The Los Angeles Fire Department is expected to pre-deploy resources and personnel to address potential emergencies this Fourth of July weekend, Mayor Karen Bass announced.<\/p>\n
The LAFD will be staging additional equipment and staff for brush patrols, as well as to respond quicker to any potential needs should they arise. Additionally, the city\u2019s Emergency Management Department will be activated over the weekend as needed.<\/p>\n
\u201cFourth of July weekend is a celebratory time in our American city of Los Angeles, and we need to make sure that we are celebrating safely,\u201d Bass said in a statement. \u201cWith the potential for heightened risks due to illegal use of fireworks, I am announcing pre-deployment of City resources to detect and respond to any issues quickly and effectively.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you to our firefighters and public safety officials for their continued commitment to Angelenos. Stay safe, Los Angeles,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
According to the mayor\u2019s office, the LAFD\u2019s pre-deployment strategies will consist of the following:<\/p>\n
\u2014 Additional brush patrols across the city, around the clock, to detect and respond as needed;<\/p>\n
\u2014 An additional helicopter pilot and crew will provide extra water-dropping capability;<\/p>\n
\u2014 Wildfire hand crews will be deployed during the afternoon and evening of July 4th for any small fire response and follow-up;<\/p>\n
\u2014 Additional staff will be assigned at the dispatch center to manage potential increased call volume; and<\/p>\n
\u2014 Personnel with specialized training will monitor wildland fire cameras across Los Angeles for early detection of smoke or fire.<\/p>\n
Residents can report the use of illegal fireworks at lacrimestoppers.org or by calling 911 if there is an immediate risk of injury or fire.<\/p>\n
Bass and former Fire Chief Kristin Crowley were previously criticized for their response to January\u2019s wildfires \u2014 such criticisms were related, in part, to the lack of pre-deployment of personnel and resources ahead of a major Santa Ana wind event and dangerous fire conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Fire Department is expected to pre-deploy resources and personnel to address potential emergencies this Fourth…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":23934,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,2451,3040,5025,5970,5991,2961,224,5337,2578,31023],"class_list":{"0":"post-38442","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-city","11":"tag-department","12":"tag-fire","13":"tag-fourth","14":"tag-july","15":"tag-la","16":"tag-los-angeles","17":"tag-losangeles","18":"tag-personnel","19":"tag-pre-deploys"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114795809561985536","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}