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New LA Times Report on the Station fire

 
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EManBevHills



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 3:09 pm    Post subject: New LA Times Report on the Station fire Reply with quote
http://www.latimes.com/news/local...09nov01,0,1318879.story?track=rss
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 3:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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RichardK



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 4:15 pm    Post subject: Station Fire Reply with quote
I think this paragraph says it all:

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Three weeks before the fire, the Forest Service issued a memorandum directing its Southern California managers to trim expenses by reducing the use of reinforcements from municipal departments and the state.

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moppychris



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 4:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
any map of the burn areas? I know the general burn area but not specific details in canyons and ridges.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 4:20 pm    Post subject: Re: Station Fire Reply with quote
RichardK wrote:
I think this paragraph says it all:

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Three weeks before the fire, the Forest Service issued a memorandum directing its Southern California managers to trim expenses by reducing the use of reinforcements from municipal departments and the state.


true, but then this:

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In previous interviews, before the Forest Service stopped releasing information, Angeles Forest Fire Chief David Conklin told The Times that costs never influenced his decisions on reinforcements.

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Bill



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 12:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I can't remember the exact sequence, but there were other fires going on at the time, so I can understand the County's hesitance to commit maximum air assets, but not to commit full effort at the beggining stages is inexcuseable in MHO. Confused
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