LA firefighters tell their story of what happened during the wildfires, and why

[@arch2u442]

Hard but fact. Even Rick Caruso had prepared private Firefighter with 3 water tank about 3,000 gallons in each ready and saved the Palisades Shopping Mall.

[@robertmarino2158]

Thank you men , your talent is remarkable, stay safe , thank all of your brothers.

[@BeverlyMurphy-j5m]

DON'T WANT TO ADDRESS THIS WOMAN AS KATIE. BECAUSE THAT NAME GIVES A SOFT TONE "OF WHICH SHE IS NOT". I WILL REFFER TO HER AS "K" A. BIT MORE START, AS TO WHAT SHE REALLY IS. HERE IS. K. TRYING TO LOOK AS THOUGH THIS IS A FAIR REPORTING OF WHAT REALLY TOOK PLACE. I THINK WE COULD CONCLUED FROM HER 🐂 💩 THAT MOTHER NATURE IS TO BLAME 🤔. K IS VERY CLEVER THE WAY SHE SLITHERS 🪱 AROUND THE TRUTH AS TO WHAT HAPPENED. SPOILER ALERT K. FIRE FIGHTERS NEED "WATER 🌊💦🌊💦🌊💦🌊" TO PUT OUT FIRES 🔥 YOU R NO LONGER RELEVANT & THE MORE YOU KEEPING LEANING LEFT THE MORE DESTPERATE YOU LOOK TO HANG ON TO ANY SEMBLANCE OF RELEVANCE. K. HERE IS A BIT OF AFVICE TAKE WHAT EVER DECIENCY YOU HAVE LET & JUST GOOOO AWAY YOU SOLD OUT TO THE LEFTY LOONS LOOOONG & AGO AND NO ONE CARE WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY. GOOOOO AWAY 🤦 BY BY K

[@BeverlyMurphy-j5m]

A BIT MORE STARK. "K"

[@lizettelaubscher3077]

Shocking America...😮 No Fire Breaks...No Brush Removal😮😮😮😮

[@edbrophy4602]

We need protected whistleblowers."The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't being said." --Peter Drucker,

[@sumernoel1553]

Bravo Katie! Thank you for letting them tell their stories!

[@grateful1609]

There needs to be discussion about people remaining behind to protect their property. I completely understand the desire to do so, and I'm aware that there weren't firefighters immediately present, but I've always taken the first rule of any crisis which is "don't create another victim". There is no property worth a life. When a person stays behind they put themselves at risk which in turn places first responders at risk. It also diverts resources that could be used at a more strategically important location. There is plenty of blame to go around after the fact, but in the moment I want firefighters to have every resource at their disposal and don't want to put them at risk just to protect property.

[@edwardlulofs444]

I would stay. If I lose my living space, I would be sleeping on the sidewalk. So I would rather be dead. Is that what rich people want? They have no need, and no care for poor people. It seems to me that money is all some people care about. I will take my happy, shorter life over a lonely, slightly longer life in poor health, yes, I prefer that.

[@SandraWileyLA.BESAFEPRAYERSARE]

Katie Couric, Deep caring for LA is so uplifting for the world to hear and see right NOW! ❤❤❤. Thank You Katie. GOD! Is Watching.

[@rubyrue6997]

Don’t matter how many firefighters or fire engines or people that are fighting it with no water where is the water water water water????

[@MaryValiulis-f1i]

Prayers for LA

[@laurieg2436]

Thank you LAFD and Katie!!!

[@kathywinecoff5046]

Wow, thank you gentlemen and Katie. Thank you to All of the LAFD.

[@kt3076]

Water Supervisor paid $750 000 a year for what? Dry reservoirs and fire hydrants? Newsom needs to go. Absolutely disgusting.

[@SunraeSkatimunggr]

The same thing is happening in Oregon. Between fewer firefighters and what they need to fight fires or save lives and more people needing help equals worst odds of surviving any type of disaster. Actuaries for insurance companies are not the only ones to figure the odds.

