Ok California. Now what?

Mutineer

Mutineer

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MAKAVELI said:
Give it a rest bro. There's no way to clear all the mountains in and around LA. Fires will continue to happen. And if there's wind like this during a fire, we'll see this type of destruction again.
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It really is that simple.

If it wasn't for the Santa Ana winds, this would've been just another ordinary fire.
 
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vantexan

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MAKAVELI said:
Give it a rest bro. There's no way to clear all the mountains in and around LA. Fires will continue to happen. And if there's wind like this during a fire, we'll see this type of destruction again.
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No one is saying scrape all the mountains clean. Just clear brush near the city. Never heard of a fire break? They have them in forests all the time. A cleared wide path that greatly slows down forest fires and makes them easier to control. And then there's the water situation. Maybe rebuild some dams and kill some smelt. All kinds of things you can do once you push the environmentalists out of the way.
 
nWo

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vantexan said:
He applied at 19 and received notification to test 7 years later. Are you figuring the FD decided he was finally old enough, wise enough to apply? The current FD chief said on video that her focus is on increasing diversity.
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The LAFD is almost exclusively white. Adam Carolla did not get turned away because of his race. He is lying.
 
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vantexan

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nWo said:
The LAFD is almost exclusively white. Adam Carolla did not get turned away because of his race. He is lying.
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No, it's majority white and almost exclusively male. Nationwide according to Harvard 82% of firefighters are white and 96% are male.
 
BigUnionGuy

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newfie

newfie

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vantexan said:
No, it's majority white and almost exclusively male. Nationwide according to Harvard 82% of firefighters are white and 96% are male.
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they must be counting hispanics as white in LA if anyone is trying to say the makeup is white. LA is close to 50 percent Hispanic and only about 29 percent white.
 
newfie

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oldngray said:

DEI Literally Dangerous! Female LA Firefighter Blames Victims if She Lacks Skills and Muscle to Save Them​

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DEI Literally Dangerous! Female LA Firefighter Blames Victims if She Lacks Skills and Muscle to Save Them

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what a stupid comment to make. All she had to do was speak to her training to save lives when asked that question.

using UPS as an example yes you have to be able to lift 70 pounds and more but we teach you how to use equipment to move the heaviest items.

We taught sorters how to use the edge of belts as a fulcrum so they didnt have to lift the entire weight of a package to an overhead belt.

A fireman or woman will use equipment in 99 percent of their cases to move a human out of danger and when equipment is not an option they still have other means they have been trained on move bodies where they don't have to sling the body across their shoulders and carry them out.
 
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oldngray

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newfie said:
what a stupid comment to make. All she had to do was speak to her training to save lives when asked that question.

using UPS as an example yes you have to be able to lift 70 pounds and more but we teach you how to use equipment to move the heaviest items.

We taught sorters how to use the edge of belts as a fulcrum so they didnt have to lift the entire weight of a package to an overhead belt.

A fireman or woman will use equipment in 99 percent of their cases to move a human out of danger and when equipment is not an option they still have other means they have been trained on move bodies where they don't have to sling the body across their shoulders and carry them out.
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Fireman's carry is kind of traditional though
 
newfie

newfie

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oldngray said:
Fireman's carry is kind of traditional though
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it is but i cant imagine that firemen find themselves in a situation very often where they have to do so. In my army medic days we were taught a lot of different ways to remove bodies and different ways to create litters to carry them out.

i wonder if the firemans carry is the only option to save a life in more than a hundredth of a percent of all fire rescues or removals.
 
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