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I was at work, and my housemate, Jeremy, had the two dogs and was told to evacuate, so he didn\'t try to stay and save the house. The neighbor across the street stayed on their roof all night with a hose, and their house is still standing, they never even had to move out. We live at ##### Coastline Drive. We should have stayed.","Header":"Regret Not Staying: Neighbor\'s Success Proves Evacuation Was Wrong","Impact":"A","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":true},{"ID":"52fb78e9-f4b3-7117-97d0-416ec65ebfe4","Timestamp":"2025/10/05 8:28:03 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":true,"Display_FD_Text":"Jan 7 at 2:00 PM","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"I stayed in the Marquez area and defended my home, and I saved it. The whole evacuation order process is nonsense, frankly. I truly believe the Fire Department should spend time training citizens to defend their homes themselves, that\'s the only way this community could have been truly saved.","Header":"Citizen Defense Saved My Home; Calls Evacuation \\"Nonsense\\"","Impact":"A","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":true}
1,{"ID":"c24f59eb-8c7a-913c-20d2-9de8012ce535","Timestamp":"2025/10/05 1:29:52 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"From 7 PM to 10 PM, my son and I were fighting the fire on the 900 block of Chautauqua, using nothing but garden hoses to try and save our house and our neighbors\' homes. Despite driving through the area, we saw no fire trucks or firefighters attempting to save any structures in our neighborhood or town. Based on repeatedly putting out the spot fires, which were slow-moving, spreading house-to-house because embers were igniting wood fences, I believe we could have saved our properties with minimal resources, as there was plenty of time to act. 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Plus, in the past, whenever there\'s a Santa Ana wind advisory, there are usually fire trucks stationed near Lachman Lane, but there were zero fire trucks on January 7th! My husband, son, and I fought the fires on our street for HOURS! It was a raging inferno that engulfed our cul-de-sac. My neighbor called 911 immediately at 10:15 AM, and the only reason we stayed so long was because we thought we could fight the fires until the fire department arrived. They never came. We didn\'t even hear sirens. When we finally evacuated, we realized we were trapped in the gridlock trying to get to Sunset. We took the back way through Lachman Lane, and there were zero fire trucks and fires everywhere. It felt like the Twilight Zone. Contact me for more details if you\'re interested. After the fires, the ATF contacted us, shut my street down, and said it was a crime scene.","Header":"No Fire Trucks on Day of Fire; Family Fought Inferno for Hours","Impact":"A","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":true,"SH":true},{"ID":"00502e46-0127-0232-59be-611523036837","Timestamp":"2025/10/11 10:50:41 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"My husband stayed behind to fight the fire at my mother-in-law\'s house, and honestly, he and two neighbors probably saved the entire cul-de-sac. We never saw any firefighters on or near our street on January 7th. After evacuating myself and parking my car, I couldn\'t bear to leave my husband, so I went back into the Palisades on foot. Twice that day, while I was on Sunset Blvd, I saw a fire truck speeding by. Both times I made begging gestures, screamed for help, and wildly pointed up the hill where I knew they were battling the fire, but the trucks just sped past. I never saw a single firefighter actually fighting fire. It felt like we had been completely abandoned. By early evening, the fire had surrounded us on three sides. As we finally evacuated, we went through two life-threatening escapes, and we are still dealing with the trauma of it all. After everything we went through, we were absolutely shocked and confused to see entire lines of fire trucks parked at Will Rogers State Beach.","Header":"Husband and Neighbors Saved Homes; Fire Trucks Sped Past Appeals for Help","Impact":"A","SD":false,"RE":true,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":true},{"ID":"6de68377-6c99-1066-11e6-0d2750fe2148","Timestamp":"2025/10/05 2:47:46 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"The Fire Department was nowhere to be seen. I stayed and fought the fire at my residence, and because I did that, my house did not burn.","Header":"Stayed and Fought: My House Saved Due to Self-Defense","Impact":"A","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":true},{"ID":"25eab94a-8a1e-19c0-0e84-b2ccd18a51b3","Timestamp":"2025/10/06 9:20:20 AM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"I did not see anyone from the fire department attempting to save homes or lives. Our near neighbor and his assistant stayed and emptied his pool, and it really helped our entire cul-de-sac. Other neighbors in our immediate upper Marquez Knolls area report there were no firefighting efforts, and many, many homes burned.","Header":"Neighbors\' Pool Water Saved Our Street; No Firefighting Efforts Seen","Impact":"A","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":true},{"ID":"66229d65-589e-eb14-8ef5-012f47a247ab","Timestamp":"2025/10/05 1:18:17 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"I saw the fire, but I didn\'t see firefighters on January 7th. I actually saved my house on Jan 7th, and my parent\'s house (it partially burned) on Jan 9th. Some firefighters from San Mateo helped me on January 9th, but no one helped me on the 7th or 8th.","Header":"Resident Saved Own House; Received Aid from Out-of-Area Crew Days Later","Impact":"A","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":true}
