Los Angeles Fire Department bosses are facing criticism for opting not to deploy 1,000 available firefighters and more than 40 water-carrying engines until after one of the wildfires was burning out-of-control — even as extreme warnings were coming in about life-threatening winds, a new report says.
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Los Angeles fire bosses opted not to deploy 1,000 available firefighters and more than 40 water-carrying engines until after one of the wildfires was burning out of control — even as extreme warnings were coming in about life-threatening winds, according to a damning new report.
Officials held off ordering hundreds of available fire crews to remain on duty for a second shift last Tuesday to help battle flames taking hold in the since-ravaged Pacific Palisades neighborhood, according to internal fire department records obtained by the Los Angeles Times.
They also only staffed five of the more than 40 fire engines that were available, the records show.
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