[@CaptainRon13]

Excellent interview, Katie. I would like to see the next 2 hours of this conversation. There is much more to add to the conversation. The guys hit the nail on the head, but greater explanation is required. To your question of rebuilding, yes. But make the new construction requirements more resistant to fire. Add defensible space requirements to housing developments. Fuels reductions, a MUST. Ingress and egress improvements, a MUST. Red Flag staffing, a MUST. Timely repair of emergency vehicles, a MUST. Any agency without the logistical support for an operation, is doomed to failure. Can you imagine the Army not feeding the troops on the battlefield? I say this after spending 33 years in the fire service. Keep fighting, union strong!

[@annavandergeest9995]

💖💖I LOVE THESE HERO FIREFIGHTERS and all THE OTHER FIREFIGHTERS. GOD BLESS THEM💖💖

[@loversLorraine]

And thank you Katie.❤❤❤❤🎉🎉😊😊😊

[@marilynkarwoski1586]

i heard that prisoners were among the firefighters at $5 a day

[@graysonburkhart]

He said it best: "It's a decade-long problem"

[@edbrophy4602]

And this is why fire chiefs get $770,000 to keep their mouth shut.

[@jenniferdurham2782]

Thanks for this. Clearly more firefighters and monies are needed. But no amount of firefighters can overcome no water. I saw footage on the news of fire engines pulling up to a burning house and found dead fire hydrants. They drove on as it exploded in flames.

[@jenniferdurham2782]

Fighting these fires is not sustainable. We have to stop the burning of fossil fuels.

[@jenniferdurham2782]

Some of the houses left standing are new construction. They already have fire codes for new construction. But much of these places haven't burnt before. There were a lot of 75-100+ year old houses that burned in Altadena. And some in the Pallisades.

[@jenniferdurham2782]

So, those old houses were exempt from the newer fire codes for building.

[@tanklergaming103]

yeah. its not hard to put this together. it was incompetence on governance.

[@edbrophy4602]

They need protected whistleblowers.

[@SandraWileyLA.BESAFEPRAYERSARE]

Katie Couric your AWESOME! 😊😊😊

[@corinnehernandez4549]

Thank you Katie

[@cherylgann1993]

Wow Katie, amazing job! Thank you

[@classyconversationswithrho344]

Many Blessings and Healing love. This was Preventable, with the if the water was available. Thank you

[@PQ190]

Residents have to take some preventative steps. Fire proof materials, burn breaks, etc. Everyone with a pool needs a generator run pool pump, high pressure hoses and sprinklers.

[@juanitasidbury3271]

Did 445 Calle howler one of homes destroyed my friend lives there she was suppose to call the home might be in the heights area are by the hip

[@juanitasidbury3271]

Answer please

[@juanitasidbury3271]

445 Calle hiquer is that in the heights area are up the hill please

[@juanitasidbury3271]

Cathy and mark Robbin’s lived at 445 Calle hiquer Camarillo calif 93800 good friends live there she never called

[@juanitasidbury3271]

Where can I find out

[@janeskrvseth-ly6fw]

3 HEROS💖💖💖, LET THEM BE HEARD NOW, THIS IS TERRIBLY SAD AND BAD NEWS, MAJOR HAD TO BE DONE, LET THEM HAVE WHAT THEY ASKED FOR 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@nomi151570]

You shouldn't have to ask !!! It's a no-brainer ❤

[@patriciabray5726]

Having the city council or assembly hold hearings in the future with the goal of hearing from witnesses lessons learned and new approaches for 21st century and climate change could prove very useful.

[@brucemorrison8357]

Good questions, good resonses.

[@Makmurf]

I had an anaphylactic reaction to an antibiotic in Sept in Austin, TX…. The fire dept was there in 3 minutes. They were within a few minutes of daughter’s house. Neighborhood need their own fire station. What in the world is happening in CA???

[@sumernoel1553]

Today, the conversation is about CA but do you really think budget cuts/under staffing isn’t happening everywhere? It’s happening in schools, police, paramedics, fire, infrastructure, etc. Tell me somewhere all these things are well supported? Go ahead, I’ll wait.

[@Makmurf]

@ In my neighborhood in The Woodlands, TX we are well supported.

