by Charlotte Hazard and John Solomon at Just the News
A major problem that first responders have been facing amid these repeating wildfires is fire hydrants drying up, resulting in a lack of water to get fires under control.
Years before wildfires reduced Los Angeles’ most famous neighborhoods to charred rubble and forced thousands to flee, audits and reports repeatedly raised concerns that California’s water management and fire prevention policies would one day lead to a catastrophic inferno.
The concerns ranged from failed regulatory efforts to make utility transmission wires more fire safe to the management of vegetation and brush clearing and water supplies in an oft drought-stricken state, according to documents reviewed by Just the News.
A major problem that first responders have been facing amid this week’s wildfires is fire hydrants drying up, resulting in a lack of water to get the fires under control.
Janisse Quiñones, chief executive and chief engineer of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, acknowledged all three 1-million-gallon water tanks in the area ran dry by 3 a.m. Wednesday, reducing water pressure for fire hydrants at higher elevations.
President Joe Biden was forced on Wednesday to order the Pentagon to deploy 10 Navy helicopters to help fight the half dozen fires raging across Southern California.
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