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Multiple homes burn, 1 dead in Pacoima fireworks explosion

Amid exploding fireworks, more than 130 firefighters battled a fire that engulfed four homes in Pacoima on Thursday…
#UnitedStates #US #USA #america #area #blaze #danger #firecrew #FireDepartment #firework #fourthhome #hospital #l.a.department #LAFD #multiplehome #p.m.firework #resident #severalsimilarincident #unitedstatesofamerica #USnews #USAnews #woman
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Miguel Afonso Caetano

"Why couldn’t the LAFD keep its equipment in working order? A lot of people blame budget cuts, but there’s another root issue - increasing prices and metastasizing production delays for these vehicles. The cost of fire trucks has skyrocketed in recent years––going from around $300 -500,000 for a pumper truck and $750-900,000 for a ladder truck in the mid-2010s, to around $1 million for a pumper truck and $2 million for a ladder truck in the last couple years. Meanwhile, the time it takes to get a fire truck delivered has grown dramatically, from less than a year before the pandemic to anywhere between 2 and 4.5 years today. (It’s not just trucks, all fire equipment is increasing quickly in price, from air supply packs to maintenance contracts.)

The skyrocketing prices and longer delivery times have made it difficult for the LAFD to replace aging vehicles in its fleet, many of which have exceeded their service life. As the LAFD’s vehicles have gotten older, they’ve become prone to more frequent and serious breakdowns, leading to more costly repairs and prolonged downtime. And as the rising cost of fire-truck maintenance and replacement has squeezed the department’s budget, it has had fewer resources for recruiting and retaining firefighters. Against this backdrop, the LAFD wound up having to face some of the worst fires LA has seen in a century while both understaffed and under-equipped.

What I’ll show you in this piece is that the increasing price is a result of a private equity firm, American Industrial Partners, consolidating the fire truck industry and forcing up prices across the board. For decades before the 2010s, the fire apparatus industry was characterized by relatively stable (inflation-adjusted) prices and ample production capacity."

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#USA#LA#LosAngeles
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MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:

#LAWildfires:

I smell a rat somewhere! 🤨 😠

The #farright uses people's inculcated 'biases'; LYING abt local/state govt officials bc of identity/identities.

IMO, I'd urge everyone to be on the watch for #corporatemedia idiots who pseudolib-wash far right narratives and dogwhistle bigoted bullshit.

A mayor giving $$ to pigs 🐷 🐷 :acab: & cutting money to the #LAFD is a bad decision. There are many knobhead politicians from all identities all over the world who chummy-up to pigs 🐷.

Also #fossilfuel, #climatechange #capitalism collectively play a role (see #DemocracyNow last week about LA fires).

So many knobs to choose from but here's one: #Partygate during the #COVID crisis. Last I checked, #BoorishJohnson was not from a marginalised group.

So, the 'rat' , to me, is the #rightwing/#extremeright repeating their bigotry over and over, hoping to have an effect on the psyche of the public which they hope result in support for #racist #sexist & #antiLGBTQIAplus far right policies, laws, etc.

It's the right who kvetched abt taxes, immigrants & being 'replaced', 'welfare queens', etc. which brainwashed voters (of various backgrounds).

#LosAngeles#California#KarenBass
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nullagent

For the love of god people need to stop flying drones near wild fires while aerial fire fighters at work. A fire fighting plane struck a drone and now needs repairs.

The issue obviously being that these planes must fly right down to the deck below the typically allowed 400ft flight ceiling of consumer drones.

Not a wise time to be sharing your drone photos of LA, might get some unwanted attention from the FAA

#drone#LAFires#la
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nullagent

This morning LA fire officials indicate that they have become aware of false evacuation orders circulating that appear to come from the official emergency management text warning system. This maybe a cyber security incident but it's not know yet exactly how these texts were sent.

#LAFires#cybersecurity#LAFD
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nullagent

I'm just a citizen loud mouth on mastodon but it's kinda amazing how much of the media is calling the budget cut fake news. It is not.

All the media takes such as the BET one below, point to the idea that the budget could be added to at a later date and reason that it wasn't a budget cut.

Look, its not even debatable. LAFD's budget was CUT by $17M+.

When you take budget and replace it with an IOU that is by definition a budget cut.

bet.com/article/pgykqa/la-mayo

#KarenBass#BET#LAFD
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nullagent

LA Fire Chief Kristin Crowley said over amonth ago that the $17.6million budget cut would hamper their ability to respond to large fires. That money was directed to cops instead.

In this segment the fire chief repeats that these budget cuts were real and have real negative impacts in the quality of service they can provide.

Chief Crowley says they did what they could with what they had & suggests it wasn't possible to contain this fire at any funding level.

#LA#LAFires#LAFD
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