[@davidlipkind9629]

250 ppl died during the Texas winter power outage Why weren’t they prepared for this? Who was held responsible for that tragedy? Nobody cuz Abbott is still there. Climate change is gonna keep causing but Repub Ostrich policy and continued nonfunding of disaster funds is the cause of deaths

[@d.cynthia6307]

So this video means that the city council members need to be fired and that the mayor of Los Angeles needs to be fired ASAP 👍🏻👍🏻

[@nancycornett9949]

Thank you

[@yonisamber8169]

Problem:There is no money to hire more firefighters or paramedics to increase staffing levels. Solution: Create a volunteer auxilary fire fighting force to supplant the paid force and protect the public, similar to CERT or Hatzala. New problem: UFLAC feels threatened by volunteers, dismisses such suggestions as dangerous to the public.

[@adeodata6364]

This is so outrageous! Unbelievable. Heads have got to roll. Yesterday 😡 These men are very courageous to speak up. What they had to go through with so little support is unacceptable. It's understandable that they don't want to accuse anyone directly, but when you add up the details of the latest mismanagement + a 17.5m cut in the budget & then you see the utter callousness of the Mayor and the Governor - completely disconnected from reality!- there is no way around it: I hope they will be pushed to resign. Unbelievable and unacceptable. My heart breaks for all the victims and these valiant firefighters 😔🙏

[@WardenJune]

Well there is one party that likes to cut budgets and cut taxes. But it's nice to see that suddenly you are okay with infrastructure spending.

[@dennisgregoire7706]

Katie up to her usual: open ended questions: Fire men not knowing how water supply system work: many fire trucks drawing water from system, results in low pressure, eventually no water!!! Firefighters are great, but don't have " big picture' perspective. Katie's question:,"Who's fault is it!!!". Shows her " point of view "!!! She's hyper bolic!! She demonstrated"zero " knowledge of the " fire history " of LA!! Fact check her effort on this!!!

[@Castle743]

BILLIONS TRAIN TO NO WHERE 24 BILLIONS DISAPEARED FOR HOMELESS WHILE HOMELESS INCREASE BILLIONS FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRATS GREAT JOB CALIFORNIA

[@SandraWileyLA.BESAFEPRAYERSARE]

NEW LEADERSHIP! FOR LA STRONG.

[@damali-karlawhittaker6462]

💯 Good segment!

[@MonicaWilliams-f1f]

If individuals who used pool water and hoses could keep their houses from burning, then more firefighters, trucks and working fire hydrants could have saved more structures. The fact it took 40 minutes for a response to the Palisades fire when it first started, more could have been done. Thank you firefighters and Katie!!

[@angelinahunter182]

What a shocking situation when you consider the number of millionaires who lost their homes. Think of the amount of taxes these residents paid not to have adequate water in hydrants, along with a reduced number of fire stations, fire trucks, mechanics, and firefighters. I lived in Manhattan from 1966 to 2016. And during those 50 years I experienced SIX fires in the 1927 buildings in which I lived. I am deeply grateful that the NYFD seemed to have been fully funded, so much so that in the late 1980's a fire in my apartment building was located directly 2 floors down from my rent controlled apartment and the firefighters stopped the fire directly one flight below my apartment. The next day I was so grateful that I walked to the fire station a few blocks away. The Manhattan firefighters seemed to find my gratitude "quaint." But they said that if I really wanted to thank them that I should write a letter commending their service to the Fire Commissioner in Brooklyn. These brave firefighters saved my RENT CONTROLLED apartment in midtown Manhattan! I wrote that thank you letter that very day!

[@daveb8449]

They needed lots of things. They needed full reservoirs, land management, beefed up fire department budget, better infrastructure, no diversion of water to the Pacific ocean, etc. Most of all, they need to quit voting these woke lunatics into office.

[@jlvandat69]

I fought wildfires while attending college, and it's truly a unique and dangerous job. And these recent fires are at the extreme end of the wildfire spectrum due to the high winds involved + densely-populated areas. These firefighters deserve a huge thanks and our appreciation. As I watched the intense, dangerous firefighting I envisioned the day when we have sophisticated robotics (probably drones) equipped with AI, capable of performing firefighting. I imagined, e.g., a swarm of drones capable of transporting water from the ocean (or retardant, or both) to the fires, possibly autonomously. I hope this day comes soon, so we can reduce the number of fire-related deaths and be more effective in these battles.......which there will be more and more of. 🙏🙏

[@alikon1673]

California should start building with different materials! How many bad earthquakes are there per year ? Not since long ago. There are a lot of smaller ones. But the fires devastate the state every frigging year! All the time! It's time to start building with concrete, bricks, etc. Not the light wooden panels that catch fire like matches. Enough already. People lose not only their property but their lives. Thank you to brave and hard working firefighters!