1,{"ID":"9cf4a4b4-69d8-20cb-2bc6-68619e2c4c82","Timestamp":"2025/10/14 12:37:18 PM MDT","Include":false,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":true,"Display_FD_Text":"Jan 7 at 1:30 PM","Display_SD":true,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"At approximately 1:30 PM on 1/7 on Bollinger Loop, firefighters attempted to put out a home on fire. That was the only time I saw them actively fighting flames. I was present until 6:30 PM that day and returned to Lower Marquez at 9:00 AM on January 8. I witnessed a stand-down order in front of Marquez School on January 8th; two or three trucks were there but refused to help with a house burning on Edgar Street. On January 7th (1 to 3 PM), firefighters were cutting down trees along the school perimeter, even though the school wasn\'t on fire. By January 8th, the admin building and auditorium were still standing, but firefighters did nothing to prevent them from burning down.","Header":"Witnessed One Firefighting Effort; Saw Stand Down Order Next Day","Impact":"A","SD":true,"RE":false,"NW":true,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"9334b7dd-163c-5fa9-636d-983b288f7456","Timestamp":"2025/10/05 11:56:18 AM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":true,"Display_SD_Text":"7-Jan","Display_Content":"I was in Malibu. I saw LACFD personnel just drive past our location. A local brigade and some others came onto Big Rock Drive but quickly left, saying they\'d been called elsewhere. Other neighbors said they were told to stand down. I know at least one resident heard the radio order to \'stand down,\' and a County firefighter on Big Rock Drive personally told me they\'d been told to stand down.","Header":"Firefighters Drove Past, Told to \\"Stand Down\\" By Radio and Personnel","Impact":"A","SD":true,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"5a742172-48f8-e019-48aa-109d6b5164b7","Timestamp":"2025/10/06 12:28:55 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":true,"Display_SD_Text":"7-Jan","Display_Content":"I did not see anyone from the fire department attempting to save homes or lives. I called 911, and the Fire Department told me that I was not their priority. I also told them that there were seniors still in their homes. My neighbor ended up dying. I lived in Tahitian Terrace, and when I told the fire department the flames were going up our hill and people were still there, besides saying we weren\'t their priority, they told me I should tell the residents to leave. I had to tell them that I had already left and that they needed to go evacuate them. No response! Unbelievable.","Header":"911 Priority Refusal: Fire Department Ignored Seniors, Neighbor Died","Impact":"A","SD":true,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"5cb80c9b-0369-93b1-284f-8f22e4c24aad","Timestamp":"2025/10/06 8:18:13 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":true,"Display_SD_Text":"14-Jan","Display_Content":"A week after the fire, when I went back to my burned-down home, I spoke with a group of LAFD. They told me they had no water and were not able to do anything; they were told to \'just let it burn.\' The LAFD guys were extremely apologetic and kind. They told me their jobs became helping people after their homes had already burned down, and they were happy to do it because they felt so helpless. They helped me retrieve my safe, which was completely burned inside, with everything inside also destroyed. They were incredibly nice to try and search through the ashes for my wedding ring and my grandmother\'s ring. We found a charred diamond, but couldn\'t find anything else because they said the fire was so hot.","Header":"LAFD Told to \\"Just Let It Burn,\\" Apologetic Crew Helped After Loss","Impact":"A","SD":true,"RE":false,"NW":true,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"150dfc3d-0933-64cb-40b8-a3f3bd5e8108","Timestamp":"2025/10/05 12:52:37 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":true,"Display_SD_Text":"7-Jan","Display_Content":"I lost my home on Via de la Paz on January 7th. I know a \'stand down\' order was issued because other fire departments that came to help, specifically Agoura Hills fire crews, were told to leave.","Header":"Stand Down Order Confirmed: Assisting Fire Crews Told to Leave","Impact":"A","SD":true,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"91e562a0-01f6-fe7a-8aa0-5c7a36a22d7a","Timestamp":"2025/10/06 10:20:40 AM MDT","Include":false,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":true,"Display_FD_Text":"Jan 7 at 1:30 PM","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"I saw a fire truck on Sunset Blvd at 1:30 PM with dry hoses; there was no water in them! It was a total disaster.","Header":"Fire Truck on Sunset Spotted With Dry Hoses: \\"Total Disaster\\"","Impact":"A","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":true,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"382feadc-c26a-e085-bf09-9d5d43dd9cb9","Timestamp":"2025/10/06 12:15:56 AM MDT","Include":false,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"I didn\'t witness any firefighting action. On January 9th in the Highlands, I asked a fireman why the fire wasn\'t out. He said, \\"There is no water.