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I was a natural resources mgt major in college. We studied many things that you enjoy while riding today. One of my sets of classes was in Wildland Fire Mgt which is an oxymoron. But we learned many things so I will post some perspectives
*) in 1911 LA county dept of forest was created, they planted trees like @ "Henniger Flats", and fought fires
1) LA County fire was the first paid fire department in the US, but probably the world. It grew as a line item in the LA County dept of Forestry. This happened because of "The Griffith Park Fire October 3, 1933 A small fire had started at the bottom of a slope and a number of men were ordered or volunteered to fight the fire. A sudden wind change sent a shaft of flame up the slopes of Dam Canyon killing 29 workers of thermal burns and injuring more than 150 others. The need for a professional fire department was identified
2) In 1966 an LA County hot shot crew lost all 12 members in Big Tujunga Cyn when a chimney lit and killed them as they descended the canyon. It was determined that we needed a better plan to attack wild land fires. Today we never attack without an anchor so no more lost firefighters in LA County. 1966 is also the first use of water dropping heli's, used on Mt Waterman @ Cloudburst Summit
3) We have never put out a wildland fire, weather change, or as this week they run out of fuel.
4) Historically we did not suffer that badly. In 1871 in Wisconsin the state lost 1500 people in one fire, it was very big.
*) in 1911 LA county dept of forest was created, they planted trees like @ "Henniger Flats", and fought fires
1) LA County fire was the first paid fire department in the US, but probably the world. It grew as a line item in the LA County dept of Forestry. This happened because of "The Griffith Park Fire October 3, 1933 A small fire had started at the bottom of a slope and a number of men were ordered or volunteered to fight the fire. A sudden wind change sent a shaft of flame up the slopes of Dam Canyon killing 29 workers of thermal burns and injuring more than 150 others. The need for a professional fire department was identified
2) In 1966 an LA County hot shot crew lost all 12 members in Big Tujunga Cyn when a chimney lit and killed them as they descended the canyon. It was determined that we needed a better plan to attack wild land fires. Today we never attack without an anchor so no more lost firefighters in LA County. 1966 is also the first use of water dropping heli's, used on Mt Waterman @ Cloudburst Summit
3) We have never put out a wildland fire, weather change, or as this week they run out of fuel.
4) Historically we did not suffer that badly. In 1871 in Wisconsin the state lost 1500 people in one fire, it was very big.