[@Testigosiempre]

❤first responders. Moral injury risk is soooo high. Invest in fire departments to prevent fire fighters MH crisis, civilian suffering, property destruction....listen to front line staff that KNOW what they need to do their jobs!

[@abc123fhdi]

don't live in City of LA

[@sumernoel1553]

We either prioritize public services or we live w more disasters & less security.

[@coffeegirl7701]

Good interview If people would go to their community firehouses get to know the firefighters go to their meetings, and events or just stop by and ask "Are your needs being met?" If they are not being met who do we as homeowners & voters do we need to lean on to get you what you need. If the agendas & minutes from the meeting are published or on PDF go over them Take the time to get to know them It could save your home or your life.

[@melissamag8443]

Thank you, F.D. and Katie for opening up the conversation. Climate change is not going anywhere, budget cuts are everywhere, infrastructure is decades too old to handle the load. Lots of questions ahead could water pressure be delegated to those areas in an emergency where it's needed for example from LA to the the other fires zones? Could under the ground water tanks at the top of the neighborhoods help so water is downhill vs pumping up the hill for pressue? With the winds of California where are more wind turbines and solar panels for use? We all need to get ahead on better building materials. Many states are seeing repeat fires in the same areas. Why haven't the powerlines been moved underground in some of these fire prone areas? We need to step up and try to make improvements to try and keep up with Mother nature. We are already behind the 8 ball.

[@Diving_Into_History]

Katie, I think I can possibly add some worthwhile information. Down here in south eastern Australia we face very similar fire weather conditions, and the same brush / urban interface problem as L.A. does. Melbourne is very much like L.A. - a big sprawling city that spreads out up into the hills - and south eastern Australia has faced similar fire events as that which L.A. faced on the 7th of January - south eastern Australia and Los Angeles are rated as having the two worst brush / urban interface fire risks in the world - that is just reality. Straight up I will tell you that on the 7th of January, having an extra 40 fire engines, or holding the off-going shift of 1000 firefighters on the morning of the 7th of January honestly wouldn't have made a lot of difference in the number of structures saved - over 7000 houses were lost in the Palisades and the Eaton fires - and 40 more engines wasn't going to make much of a difference to the outcome - if any at all. When you combine the wind strengths of that day with the single digit humidity on that day then a wildfire is simply unstoppable - and can't even be effectively fought until the wind strength eases quite a bit - no matter how many firefighters you throw at it. The captain mentioned going into property protection mode - unfortunately there were just far too many embers being picked up by the wind and these were igniting trees and bushes and outdoor furniture and everything else that everyone has around their homes these days - and embers also get sucked into the rooftop air conditioners and in through vents etc - you can't save (many if any) houses under those conditions - it is just impossible - and it is very hard to hold a fire hose and move it around a house reacting to where new things are constantly catching fire - when the wind is so strong that you can barely stand up. All you can do is get the people out of the way of the fire - because in those weather conditions the fire is simply going to do whatever it wants to do - and there is nothing that humans can do to stop that. Things might be a little better next time when everything has been rebuilt to much newer more resistive fire codes - but the next big fire could hit another part of the city instead. I will answer a few things that I have heard - - why didn't the department hold over the off-going shift (1000 firefighters) on the morning of the 7th? Very little point in doing this really - there was 7 available spare fire engines to put them on, and some of those would have had to have been kept available to replace engines that broke down during the day. - why didn't the fire department staff the spare engines and put them in the Palisades? Well then you have your mobile reserve force is all located on the far edge of the city - what if the Eaton fire had of broken out first? Your mobile reserve force is 30 miles travel distance away in the Palisades - and by the time they get to the Eaton area the fire has grown so large that 7 more engines isn't going to make a difference. As I said - the reality is that under those conditions - very dry brush, incredibly strong winds coupled with very low humidity - there is very little effective firefighting that can be done until the wind eases. Extra firefighters on the 8th of June are a lot more useful - you can swap the crews on the engines part way through the day to rest firefighters as that "day after" is always going to be very hectic - just work on getting the people out of the way of the fire. Did the fire chiefs and the fire department do everything right? Well there has been an enormous amount of criticism of the fire chiefs - but given the (lack of) resources (due to lack of budget) that the fire chiefs had available to them then they made just about all the right decisions, and what they maybe might do differently in hindsight on the 7th probably wouldn't have made much if any difference to the outcome - that fire under those conditions was simply unstoppable. So frankly I think that everyone should stop blaming the fire chiefs and the fire department - and instead look at the positives - because on the 7th of February 2009 south eastern Australia had a really bad fire weather day, and 19,000 firefighters couldn't prevent 173 deaths and 2000 houses being destroyed in the space of just 7 hours - because those fires that day were unstoppable - just like your fires on January 7 - but you have had far less people die in your fires on the 7th of January - everyone in LA. should be taking that as a win in those fire conditions.