\\" He and his team were visibly upset and frustrated.","Header":"Fireman Upset and Frustrated: Claimed \\"No Water\\" Available","Impact":"A","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":true,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"4f3fc2a2-d528-5905-f74a-0d9c1bbb4121","Timestamp":"2025/10/05 2:15:15 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"There were no fire department personnel or police anywhere to be seen. I evacuated at 11:15 that morning, and Sunset was already gridlocked. I was stuck in my car for 45 minutes between Marquez and Bienvenida, and there was absolutely no police presence directing traffic. Clearly, there was a complete void of leadership across the fire department, police department, LADWP, and the entire City of Los Angeles. Ordering a stand down and doing nothing was totally unacceptable. The City allowed our trusted essential services to wither into ineptitude and substandard resources of people and equipment. The fact that LADWP didn\'t maintain the water available to hydrants or in the reservoirs is criminal, and those responsible should be prosecuted.","Header":"Gridlock, No Police, and Leadership Void Cited by Evacuee","Impact":"A","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":true,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"3ee621d8-5060-aa99-a9e7-546bbd3d28f6","Timestamp":"2025/10/05 12:34:49 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"I did not see anyone from the fire department attempting to save homes or lives. I was the last person out of Tahitian Terrace and that entire area. The fire trucks were completely lined up on PCH, three across, and up past the landslide midway to Vons. TT was on fire when Juan saved me. As we got to PCH, I was hanging out of Juan\'s truck, screaming at the fire trucks to save TT. They just sat there. They didn\'t even start their engines. If you want more info on what I saw/experienced, just ask. I really would like someone to actually speak with me and find out what I saw and what I observed from 10 AM, when the first wisp of a brown cloud appeared, all the way until TT was fully engulfed around 4:30-5 PM and I left with Juan and the puppy. No one else was on PCH, and just a few cars were heading into Santa Monica, as everyone was gone when we hit the pier.","Header":"Fire Trucks Lined Up on PCH, Refused to Help Burning Tahitian Terrace","Impact":"A","SD":false,"RE":true,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"80f82470-8ea6-2994-7179-ce1d678f4cf8","Timestamp":"2025/10/05 11:22:01 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"I did not see anyone from the fire department attempting to save homes or lives. While we evacuated midday on Jan 7, our area remained untouched until that evening (after 10:30 PM), when the transformer in front of our house began spurting flames 15 feet in the air, which caused embers and trees to catch fire. Our Ring camera captured this, but went offline shortly after 11 PM, when we could already see our neighbor\'s house and our own roof catch fire. We later learned our neighbors across the street had stayed to fight the flames with a generator and pump from their pool (and ours). They stated that they never saw firefighters on our street, Glenhaven Rd, which our Ring camera footage verified. They also said that the fire engines had disappeared from Lachman Ln several hours before the electrical sparking occurred. This was horrific to see and incredibly frustrating, but we later learned that the water (or water pressure) had run out hours previously. To us, this reflects multiple failures by multiple agencies, including the City leaders, LADWP, LAFD, and CalFire. I appreciate your help clarifying the situation.","Header":"Transformer Sparked Fire After Fire Engines Disappeared; Water Pressure Failed","Impact":"A","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":true,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"5d3fb668-d7d1-4943-37b1-a7d7cd5439ec","Timestamp":"2025/10/07 7:03:08 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"I did not see anyone from the fire department attempting to save homes or lives. There were no firefighters anywhere. This is not their fault; Bass and Newsom are 100% responsible. This fire was completely manageable when it broke out around 10:15 AM, January 7th. You simply can\'t fight a fire without water.","Header":"Fire Was Manageable But No Water; Blames Bass and Newsom","Impact":"A","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":true,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"44d25677-aaaa-5928-596a-c737ac261cab","Timestamp":"2025/10/08 9:28:42 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"I did not see anyone from the fire department attempting to save homes or lives. We made our first attempt to evacuate from Palisades Drive on Jan 7 at around 2 PM, when the media told us to. We got halfway down the hill to find that traffic was completely stopped. A neighbor came running by and said it was blocked at Sunset and that police were telling residents to go back and \'shelter in place\' until further notice. We never got further notice. We went back home. We kept the TV on and heard the fire chief say at a press conference at around 4:30 PM that the entire Palisades was already evacuated. Of course, we were still unevacuated in our home, waiting to be told to go. I called 911 and reported we were still home, and the responder said urgently, \'Get out now. Better to be stuck in your car than in your house.\' So we drove down the hill, right through the burning c
