My fear that the racism card would not be played was unfounded.
If the city and state did their jobs then the middle class and poor folks would not see their houses burn down...
It is a great way to learn that lesson.
This is how insurance is supposed to work, investing the cash flow in profitable mitigations.
There are sprinkler remote control systems and home monitoring systems.
Homeowners can act as their own firemen from motel rooms miles away.
The real class divide is that all this green enviro BS is from rich liberals. Who definitely can afford insurance policies with private firefighters. The hoipoloi, not so much. CA has learned nothing in the last 50 years, and forgotten what little they ever knew.
In 1987 I visited Los Angeles.
I saw the “Armed Response” signs of private security companies on many lawns.
The left is going to have to erect enormous distractions from scrutiny of their one party control of policies.
About 2/3 of firefighters in the USA are volunteers.
THe number of volunteers is dwindling as the regulatory requirements for volunteers has become more and more burdensome.
No doubt an LA Slimes smear on Rick Caruso, Karen Bass’s opponent in 2022 and likely opponent in 2026, because he hired a private firefighting crew to put out fires to a shopping center he owned in the area.
Private firefighters are included with my USAA homeowner’s policy at no extra charge. In my area it is Chloeta - https://www.chloeta.com/ - a Native American owned business.
During any wildfire situation they show up on your property with men and equipment to save your house. Along with wetting down the house, they will cut down trees they feel may be a threat in windy, fire situations. USAA gave me the option to opt-out if I was not okay with that. My belief: Cut the trees, save my home.
I bet that these private firefighters are not DEI hires!
I have no problem with high dollar properties having their own fire protection. I would like it too, but that is how the ball rolls.
Better for everybody’s house to burn down than that there be any inequality in fighting the fire.
Leftism is based entirely on envy, resentment and revenge.
Lol, someone always fishes it out.
This helps everyone .
Rich people protecting their homes can free up resources for helping others.
Probably not DEI compliant in their hiring practices...Newscum and his gang will be after them soon if they are not successful in saving their properties.
From an interview I watched this a.m., private firefighter company 1) not cheap but the cost is fractional compared to the value of the protected prop; 2) staffed with ‘moonlighting’ firefighters who are on their rotational days off from their agencies; 3) have their own water tenders and can spray home with fire retardant 4) will put out embers on neighboring props so it doesn’t spread to the prop they are protecting 5) repected by agency firefighters because some on the crew could be their work-mates/union brothers
I’m guessing they might also hire former-convict trained firefighters who after release can’t get hired on with an agency.
I’m surprised more people in these fire-prone areas don’t build using more metal and stone, and landscape to limit vegetation around the home. Gonna be hard for your home to burn down if most of it isn’t flammable!