[@BeverlyMurphy-j5m]

Diving-Into-History??

[@Diving_Into_History]

@@BeverlyMurphy-j5m Yep - 2000 year old shipwreck

[@sumernoel1553]

Today, the conversation is about CA but do you really think budget cuts/under staffing isn’t happening everywhere? It’s happening in schools, police, paramedics, fire, infrastructure, etc. Tell me somewhere all these things are well supported? Go ahead, I’ll wait.

[@MengGuoZhou]

*Ok, let's start over, you do not caress the flames in the air, you attack the heart!*

[@bythesea760]

Agreed. And the city has to provide housing for all first responders at costs they can afford on their salaries. Maybe the city needs to restrict new residents based on their skills….

[@Maddie9185]

They train and use the service of the incarcerated yet when they are released from prison they are not given the opportunity to apply for those jobs. Why?

[@juanitasidbury3271]

I never hear how bad Camarillo fire did

[@stevenschwizer627]

If you had $2 million home it’ll cost you $3 million to rebuild it. This is why the insurance company left. This is why they wanted a 35% increase. if you’re lucky, it’ll take you 5 to 7years.

[@sidali2590]

We need to address climate change shame California the richest and powerful state could not fight fires of this magnitude

[@JoeCool882]

When a city goes bankrupt. Pension are targeted day one. Very sad to see. Just watch out. Thanks for your service.

[@DerDudelino]

Let people in LA pitch in for the repairs of those fire trucks - it can't cost that much to fix them and it could've saved sooo many family homes. But let them donate directly- taxes will be vasted on DEI nonsense in LA, they will always find a way to waste money. It needs to go directly towards mechanics and repairs.

[@PaulieTan]

God Bless the FireFighters Responders Canada Mexico Japan and those who are helping in any form Thank you Gov Newsom President Biden Thank you dear God to please help stop the winds n fires n keep California n all the people homes jobs safe Amen. Protect us too fr Trump Mike Johnson Musk n his Cabinet Amen.

[@freeheeler09]

Drive around videos are of the tools realtors are using to showcase neighborhoods across the country. Look at current videos from San Antonio, Portland, Denver, etc., and yes, Altadena and Pacific Palisades, and you will see that our towns are criminally unprepared for fire! I don’t blame firefighters or even city officials. Nope, the fault lies with all of us! We love our landscaping and privacy hedges and wooden fences. We love our roses next to our homes and our shade trees and our lawns. And we know that wood decks and wood siding will burn, and that the attic and crawlspace vents on our homes aren’t fire rated. A lot of the things we can do will just take work and not money. We can cover vents with 1/16” stainless steel mesh, or replace the vents with fire rated vents. We can remove wood deer JS and chips and shrubs and grass and make 10’ wide hard scapes around our homes. Yes, we need more firefighters. But we also need fire prevention crews to help homeowners clear brush and create firebreaks and evacuation routes. It’ll take residents and communities and county and state and federal agencies working together. And, we pumped record amounts of carbon into the atmosphere last year, so the climate is getting hotter faster. First, stop burning fossil fuels. Next, residents and communities need to harden homes and businesses and landscapes and firebreaks and evacuation routes. There is a lot we all can do to be better prepared.

[@RaitaNag]

Learn from Australia how to manage fires by preventing access to dry fuel. Aboriginals have been doing that all their lives. I have seen several fires. People should have been asked to cut trees etc and mowe to cut back grass. Prevention is a must

[@LouisCatudal-z8t]

If California can turn to common senses and get the leaders who knows what they are doing.

