Here Are All The Ways DEI-Crazed Officials Made The LA Fire More Deadly

The Federalist ^ | January 09, 2025 | Beth Brelje

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Los Angeles has lost sight of the reason fire departments exist.

As relentless fires burn in Los Angeles, thousands of residents who fled their homes are just learning how poorly public officials prepared for such an event. Emergency response leaders following bad public policy have been too focused on sending firefighting equipment to Ukraine, keeping the homeless safe, protecting fish, and adopting green policies to focus on things like making sure there is enough water to feed fire hydrants and guaranteeing that the strongest, best-trained, most-skilled firefighters are leading operations.

Officials seem to believe that when fire forces you to flee your home, there is just one thing on your mind: the skin color and cultural experience of the firefighters who will bring you to safety. Will they be diverse enough to rescue you? Never mind if they are the best for the job, are they anything but straight white men?

That has been a major priority of the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), which, in 2022, launched its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Bureau (DEI), purportedly “focused on ensuring a safe, diverse and inclusive workplace for all.”

In January 2022, then-Mayor Eric Garcetti checked multiple DEI boxes by appointing Kristin Crowley as fire chief, the first female, LGBT chief in Los Angeles. That year, according to LAFD data, “of the more than 6,500 applicants to LAFD, 70% were people of color and nearly 8% … were female,” which was “double the … percentage of female firefighters within the Department” at the time.

The LAFD Girls Camp is one avenue for recruitment for female firefighters, hosting girls between 14 and 18 to explore career opportunities in the department.

The people who lost homes will be...

[Enterprise]

The LGBTQ fire chief thought vaginas and penis’s were the most important criteria for hiring firefighters. What did she expect these hires to do? Pee on the fires?

[goodnesswins]

Lol...guys would have better results

[Liz]

DEI obsessives believe that when fire forces you to flee, things to consider include:
<><>skin color and cultural bgrnd of those who will bring you to safety.
<><>Will they be diverse enough to rescue you?
<><>Nothing at all about being the best for the job,
<><>must be anything but straight white men.

[Freeleesy]

Lol

[Liz]

lol......

[Waverunner]

Thank God they know how to deal with homeless people in LA.

[riverrunner]

A guy can easily piss on a camp fire..

Never seen a women do it

[freepersup]

A picture is worth a thousand words, and there is no finer example than by marrying the two images into one statement.

Brace yourself.

I'll state right up front that I am going to be spamming Free Republic's threads that are about the CAL fires, and or about the poisonous effects of DEI, with these 2 images, married into one statement. <> freepersup <>

[Sicon]

In 2014, voters approved a $7.5 billion water bond to build two new reservoirs, but they have not been built yet.

And in another 10 years, all of that money will be gone, and those two new reservoirs still won't be built.

[Maelstrom]

*2

[tsowellfan]

I’ve been following Fire Station 127 (the real Station 51 on the TV show) they seem more professional using the correct pronouns “he” and “she” - even towards pets (when they know right off which it is).

[drypowder]

Wondering what if any impact these fires will have on the Hollywood star’s political party preference. Liberalism is a mental disorder and democrats are known to double down on horrendous screwups.

[Bullish]

in 2022, launched its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Bureau (DEI), purportedly “focused on ensuring a safe, diverse and inclusive workplace for all.”

So it's really just a jobs program for minorities, women and non-straight white men.
If DEI isn't crushed it's going to kill this country. It's already destroyed a lot of the US govt.

[cgbg]

Many of these Hollywood stars appear to be mentally unstable in normal times.

Having their house burnt to a crisp will really send them over the edge.

They may want to take it out on somebody.

You heard it here first.

[Rummyfan]

And...

Adam Carolla
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It’s a perfect example of bad governance

Will Chamberlain
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California spent 11 billion dollars to build 1600 feet of high-speed rail. All while the fire hydrants in Pacific Palisades were broken.

[Sequoyah101]

Dykes a-go-go.

[Rummyfan]

What is that in the middle?

[freepersup]

Chief Brown has served the Los Angeles City Fire Department (LAFD) for over 29 years. She is currently serving as the Marine Operations Commander at the Port of Los Angeles, overseeing maritime operations for the LAFD, including training, facility and vessel maintenance and repairs, equipment procurement, and grant development. Over the course of her career, she has held various positions, including Firefighter, Paramedic, Emergency Incident Technician, Engineer, Captain I, Captain II, and Battalion Chief. In addition, Chief Brown has worked in the Training and Support Bureau as the Firefighter Selection Liaison Officer. She has also played a pivotal role in serving as the chair of the FIRESCOPE Maritime Specialist Group and has established herself as a leader with the State Fire Training Steering Committee.

Chief Brown earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Kinesiology from the University of California, Los Angeles. She is also a State Fire Marshal Certified Instructor and has functioned as the Operations Branch Director with the California Office of Emergency Services.

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