The article proposes leveraging volunteer firefighters as a potential solution to the ongoing wildfire crisis in Los Angeles. It highlights the city's reliance on professional firefighters, the growing need for additional resources, and the successful examples of volunteer firefighting in other areas. The author argues that training thousands of volunteers could significantly aid in mitigating the impact of future wildfires.
Firefighters extinguish hot spots in a home destroyed by the Palisades Fire on Seahorn Dr in Malibu on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. News reports keep talking over and over about the “insufficient resources” and live shots on TV showing neighborhoods and people trying to fight the fire with garden hoses on their own saying “where are the firetrucks?”
It seems there is a possible solution no one is talking about. the Los Angeles Fire Department actually has a section for “volunteer“ including “CERT“ community emergency response teams that includes training in subjects like fire suppression. During the latest press conference, the fire chief just admitted that we don’t have enough firemen to handle this. So why can’t we train thousands of volunteers? We actually had a little bit of this on your TV during the Franklin fires in Malibu.
We don’t need 10,000 full-time fireman, but in emergencies like this we could use volunteers that are willing to save their neighborhoods. My brother was a volunteer fireman in Florida for 30 years. He said 70% of the country has volunteer firemen. It’s the big cities that have the big union contracts with professional firefighters that don’t allow volunteers. Maybe we need to rethink that. None of the politicians come up with any solutions. They act like there’s nothing we can do.
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