[@juanitasidbury3271]

Please answer questions

[@juanitasidbury3271]

I’m trying to find out if 445 Calle hiquer is ok in Camarillo ca 93810 friends haven’t called

[@davidcornwell7522]

No. The problem is that the public is being sold houses built out of wood in dangerous locations. The developers and zoning administration in LA are at fault. Sadly this will all be repeated in a few years.

[@bijoudas5842]

You can't manage with fire fighters, but you need consciousness changers , Devils!😂

[@JeremiahRios27]

🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@harrybaulz666]

Just imagine what their taxes will be too pay for this kay tee

[@stevenschwizer627]

Why does it cost so much to rebuild?

[@DiandraStarShine]

so sad how it takes a tragedy for tptb to even *begin to think about* doing the right thing and for sure more lives & homes could have been saved. to not prioritize fire departments needs is a crime and surely there ARE specific individuals responsible for the budget issues and this needs to be made public: who exactly decides how much money can be accessed and who decides the details of the budget?

[@Castle743]

2025 will less firefighters and resources than in 1960,s 😂😂😂😂 Great job california paying more taxes in the nation😂😂

[@damali-karlawhittaker6462]

Only 1.7% on million dollar plus home. Middle class paying the majority of taxes.

[@Jan-w7z6y]

It was entirely preventable.

[@sumernoel1553]

Palisades & Altadena burned. I’d say the message from mother nature is that her wrath does not discriminate. Rich or poor climate change will affect everyone but it seems like the rich are the ones that want to deny it the most. Maybe they think they can be protected by their money. That wasn’t the case here.

[@stevenschwizer627]

Stop advocating for people who are incompetent in doing their jobs. We will all be living under a bridge.

[@EnglishWithYousuf-11]

No😂😂😂😂😂😂 ceasefire with USA

[@jasonwest2072]

i tried to be a firefighter in connectcut for thirty years. I should have moved to LA. haha

[@rosykatzCATS]

And THOUSANDS of Animals 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@rafeekrohoman2639]

No we more tik tok. Tik tok is more important than fire engines. Yes tik tok will solve all problems. Wake up America.

[@work2gather]

I am from the Los Angeles area. I have been learning about prepping for various disasters expected in Oregon area (PDX and EUG), but especially the BIG QUAKE expected here. As I have been watching the need and response to the LA fires, I have been wondering what would happen if the BIG CA QUAKE would happen. This might be a very great blessing if the government uses it to prep for the major quake that is expected to hit the Los Angeles area at any time. If it happened now, today, what would LA County do? The water issues are a huge issue. How can that problem be figured out now that we have seen how large disasters affect the water supplies. And all the need that happen when people are displaced for a long period of time.

[@mightymack3049]

Katie, so disappointed in your coverage. Any city budgets for the normal needs of everyday calls for service. With all due respect, what do you think the union reps are going to say? They have the chance to call for more personnel and equipment yes, but they are responsible for increasing the membership of the union. Extracting as much money from the members is their goal. You mentioned removal of brush - great idea until you have rains and then mud slides. LA City FD has an annual budget of 800 million dollars. I would think that staffing levels on engines and ladders are staffed at reasonable levels. As far as apparatus repair: current apparatus are like cars. They are computerizd, have air bags, and the pumps can even be assisted by computers. New apparatus orders are usually a three year wait. I think a study is needed by an independent organization such as the University of Maryland.

[@chrisdunnoz]

The LA Fires are a tragedy of immense destruction, sadly a result of the power of nature! Also a result of woeful city planning and building codes.

[@hisbudnrosejn1517]

I hear one firefighter say that it's a decade long problem, so you can't point fingers at one person. The mayors and City Council are put there to see what changes need to be made, and correct it. Why was that not done? The extra firefighters that were held back from working because of the b/o fire engines could have made a world of difference. The same things apply to the call to defund police department four years ago--now they have to call in national guard to help protect these burned properties from looters. LA keeps shooting itself in the feet, as the saying goes.

[@saraha.maninger2161]

Yes to more funding for Fire Departments! (Family home in PP, here.) This means higher city/property taxes which are (usually) approved through Ballot Measures, folks!

