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Too little, too late: Residents say they were in the dark as fire spread with no evacuation order
Branden Silverman said responding to a fire and determining evacuation needs can take some time ... which killed 22 people in Santa Rosa; the 2018 Camp Fire, which killed 85 people in Paradise; the ...
L.A. County’s evacuation alert system broke down during fires. It’s part of a larger problem
Despite upgrades to wireless alerts system, emergency warnings were often ineffective when most needed during the Los Angeles wildfires. Some were sent to too many people, some to too few.
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As western Altadena waited hours for evacuation orders, fire commanders faced utter chaos
As flames exploded from the parched hillsides of Eaton Canyon on Jan. 7, fire agencies faced a crisis far beyond their worst reckoning. In just a few hours, hurricane-force winds would stoke three ...
How the Los Angeles Fires Compare to Historic Wildfires
T housands of personnel—firefighters, first responders, and the National Guard—have turned their attention towards stifling ...
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Company behind incorrect evacuation alert in Los Angeles says it has added new safeguards
The company behind Los Angeles' emergency alert technology said it has added safeguards to prevent further inaccurate wildfire evacuation alerts from being sent to residents amid deadly ...
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Too little, too late: Residents say they were in the dark as fire spread with no evacuation order
Branden Silverman said responding to a fire and determining evacuation needs can take some ... which killed 22 people in Santa Rosa; the 2018 Camp Fire, which killed 85 people in Paradise; the ...