San Diego fire question

[tm37]

I was talking to my dad who still lives in San diego (ramona) and he was telling me that the state is refusing to use military and air guard assests.

does any one have any links to this I am mistified.

He said it has been discussed on Rodger hedgecock and on rick roberts

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: tm37

I was talking to my dad who still lives in San diego (ramona) and he was telling me that the state is refusing to use military and air guard assests.

does any one have any links to this I am mistified.

He said it has been discussed on Rodger hedgecock and on rick roberts

Fires erupted late last week north of Los Angeles, and some San Diego crews were sent to help fight those blazes. Late Saturday, when the first fire in San Diego erupted, Davis asked the U.S. Forest Service for federal help, including the use of two military C-130 tankers. But the request was denied because of a 1932 law that requires officials to exhaust all civilian possibilities before asking for military assistance.

link to complete article

 

[KLin]

DP

 

[imported_Mike]

yep, forest service is being quite a pain in the ass right now. :|

 

[EyeMWing]

Heh, the results of some budget cuts no doubt. They can no longer afford to lay it on like they usually do - so they make the civvie agencies work.

 

[tm37]

The military has offered to help according to my dad who is following this pretty closely (he was about 4 miles from the edge of the fire in Ramona) and the Copters at miramar were actually dumping water on unefected land at MMCAS to prove that they could. The forestry service says that the military is unable to help because they are not "certified" to fight fires. Also they ran off a local bussiness man who had a water tanker because he didn't have the proper permits to use his tanker to transport ware for fighting fires.

 

[rh71]

Screw the laws... thousands upon thousands of dollars in damage and it's still going... and they're talking about laws ? I'd be pissed if I lived anywhere near there...

 

[imported_Mike]

Originally posted by: rh71
Screw the laws... thousands upon thousands of dollars in damage and it's still going... and they're talking about laws ? I'd be pissed if I lived anywhere near there...

estimates go upwards of $2 billion actually...fvcking red tape everywhere. :|

 

[ReiAyanami]

if that silly terrorist didn't fire that flare into the forest

 

[imported_Mike]

Originally posted by: ReiAyanami
if that silly terrorist didn't fire that flare into the forest

funny..