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Nobody will talk to me about it, and they are ignoring my letters and forms! This mayor and governor should move to Venezuela, where they would be more in line with the culture. I used to love California more than any other place... but they have ruined it!","Header":"Fire Department Staged, Used $12,000 of Our Water, Now Billing Us","Impact":"A","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"b9a71b3c-9a7e-3c52-93a3-7d00e84343a9","Timestamp":"2025/10/05 10:26:07 AM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":false,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":true,"Display_SD_Text":"Jan 7 at 7:00 PM","Display_Content":"I did not witness the fire, but I was told about a stand down order at 7:00 PM.","Header":"Heard \\"Stand Down\\" Order Was Issued at 7:00 PM","Impact":"B","SD":true,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"9d1b2ce4-9985-bb26-cebf-2602c423156a","Timestamp":"2025/10/05 8:49:39 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":true,"Display_SD_Text":"7-Jan","Display_Content":"While driving back from UCLA at 10:30 AM, I saw huge smoke plumes and finally left around 11:30 AM. I know many people who told me firefighters were just standing around while their houses were burning, and they literally had to beg them to do something. I never even received an evacuation order myself. The last time we evacuated, the police were out on the street, but this time it seemed too late and far too chaotic.","Header":"Begging Firefighters to Act; Never Received Evacuation Order","Impact":"B","SD":true,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":true,"SH":false},{"ID":"311de005-e7ed-7b1e-8738-7630d685446b","Timestamp":"2025/10/13 7:15:33 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":true,"Display_SD_Text":"Jan 7 at 4:00 PM","Display_Content":"I did not see anyone from the fire department attempting to save homes or lives. We were on Upper Monument, canyon side. We left with nothing, fearing traffic and sure the firefighters would create a break preventing flames from crossing the canyon. My husband went with a friend to retrieve an item at 4:00 PM, shortly before our house caught fire. They found a bunch of firefighters hanging out at Station 69. When our friend told them, \'There are houses starting to burn up there,\' they said something nonsensical about \'triage.\' I never heard a siren.","Header":"Firefighters \\"Hanging Out\\" at Station 69, Talked Nonsense About Triage","Impact":"B","SD":true,"RE":true,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"71f5f684-5066-507e-d639-9f7d1f7f6e04","Timestamp":"2025/10/06 6:16:13 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":true,"Display_SD_Text":"Jan 7 at 4:30 PM","Display_Content":"I did not see anyone from the fire department attempting to save homes or lives. The stand down order was given at 4:30 PM.","Header":"Stand Down Order Allegedly Given at 4:30 PM","Impact":"B","SD":true,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"58e19e40-b5be-20d7-28b2-146a4f4ce0f7","Timestamp":"2025/10/07 7:47:59 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":true,"Display_SD_Text":"Jan 8 at 4 AM","Display_Content":"I did not see anyone from the fire department attempting to save homes or lives. At 4 AM, I was desperately looking for help, and I was told that LAFD was \'ordered\' to stand down.","Header":"Desperate Search for Help at 4 AM; Told LAFD Was \\"Ordered to Stand Down\\"","Impact":"B","SD":true,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"e546f066-27eb-852d-f323-2dc8213f747d","Timestamp":"2025/10/11 11:47:20 AM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":true,"Display_SD_Text":"Jan 7 at 2:00 PM","Display_Content":"I didn\'t witness any firefighting. I was looking for help, and my friend called around 2 PM; they were told, \'We have no one to send.\'","Header":"Call for Help Met With \\"We Have No One to Send\\" at 2 PM","Impact":"B","SD":true,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":true,"SH":false}
1,{"ID":"cbea9dd3-c1d5-1394-7c1a-74e83203cd9a","Timestamp":"2025/10/05 6:29:14 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":true,"Display_SD_Text":"7-Jan","Display_Content":"I saw the fire, but I didn\'t witness any firefighting action. I heard from a firefighter\'s family member that he was asked to stand down. I just don\'t know exactly when that order was issued.","Header":"Firefighter\'s Family Member Confirms \\"Stand Down\\" Order","Impact":"B","SD":true,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"6dafbc53-4608-8067-2770-b21da0ea23fe","Timestamp":"2025/10/06 7:53:13 AM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":true,"Display_SD_Text":"7-Jan","Display_Content":"I saw all the firefighters staged down on PCH, near the 22261 address, and they were not attempting to fight the fire that was coming down from the Carbon Mesa area. When a local person approached them and asked why, they told him they had not been given orders. Our house on that hill burned and could have easily been saved. We even had a pool, plus a heavy-duty industrial pump and hoses set up by the poolside, it was gas and ready. That pump actually survived the fire, and we started it up with ease the morning after!","Header":"Firefighters Staged on PCH, Refused to Act Without Orders; House Burned","Impact":"B","SD":true,"RE":true,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"40b252b8-d930-eb44-95d6-d2a295a0d984","Timestamp":"2025/10/05 10:52:28 AM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":true,"Display_SD_Text":"Jan 8 in Morning","Display_Content":"We weren\'t told directly, but on the morning of January 8th, we drove through the parking lot at Temescal Canyon and Pacific Coast Highway and saw dozens of fire trucks just sitting there. When we drove into the neighborhoods above Sunset, there was not a single fire truck anywhere. They were just sitting idle while the neighborhoods were burning.","Header":"Dozens of Fire Trucks Idle at Temescal Lot While Neighborhoods Burned","Impact":"B","SD":true,"RE":true,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"5ebc658c-4c40-55f8-a66d-fba2bb0a53d8","Timestamp":"2025/10/08 