The Palisades Fire has become the most destructive fire ever recorded in Los Angeles. As firefighters continue to battle the historic blaze, which was only 19% contained as of the afternoon of Wednesday, Jan. 15, questions about the fire's origins persist. According to Los Angeles Fire Department officials and a review of internal documents by the Los Angeles Times, the fire department could have deployed resources to high-risk areas before the …

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Former LAFD official: Resources should have been in Palisades prior to fire

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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LA fire bosses chose not to deploy available firefighters and engines when Palisades Fire erupted: records

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

As the Los Angeles Fire Department faced extraordinary warnings of life-threatening winds, top commanders decided not to assign for emergency deployment roughly 1,000 available firefighters and dozens of water-carrying engines in advance of the fire that destroyed much of the Pacific Palisades and continues to burn, interviews and internal LAFD records show. Fire officials chose not to order the firefighters to remain on duty for a second shift …

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

Los Angeles fire chiefs chose not to deploy 1,000 available firefighters and more than 40 tankers until one of the forest fires was out of control, even when extreme warnings of life-threatening winds arrived, according to a new damning report.

Los jefes de bomberos de Los Ángeles optaron por no desplegar 1.000 bomberos disponibles y más de 40 camiones cisterna hasta que uno de los incendios forestales estuviera fuera de control, incluso cuando llegaban advertencias extremas sobre vientos potencialmente mortales, según un nuevo informe condenatorio.

Revelan que jefes de bomberos decidieron no desplegar a sus equipos cuando estalló incendio en LA

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They reveal that fire chiefs decided not to deploy their teams when fire broke out in LA

In a critical oversight, Los ‍Angeles⁣ fire officials opted ⁤not ​to deploy firefighting engines to the… The post L.A. Fire Officials Missed Opportunity to Deploy Engines in Palisades Before Blaze appeared first on TIme News.

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L.A. Fire Officials Missed Opportunity to Deploy Engines in Palisades Before Blaze

Fire officials chose not to keep firefighters on duty and pre-deploy extra engine companies despite the weather forecast and increasing winds

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Records show LAFD did not increase staffing, engines before wildfire

Fire Chief Kristin Crowley Defended the Department’s Strategy, Citing the Need to Balance Wildfire Readiness With Increased Citywide 911 Calls A recent Los Angeles Times report has revealed significant criticism of the Los Angeles Fire Department’s response to the catastrophic Pacific Palisades wildfire, which destroyed thousands of homes and claimed numerous lives.  According to internal records and interviews, the LAFD did not deploy roughly 1…

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LAFD Didn’t Deploy Available Firefighters or Water-Carrying Engines Despite Warnings: REPORT

Firefighters only responded 44 minutes after a prominent Pacific Palisades resident called 911 on January 7, a local resident says.

Former LAFD official: Resources should have been in Palisades prior to fire

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