[@chrisfinnegan8370]

❤ , ? , maybe install water 💧 towers. in the foot hills of the San Gabriel Mt and in the Metro. And when the yearly. Santa Ana winds start spray water 💧 out of the towers and saturate the air .

[@asielb]

Thank you for going straight to the horse's mouth... I hope their honesty and willing to come out about it makes a difference so this can have a better outcome next time. I wish they would have spoken on other things that could have been done when rebuilding... Like building materials and such. They didn't want to cloud their biggest objective with other things. Maybe you can do another interview with someone that has that knowledge

[@Eferemwinner]

Hello Katie C. You Should need Jesus the Son of God, not more fire fighter!!!!

[@gaildavies5390]

I get it. Put these guys in all of the financial budget meetings - let them understand the stretch of the money that does not go to other necessities. How do you choose? Let's say they have and get all they want. On 'normal' days, paying tens of thousands of firefighters to sit and wait, day after day after day......the cost would be too extreme. Let. them go to the budget meetings more indepth and see if they can figure it out. Numbers don't add up folks.

[@Cinderella23Queen]

Hi katie Couric

[@John-u3w1l]

City officials need to get those 60 fire trucks siting at your mechanics compound fixed ,and hire the mechanic personal to fix em ..

[@BeverlyMurphy-j5m]

SHAME SHAME ON YOU KATIE YOU HAVE SOLD YOUR SOUL TO THE LEFTY LOONS THINKING 🤔 🤨 LOOOONG AGO. NO ONE CARES WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY. KEEP SPINNING KATIE. THERE IS ONLY " O N E " ? HER. WHY WAS THERE "NO" WATER 🌊💦 TO OUT OUT THE FIRE "NEWSOME" WHY WHY WHY. SHAME ON YOU KATIE COURIC JUST A REMINDER HE ☝️ SEE ALL 🤨SHAME SHAME ON YOU!!!!!!☝️🕊️✝️

[@TheBella2u]

I’m a So Cal Native and probably driven 1000 times up and down PCH. I had no idea there were that many homes in the Palisades. Having hiked up and behind the hills this was an accident waiting to happen. Those canyons and the Santa Ana’s combined with flying ember/tinders into old wooden houses was a lethal combination. Until, people quit poo pooing climate change it’s only going to get worse. Also, read an article that the new EV car batteries take a ton more water to put out.

[@patriciamasterson4721]

Why are fire engines and firefighters rescuing heart attacks!? Our ambulance corp rescues and drives to hospital! No firemen or trucks. I live in California

[@KatharineKwon]

Katie go away!

[@stephens1950]

Incompetent Democratic leadership and policies

[@davidlipkind9629]

250 ppl died during the Texas winter power outage. And Abbott?

[@Cinderella23Queen]

All the billions of dollars pouring into the city of L A , and y'all can't get the support from city officials

[@DanielleA2023]

TrumpMusk Must send billions 💰 immediately no excuses no conditions to Los Angeles. You're the wealthiest country in the world 🌎 you can afford to repair and rebuild Los Angeles asap and make it Better

[@SuzD0n]

Musk is too invested in destabilising European governments and playing with space projects. Hopefully, the US public will come to understand his true nature, soon.

[@daniellaplume3840]

I'm doing a lot of finger pointing right now, against the wall

[@notw333]

Keep up your DEI agenda and liberal ways. Enjoy your smelt.

[@operationmockingbird216]

You realize that the homeowners have hours if Ring camera footage showing the ineptitude and incompetence of this poor dept that was utterly caught off guard. kzbin.info/www/bejne/npy0oKCsmNR1btksi=c-FM8aD0oyaOfR_y

[@floydburney6060]

..... Yes, more firefighters & less journalists.

[@loversLorraine]

God bless all the firemen and I think I saw one woman I'm not sure here in Florida, but God bless them all in Jesus Christ's name it's a dangerous job it's a shame in all different states that closing stations just to save money they rather keep money in their pocket then to take care of the firefighters and save people's lives. Give the firefighters all over what they need trucks whatever they need what is the problem I can't comprehend this..❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 like I told her armed forces man and woman thank you and I say the same thing to the firefighters and everyone else is out there to protect us and save us.....