7:15:06 AM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":true,"Display_SD_Text":"Jan 8 at 8 AM","Display_Content":"I didn\'t see the fire department in action. The stand down order happened on Wednesday morning around 8 AM.","Header":"Stand Down Order Allegedly Happened Wednesday Morning Around 8 AM","Impact":"B","SD":true,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"a2d0ff5c-6394-8ab2-f951-21fe854f5f8f","Timestamp":"2025/10/09 10:12:09 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":true,"Display_SD_Text":"8-Jan","Display_Content":"I did not see any action from the fire department. I was told there was a stand down order on 1/8/25.","Header":"Told of Stand Down Order on January 8th","Impact":"B","SD":true,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"d99c64a4-166d-9239-3e57-d7afc61a0199","Timestamp":"2025/10/11 9:07:32 AM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":true,"Display_SD_Text":"7-Jan","Display_Content":"I didn\'t see the fire department attempting to save any homes. I was told there was a stand down order.","Header":"Did Not See Firefighting; Was Told of Stand Down Order","Impact":"B","SD":true,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"be7f2173-d5fb-ca5c-101e-ece12b0eb42b","Timestamp":"2025/10/12 7:41:46 AM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":true,"Display_SD_Text":"8-Jan","Display_Content":"I didn\'t witness them saving any homes. But after the fire was over, the Fire Department told me that they had been ordered to leave the area.","Header":"Fire Department Told Resident They Were \\"Ordered to Leave the Area\\" Post-Fire","Impact":"B","SD":true,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"a2d733a9-fa09-d841-6927-25ecec94bfb5","Timestamp":"2025/10/05 3:28:20 PM MDT","Include":false,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"I saw the Fire Department, but they told me they had no water, that\'s all they s
1aid.","Header":"Fire Department Present But Said They Had \\"No Water\\"","Impact":"B","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":true,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"a3223109-c042-1d04-eb3f-7a1cad0f78aa","Timestamp":"2025/10/05 1:12:09 PM MDT","Include":false,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"I didn\'t witness any firefighting activity. I don\'t believe staying to defend homes would have been anything but a tragedy, there was no water. Many lives could have been lost if the evacuation came after dark. It took me one hour to get from my house on N Las Casas and 4.5 hours total to reach Beverly Hills. The \\"prepare to evacuate\\" emails went to my junk folder, and I never received urgent text alerts. Like many, I fled with nothing. There was even a fire hydrant directly outside my home.","Header":"Long Evacuation Time Proves Lack of Water Made Defense Impossible","Impact":"B","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"63b10f30-7334-1661-0ba5-c85d2be2f73e","Timestamp":"2025/10/05 4:24:49 PM MDT","Include":false,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"I didn\'t witness any firefighting activity. Unless you have a pool and a pump, I don\'t see how defending a house would have been possible, there was no water.","Header":"No Water Made Home Defense Impossible Unless You Had a Pool and Pump","Impact":"B","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"150df7b3-bb23-c662-21f0-b102cb0a3cf4","Timestamp":"2025/10/06 5:25:43 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"I was on Sunset Blvd at 12:30 PM, and earlier at 10:30 AM, watched planes flying and dropping water on the mountains. What really hurts is that nobody protected our houses. I have a fire hydrant right in front of my property, yet my house still burned down. I kept asking, where was the water, or where were the firefighters? We pay a ton in property taxes to this city, and it feels like we got absolutely no service for it.","Header":"House Burned Despite Fire Hydrant; Demands to Know \\"Where Was the Water?\\"","Impact":"B","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":true,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"700e401c-735e-2ced-ba3e-7e542517cf51","Timestamp":"2025/10/05 5:19:47 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"I had a crew, not even from this area, helping me put out the fires on my backyard fence. The big issue was the lack of water; they told me they could only spare the 350 gallons on their truck and then had to immediately leave to resupply. Worse, I watched the Fire Department stand by and watch a home burn. It was only in the early stages, just the corner of the garage, but they said there was a gas leak and they couldn\'t do anything to put it out. It made me wonder, how can a gas leak completely stop them from extinguishing a fire?","Header":"Fire Crew Had Limited Water; Watched Firefighters Refuse to Fight Gas Leak Fire","Impact":"B","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":true,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"e67f615b-a2c6-a163-0785-48ad4a08dcab","Timestamp":"2025/10/05 10:55:17 AM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"This was the most bizarre thing ever... to see our neighborhood roaring in flames and have no LAFD presence at all.","Header":"Bizarre Lack of LAFD Presence While Neighborhood Roared in Flames","Impact":"B","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":true,"SH":false},{"ID":"fa4764de-3abb-579d-8f17-2f7be776d278","Timestamp":"2025/10/05 3:37:59 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"The whole thing is outrageous. The weather report days earlier was warning of \'extreme fire danger,\' yet there was no preparation in advance of this catastrophic