Firefighters did NOT use women’s purses to fight fires
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The LAFD uses canvas bags to fight small trash fires because they are more efficient to put out the fires as opposed to a long hose.
From a Reuters fact check:
“Small canvas bags that Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) firefighters used as makeshift water containers to quickly put out a trash fire have been misdescribed on social media as women’s handbags, suggesting the LAFD is under-resourced because of budget cuts and donations of firefighting supplies to Ukraine.”
“But LAFD officials told a media outlet that firefighters use the water bags as a more efficient way to douse a small fire versus taking time to lay out hoses.”
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California did NOT cut firefighting budgets months before LA wildfires
The number of CalFIRE personnel has nearly doubled since 2019 and their budget has nearly doubled since 2019
False Claim: California isn’t ‘raking the forest’ to control wildfires
The state has now invested $2 billion in managing the forest (AKA “raking the forest”) in addition to the $200 million annual budget.
No, California’s smelt fish policy did not lead to the LA wildfires.
This is an outlandish connection to make. The policy is not about water availability in Southern California.