Fire Department Stats Don't Hide Facts

January 16, 2025 - LA County One Voice Press Conference - YouTube

As of January 15, 2025 the Eaton Fire- has destroyed more than 14,117 acres and 7,081 structures. Eaton Fire | CAL FIRE Date Started 01/07/2025 6:18 PM

Altadena Fire Recovery Information & Resources – LA County Recovers

The City of Altadena is part of Unincorporated Los Angeles County with these statistics from the LA County Almanac:

• 8.46 sq mi (21.92 km2)
• 16,063 housing unit (2.7 people per unit)
• 18.6% under age 18
• 5,061.5 people per square mile
• 42,846 people (2020 census)
• Altadena is not an incorporated city, like Pasadena or Los Angeles, so we don’t have a mayor or a City Hall; instead, Altadena is managed by the Los Angeles County Supervisors. Altadena Town Council «
• Eaton Fire Status Update Reports | CAL FIRE

As of January 13, 2025, at 11:13 a.m. PST, the Pacific Palisades fire had spread to

• 23,713 acres (9,596 ha; 95.96 km2)
• 37.052 sq mi)
• Destroying the Pacific Palisades neighborhood, within Los Angeles, and nearby Malibu.

It should be noted the City of Los Angeles covers an area of

• Approximately 321,000 acres
• 502.7 square miles, equivalent to 1,302 km2

Saturday 1/11/25:

Todd Hopkins from the Unified IC Cal Fire Incident Management Team clarified the statistic citing structures destroyed. "Approximately 5,316 structures have been destroyed. Please, what I want you to remember is that structures does not mean homes. Structures can be

• Homes
• Outbuildings
• RV's
• Automobiles
• Other types things like sheds or outbuildings.
  

426 homes have been destroyed in Pacific Palisades, according to Todd Hopkins. Listen starting at the :57 minute mark:

Wednesday 1/08/25

LA County Police Chief Marrone said "Firefighters from Northern California were “pre-positioned” in places known for bad fires: the Santa Clarita Valley and Santa Monica Mountains." - This was not where ultimately the fires emanated from... 'Not prepared for this type of widespread disaster': Calif. chiefs admit FFs were overwhelmed

Elsewhere, it is reported 1,500 firefighters were assigned to the Eaton and Palisades on Wednesday 16% of the force.  L.A. officials admit firefighters overwhelmed by firestorms - Los Angeles Times

LA County Police Chief Marrone responded to a question asked by L.A. Times Reporter Grace Toohey about the resources.  "There are 9,000 firefighters in Los Angeles County between the county’s fire department and 29 other fire agencies"   Beginning at the 1:00:23 minute mark

Equipment for any Fire Department are obtained at escalating costs, and it has been revealed by Los Angeles Chief Crowley, in her interview with CNN, 100 trucks (half the city's fleet) were inoperable due to cuts in the maintenance departments including mechanics to repair the trucks.

Adjacent County Fire Departments are similarly hindered:

• Beaumont wants to rein in price for ladder truck | | recordgazette.net May 2023
  • The county is still waiting on a custom truck that it approved a purchase of from two years ago that has yet to be built. Councilman Lloyd White said., “I don’t trust what the county’s telling me now at all. In November we were expecting a truck in November 2025, and now if we approve this one we’re expecting a truck in June of ‘26.”
• Beaumont celebrates new fire station | Local News | recordgazette.net May 2024
  • When crews are cleared to move in, the station will start with nine full time positions.
    Once fully staffed, the station will house a tractor-drawn aerial (ladder truck) and 12 full time positions. The aerial was ordered in June 2023 for $2.2 million and the city expects to receive delivery in the fall of 2025.

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