event. I\'ve lived on Via de la Paz, a main thoroughfare, in the middle of the Palisades community for 40 years, and I didn\'t see a single fire truck or police car. No one lifted a finger to help us. SHAME ON YOU.","Header":"No Preparation for Extreme Danger; Not One Truck Seen on Main Thoroughfare","Impact":"B","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":true,"SH":false},{"ID":"4b6c90f3-efe1-ba7d-062a-a07401fa062d","Timestamp":"2025/10/11 10:54:28 AM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"I was in my home office overlooking Upper Chautauqua the entire day until I evacuated, and I was just four blocks away from Fire Station 69. I NEVER SAW A FIRE TRUCK, SUPERVISOR, OR OTHER FIRE EQUIPMENT AT ANY TIME. I did see one LA Police Dept car driving up Chautauqua around 2 PM. When I finally saw flames at the top of Chautauqua and called 911, the recorded line said the line was busy and instructed me to leave a \'non-urgent\' message on the voicemail.","Header":"Never Saw a Fire Truck Near Station 69; 911 Voicemail Only Option","Impact":"B","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":true,"SH":false},{"ID":"9cc606ae-fa69-beae-3bde-7086d8460595","Timestamp":"2025/10/11 7:24:59 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"I live right on the corner of Marquez and Sunset, so I personally witnessed the start of the fire. I actually called my friend who lived on Jacon right away, telling him not to worry because it was still small, just above his house, and the Fire Department would be there within minutes. But, you know
1what? I never heard the sirens. About 20 minutes later, the fire had already grown three times the size. The planes eventually started flying about 35 minutes in, but the winds were already picking up, and the air drops didn\'t last long. I was absolutely blown away that I never heard the sirens of the fire trucks. What a shame!","Header":"Saw Fire Start, Never Heard Sirens; Fire Grew Rapidly","Impact":"B","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":true,"SH":false},{"ID":"d5ada395-93c1-9d20-48fa-c173e8245194","Timestamp":"2025/10/12 10:12:25 AM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"I sat in my car in the Gelson\'s parking lot, watching the fire come down the hill right toward me. I never saw a single fire truck, airplane, or helicopter dropping fire retardant, which is supposedly standard procedure. I never saw any attempt by anyone to slow the fire down. This was around 3:00 PM, and the fire had been burning for about five hours. The wind was only about 15 mph, nowhere near the gale force winds we had that night, so drops would have been easy to make. I truly feel that we were abandoned.","Header":"Sat Watching Fire For Hours; Never Saw Aerial Drops or Attempts to Slow It","Impact":"B","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":true,"SH":false},{"ID":"9e7a5883-baba-f771-f622-fe7d008c378e","Timestamp":"2025/10/06 2:22:08 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"I did not see anyone from the fire department attempting to save homes or lives. My family\'s home is at #### El Medio, and I was there starting around noon on the day of the fire. I stayed until after the fire had reached the high school. On my way out, I drove up to the top of El Medio and to the top of the Alphabet Streets, fully expecting to see LAFD trucks stationed up there, that\'s the first line of defense. Houses were already burning, and no one was there. I saw no trucks or personnel, only neighbors with garden hoses. I drove the entire periphery and came down Chautauqua and didn\'t see a single truck. I was a kid during the Mandeville Canyon fire in the 70s. I distinctly remember seeing engines all over and a significant police presence; the police came through and gave evacuation orders over their loudspeakers. None of that happened this time. I have pictures and video which I\'d be happy to share.","Header":"No Trucks at \\"First Line of Defense\\"; Only Neighbors With Hoses Seen","Impact":"B","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":true,"SH":false},{"ID":"aef9dc37-f2a3-a039-1446-6c12e342893d","Timestamp":"2025/10/05 11:44:20 AM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"I did not see anyone from the fire department attempting to save homes or lives. I walked down the beach and went into the Palisades on the morning of January 9th. I was shocked that most of the fire department assets and trucks were simply parked on PCH, and that houses were still burning on the 9th despite there being no winds. The fire was moving slowly from house to house. I think they kept the public out of the Palisades because they knew people would go crazy knowing how many houses burned on the 8th and 9th.","Header":"Fire Assets Parked on PCH as Houses Still Burned Slowly on Jan 9th","Impact":"B","SD":false,"RE":true,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"2d231062-6a79-8d59-0220-f8053adf19c8","Timestamp":"2025/10/05 12:10:45 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"I did not see anyone from the fire department attempting to save homes or lives. My neighbor, who stayed until after 10 PM, went and begged a fire truck to come to our street (Embury) because we had spot fires, and he was completely ignored. They wouldn\'t even roll a window down and talk to him. They just sat in their truck for three minutes and then drove away.","Header":"Neighbor Begged Ignored Fire Truck Crew to Come to Street","Impact":"B","SD":false,"RE":true,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"9e885b18-fcb1-efb6-cc21-a01df90b3f65","Timestamp":"2025/10/05 8:33:43 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"I did not see anyone from the