• atempuser23@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    Glad to hear from an expert on the situation , as someone who is in fire management there is a lot you can explain.

    There are so much about this . What general resources that would have been needed to prevent the scale of the fires? If properly resourced how would the response have been significantly different? Of course each fire fighter counts, but what would the scale need to have been to change this event? What should people be focusing on when we demand better?

    For example I heard the the first hours and days of the fires air assets could not be deployed because of the 60-80 mile hour winds. that was cited as a significant factor in the initial spread. though the source was just on the news so no idea how creditable

    Are there types of air craft designed to fight fires in tropical storm like conditions?

    Are fire like this seen coming by the city FD?

    How are resources allocated when multiple fires rage?

    In your opinion what cities are doing a good job with fire/disaster planning? What cities globally face similar challenges as Los Angles? Are there lessons than can be learned from those places?

    • badbytes@lemmy.world
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      6 minutes ago

      To keep it short, it’s called mitigation. You “prevent” crazy fires by eliminating fuel sources. But remember, homes are fuel sources as well, often great fuel sources. I will let you do the math.