Weather is main challenge for LA Fires

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The challenge in the fight against wildfires across Los Angeles is not a lack of resources or manpower, but the weather, the spokesperson of Los Angeles Fire Department Margaret Stewart says.   #LosAngeles #LosAngelesWildfires

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00:00I mean as you've been talking we've been looking at devastating scenes of homes

00:04being destroyed I mean the screen very much a scene of flames again your

00:10governor in California has declared a state of emergency and I'm assuming that

00:14means extra resources will be earmarked for California I mean do you have enough

00:22resources do you have what's necessary and can other fire departments in other

00:26states help you out so we have a state fire service agency called Cal fire and

00:34they manage bringing resources from outside of our region into a fire like

00:39this so we have our first line of defense is our you know our department

00:43we have a robust department 3,500 sworn members we had we had augmented

00:49resources we had 14 extra fire engines that were staffed and placed in these

00:53high-risk areas so we could provide an immediate response we also have what's

00:59called mutual aid which is where our neighboring agencies like LA County

01:03Santa Monica Beverly Hills when we have an immediate need we respond in and

01:08assist just like we go to help them so we also had them in place and then it

01:14will be followed up by additional resources provided by Cal fire so we

01:18have the resources that's not the challenge right now the challenge is the

01:22weather

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