LAFD Brush Fire: Ballona Wetlands 

Very expensive to live there

Best of luck on your career. Work hard as they hire from the top 10%.

California has one of the best mutual aid systems anywhere.

More value threatened than in rural Texas

@@perrytaylor10 Much more value when the fire threatens hundreds of acres of crops, oil wells and associated equipment, or pipeline stations. These wildland fires can still do millions of dollars in damage, even when in a rural area. A single 100 acre field lost just before harvest could mean hundreds of thousands of dollars in loss to a farmer.

@@Jason-7212 I agree that there is still value. But hundreds of thousands of dollars of damage to a field of crops is a drop in the bucket compared to the infrastructure and density of California. Multi-million dollar homes are threatened every single day in California with a 365 day fire season and extreme wind events coupled with VERY low humidity compared to the South.

@@perrytaylor10 True there is differences. In the South our Fire Season is shorter. Saying that the destruction of a few hundred acres of crops is a 'drop in the bucket' compared to the infrastructure and density of California is pretty inaccurate. The loss of several hundred acres of crops is the loss of income to a farmer, also the reduced amount of that crop on the market can drive prices up. Then you have the danger of the fires burning in to a pipeline pumping station. There are chemicals that are pipelined along the Gulf Coast that are more flammable than natural gas, as toxic as Mustard Gas, and as explosive as Nitroglycerine. Then you have the oil wells all over the place that naturally leak natural gas. Fire gets to one of those that is leaking much of that and you get a fire that can cost over a billion to put out. In short, wildland fires are dangerous regardless of where they are. Each area has their own special dangers. The fire fighters in Texas have been real lucky in the past that there have been no major wildland fires along the Gulf Coast itself. Especially considering that at least 75% of the coastal region is protected by small volunteer fire departments. The state has had a few of the wildfires similar to California in the past few years, but they have been further from the coast.

No explorers were on this incident.

that was a tahoe

@@310fire who were those in the black helmets?

@@bondservantministriesinc.672 Culver City

Explorers and live fire is a bad idea. Too much liability

Thanks for watching!

Engine is out of LAX

@@310fireThank you for your reply, for which I am grateful. Just a suggestion: please remember that RU-vid is an international platform. I am from the U.K., and it’s only by chance that I happen to know that LAX is Los Angeles International Airport. Readers from elsewhere, perhaps with English not being their native language, may not.

Culver City

Unknown how the vehicle fire started.

LAFD has some type 3 rigs but usually only deploy them on major brush incidents

Works great, until you're axle deep in the wetlands. Plus that's a big no-no because it's a wetland and under some sort of federal or state protection due to "ecological" reasons. (Or so I've been told)

@@hosedragger-204 being burned is part of the life cycle, correct. You should have preconstructed containment lines.

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Yes. E51 is assigned to LAX.

Culver City FD

Motorola

@@310fire what’s the type of scanner what do I look for I understand the brand but what’s the type of scanner or how can I find.

The fire was right up to the road. There's no room for a dozer to do anything. Unless you are referring to the opposite side of the fire 🤷‍♂️

Yes,to clarify a bulldozer could have been deployed on another side of the fire if available,and to cut a dozer line to attempt to limit the rate of spread of the brush fire if necessary.

@@bouffant-girl and sunk into those wetlands

LAPD had an extended ETA