US EditionLA County response to deadly fires slowed by lack of resources, outdated alert process, report says
An independent report found 900 deputy vacancies and outdated alert systems delayed evacuation warnings, contributing to 31 deaths and over 16,000 destroyed homes, officials said.
- An outside review of Los Angeles County’s response to January’s deadly wildfires found that a lack of resources and outdated alert policies delayed timely evacuation notices to residents as flames approached neighborhoods in Altadena and Pacific Palisades.
- The report highlighted several weaknesses, including outdated policies, inconsistent practices, and communications vulnerabilities that reduced the effectiveness of the county’s response.
- The Associated Press reported that some residents did not receive emergency alerts until after their homes were already on fire, illustrating a significant communication failure.
- The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to review the 133-page report at its meeting next Tuesday.
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LA Wildfire Evacuations Were Slowed by Poor Visibility and System Weaknesses
LOS ANGELES — The first official review of the Los Angeles wildfires found that the county’s emergency systems were not only overmatched by hurricane-force winds, but also hampered by outdated equipment and a lack of aerial surveillance that kept firefighters…
LA County response to deadly fires slowed by lack of resources, report says
A lack of resources and outdated policies for sending emergency alerts led to delayed evacuation warnings as flames began consuming neighborhoods during deadly Los Angeles-area wildfires in January, according to an outside review.The Independent After-Action Report produced by the consulting firm McChrystal Group was commissioned by Los Angeles County supervisors just weeks after the Eaton and Palisades fires killed more than 30 people and destr…
The Eaton fire: Official assessment
In January 2025, Los Angeles County experienced a devastating series of wind-driven fire events fueled by hurricane-force gusts and widespread power outages that sparked six separate fires between Jan. 7 and 9. To protect residents, the county issued 58 evacuation warnings and 100 evacuation orders. In total, nearly 250,000 residents were placed under evacuation warnings and orders. To assess the performance of its systems, the Los Angeles Count…
L.A. Fire 'After-Action' Report: Weaknesses in Alert, Evacuation Systems
An "after-action" report prepared for Los Angeles County found this week that the county's alert and evacuation systems suffered from weaknesses that led to disaster in the Palisades and Eaton fires in January. The post L.A. Fire ‘After-Action’ Report: Weaknesses in Alert, Evacuation Systems appeared first on Breitbart.
Palisades & Eaton: Here’s how response to fires compared in new assessment
While McChrystal Group’s After Action report on the Los Angeles County response to January’s wildfires leaned mostly on the response to the Eaton fire, it did include references to the response to the Palisades disaster on the same day, Jan. 7. The report, released on Thursday and commissioned by county officials, detailed the contrasts between the responses to the fires by county agencies, but also similarities in how evacuations were executed.…
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