department officials on Monday had staffed all of its available extra engines and staged 30 engines in fire risk areas, measures they failed to take before the deadly Palisades fire, according to internal records and officials.

Fire officials told reporters Monday that the agency also ordered the outgoing shift of about 1,000 firefighters to remain on duty to staff the extra engines.

The actions came after The Times found that the LAFD decided not to take those drastic measures Jan. 7, despite extraordinary warnings from the National Weather Service that a life-threatening and destructive windstorm was going to hit the region.

Mayor Karen Bass said that the city was “well-positioned” to deal with any possible fires.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/forecast-dangerous-winds-lafd-pre-200157439.html

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1. if a fire starts in an inaccessible part of the Angeles forests

and it is too windy to fly the tanker planes...

They could have 1,000 pre-positioned fire trucks and pumpers and 20,000 fire fighters on hand... and it won't stop the next fire storm.

80 mile an hour winds scattering embers from a forest fire is really hard to stop when you can't put water on the fire, either from the ground or the air.

[chowder66]

2. Had another small brush fire start up in the Hollywood Hills today (The Griffith Fire).

Luckily there wasn't any wind to drive it. They put it out fast.

There have been a few more today. One down near San Diego called the Ted Williams Fire but that is now under control and they are doing mop up. 3 acres.

All of these are either knockdowns or in the mop up phase.

Pico Fire
Frontage Fire
Rinaldi Fire
Harbor Fire