fire department attempting to save homes or lives. My husband personally witnessed all the crews stationed at the Will Rogers Beach parking lot at 5:30 PM. They were just sitting there and were not putting out fires in the Palisades community.","Header":"Husband Witnessed Crews Staged at Will Rogers Beach, Doing Nothing","Impact":"B","SD":false,"RE":true,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"af8b0886-2201-1124-f974-e97dcd4545e1","Timestamp":"2025/10/05 2:03:53 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"I didn\'t see any fire department action. There were no firefighters... none. They were staged nearby, doing nothing.","Header":"No Firefighters on Street; They Were Staged Nearby, Idle","Impact":"B","SD":false,"RE":true,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"db7836d9-f409-192b-5af8-c9e31f1a10c7","Timestamp":"2025/10/06 10:15:21 AM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"I lost everything I have ever owned. The entire town would have had to burn down, and IT DID! This was and is a tragedy. The city and the Fire Dept let us all down. Absolutely not one fire truck came into our neighborhood.","Header":"Lost Everything; City and Fire Department \\"Let Us All Down\\"","Impact":"B","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":true,"SH":false},{"ID":"55efab6c-84d1-9027-1d4c-44e9d999b4ef","Timestamp":"2025/10/05 6:56:30 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":true,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"I saw the fire, and yes, fire trucks, helicopters, and at least one fixed-wing aircraft arrived. I lived in the Highlands and did not leave there until 3:00 PM on 1/7. I would really like to see documentation of the \'stand down\' order, it would be easy to get this from LAFD radio transmissions. One of my family members listened to LAFD radio online during much of the fire, and there was active firefighting going on, but obviously not enough resources or water. The two Woodies complexes in the Highlands burned down the afternoon of 1/8 with a few firefighters present, but those firefighters were not making any attempt to fight the fire, apparently saying there was no water.","Header":"Family Monitored Radio: Firefighting Active But Lacked Resources and Water","Impact":"B","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":true,"FD":false,"SH":false}
1,{"ID":"cc334cf6-ee63-3ab4-0aa6-04479d8a5756","Timestamp":"2025/10/05 5:07:34 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":true,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"I saw the fire, and yes, in some places the firefighters were putting water on the fire, trying to extinguish it. However, in another place, we saw three fire trucks parked, and all the firefighters were just standing around doing nothing while the fire was burning out of control. We wondered why they weren\'t trying to extinguish it. In retrospect, they probably didn\'t have any water and were waiting for instructions on what to do. I also saw a helicopter at about 10:30 AM on January 7th fly over the top of the San Ynez reservoir. He stopped and hovered for a while. He was probably on the radio letting the dispatch know that there was no water in the reservoir. At that point, he was probably waiting to find out where they wanted him to go to get water.","Header":"Fire Crews Idle Near Active Blaze; Helicopter Suggests Reservoir Was Empty","Impact":"B","SD":false,"RE":true,"NW":true,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"66338d39-c338-b167-6d7c-05651d10c78c","Timestamp":"2025/10/07 10:06:11 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":true,"Display_SD_Text":"7-Jan","Display_Content":"I watched airdrops from my roof in the Highlands for most of the day. But when I drove out and along Sunset and PCH at 6 PM on Tuesday, I saw many engines, but there was no actual firefighting going on; everything around was just on fire. I wasn\'t told about a stand-down order myself, but my ex-wife, who is in Santa Monica Canyon, got a direct word from firefighters at 12 PM on Wednesday that they had orders to cede the canyon and fall back to San Vicente.","Header":"Ex-Wife Told of \\"Stand Down\\" Order to Cede Canyon and Fall Back","Impact":"C","SD":true,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"a92dc6bb-4def-2e9c-dabc-a61d6d43eea2","Timestamp":"2025/10/05 10:28:48 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":true,"Display_SD_Text":"Jan 7 at 6:00 PM","Display_Content":"I did not see anyone from the fire department attempting to save homes or lives. The stand down order happened at 6 PM on Jan 7th. Our builder was told this in our neighborhood when he called to report embers crossing Temescal from Pali High toward the Via Bluffs neighborhood. He said Fire Station 69 told him they were not allowed to leave the Highlands. My big question is: why did the local fire stations and other leaders not call neighboring cities\' fire trucks for support? When we evacuated, we just assumed firefighters from all over SoCal would come defend our homes.","Header":"Stand Down at 6 PM, Builder Told Station 69 Couldn\'t Leave Highlands","Impact":"C","SD":true,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"636196c9-5e41-3f81-4805-ad14b233bd9a","Timestamp":"2025/10/12 11:41:53 AM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":true,"Display_SD_Text":"Jan 7 at 3:30 PM","Display_Content":"I didn\'t see any firefighting efforts. As I was evacuating around 3:30 PM, I asked one firefighter who was walking alone down Lachman Lane what was going to happen and if they were doing anything to stop the fire. He actually yelled at me, shouting, \'What?! What do you want?!!!!\'","Header":"Firefighter Yelled When Asked About Fire Suppression Efforts","Impact":"C","SD":true,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false}
