Los Angeles Fire Department's diversity chief blames fire victims in shocking viral video defending DEI

dailymail ^ | Jan 12,2025 | Melissa Koenig

[Aquamarine]

A shocking video shows the leader of diversity, equity and inclusion at the Los Angeles Fire Department appear to blame helpless fire victims as massive blazes continue to tear through the City of Angels.

In the public relations video that re-emerged from 2019, Deputy Chief Kristine Larson - who heads the Equity and Human Rights Bureau - defended the fire department's use of DEI hiring practices.

She then addressed concerns that female firefighters may not be strong enough to carry a man out of a burning building, to which she simply responded: 'He got himself in the wrong place if I have to carry him out of a fire.'

The comment infuriated many online, considering at least 16 people have died in the California fires, which have also wiped out an estimated 40,300 acres of land, 12,300 homes and other structures.

They have also forced 180,000 people to evacuate, and have caused at least $135billion in damages, which would top the damage from any hurricane to hit the United States except for Katrina in 2005, according to the BBC.

'Los Angeles Fire Department Assistant Chief #KristineLarson should NOT be in her position if a heavy man is someone she won’t even consider rescuing from a fire,' one California resident posted on X.

'She’s better off working at Walmart or McDonalds.'

[Telepathic Intruder]

That “woman” literally said she shouldn’t have to carry someone out of a burning building.