To the editor: After what looks like many years of wanting extra transparency and accountability from L.A.’s police, sheriff’s and hearth departments, our hearth chief says he received’t look into who sanitized the after-action report as a result of, in his phrases, “I don’t assume there’s actually any profit to me” (“New LAFD chief received’t look into who watered down Palisades hearth report,” Jan. 13).
With all due respect, chief, the aim of the after-action report is to not profit you however to profit the individuals of Los Angeles by figuring out accountability and apportioning accountability so sure errors won’t occur once more.
Gordon J. Louttit, Manhattan Seashore
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To the editor: Many lives have been misplaced in each the Palisades and Eaton fires, and the destruction was so intensive, at the very least partly, due to the Los Angeles Fireplace Division’s incapacity to forestall and struggle the hearth. What’s being lined up right here?
Fireplace Chief Jaime Moore mentioned he doesn’t plan to find out who was accountable for watering down the Palisades report. However these are usually not your typical “bonehead” errors. In keeping with Los Angeles Instances reporting, a battalion chief didn’t heed firefighters’ warnings that the bottom on the website of the Lachman hearth was nonetheless smoldering.
The battalion chief as a substitute reportedly advised the firefighters to face down and roll up their hoses. This error could have price the lives of many individuals. If the reporting is correct, not solely ought to the battalion chief’s identify be made public, she or he must be fired with no likelihood of ever serving as a firefighter and must be named in a civil swimsuit. Something much less could be unacceptable.
Neil Snow, Manhattan Seashore