1,{"ID":"c2e3876d-2852-6d0c-a4a1-8d8ceabb2630","Timestamp":"2025/10/05 4:42:42 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":true,"Display_SD_Text":"7-Jan","Display_Content":"No fire department personnel showed up at the Tuna Canyon/Saddle Peak fire until three days after it started. To make things worse, the water tank on Saddle Peak was empty, the water department was supposed to build a new one about 20 years ago! This is the first time since the 1970s that a fire truck wasn\'t on Tuna Canyon Road in Topanga.","Header":"No Fire Personnel for Three Days; Saddle Peak Water Tank Empty","Impact":"C","SD":true,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"c7f66e89-523b-bd3f-fb98-c9466087cb85","Timestamp":"2025/10/11 1:15:39 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":true,"Display_SD_Text":"Jan 9 at 6:00 AM","Display_Content":"When we evacuated on 1/7 at 5 PM, there were 12 fire engines waiting for orders in Duke\'s restaurant parking lot. On 1/9, a firefighter told me that the LA Fire Dept had ordered them to protect Brentwood and leave Malibu, despite the weather report forecasting strong winds from the Palisades right into Malibu. I believe I have lost everything entirely through the mistake made by the Fire Department.","Header":"Fire Engines Waited at Restaurant; Firefighter Claimed Order to Protect Brentwood","Impact":"C","SD":true,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"557d6c13-0d88-619d-96a1-4f391979567d","Timestamp":"2025/10/05 11:11:32 AM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":true,"Display_SD_Text":"7-Jan","Display_Content":"Our new home was only one block from the fire station, yet we were not contacted or warned about anything. I have heard the exact same information about the \'stand down\' orders.","Header":"Home Block from Station, No Warning; Heard Same \\"Stand Down\\" Information","Impact":"C","SD":true,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"471d8ebd-ffa0-3509-c917-57582fe19343","Timestamp":"2025/10/05 4:54:28 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":true,"Display_SD_Text":"8-Jan","Display_Content":"I did not see anyone from the fire department attempting to save homes or lives. The day after the fire, I met with a couple of firefighters who said there were enough firemen but no trucks or equipment to put out fires. They said they were just standing around waiting for trucks to come back so they could shift in. When I went back, there was no water on my street; they just let my street burn. There was water on other streets, but not mine.","Header":"Enough Firemen, No Equipment; Street Let to Burn Due to Lack of Water","Impact":"C","SD":true,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"d28ff36f-7de7-cb5a-da13-242a0e1865a1","Timestamp":"2025/10/14 10:13:16 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":true,"Display_SD_Text":"Jan 7 at 7:00 PM","Display_Content":"I saw the fire, but the only people helping were San Luis Obispo volunteers. I called 911 at 7 PM, and I was told there was nothing they could do.","Header":"Only San Luis Obispo Volunteers Seen; 911 Said \\"Nothing They Could Do\\"","Impact":"C","SD":true,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"95791aae-0eeb-80aa-cd3d-c3be263b6f18","Timestamp":"2025/10/05 9:33:28 PM MDT","Include":false,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":true,"Display_FD_Text":"Jan 7 at 6:00 PM","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"At 6 PM on 1/7/25, I watched two trucks put out fires on two homes that had already burned to the ground near Lachman Lane. On the morning of 1/8/25, I hiked through the Marquez area, where many fire trucks sat near fires still burning. Some firefighters were actually sleeping in their trucks.","Header":"Saw Trucks Put Out Fires on Homes Already Burned; Firefighters Slept in Trucks","Impact":"C","SD":false,"RE":true,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"28a426a5-0792-4d8d-bc75-577633e0eda8","Timestamp":"2025/10/11 8:34:53 AM MDT","Include":false,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":true,"Display_FD_Text":"Jan 7 Early Evening","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"I saw a strike team from Orange County, Shadow Mountain, in the early evening of Jan 7. It\'s highly irresponsible to suggest homeowners stay and defend; many more lives would have been lost. Not everyone can think clearly in the chaos of a wind-driven wildfire.","Header":"Orange County Strike Team Seen; Calls Stay-and-Defend Idea Irresponsible","Impact":"C","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"757071be-3890-746e-d96a-e6eb92077fb9","Timestamp":"2025/10/05 11:57:15 AM MDT","Include":false,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"I saw the Super Scoopers and helicopters.","Header":"Witnessed Super Scoopers and Helicopters Making Drops","Impact":"C","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"de4fa824-b979-a93c-ea32-62d05ecd2692","Timestamp":"2025/10/06 4:56:01 AM MDT","Include":false,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"I didn\'t see any action or personnel nearby. We had to shelter in place because there was no safe exit, the canyon was blocked.","Header":"No Action or Personnel Seen; Forced to Shelter in Place","Impact":"C","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"b8366ec0-8797-406b-bb3e-8cc1c3d07db3","Timestamp":"2025/10/05 10:52:56 PM MDT","Include":false,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"The Super Scoopers were flying overhead and making drops at 1:00 PM. I never saw ground crews fighting the fire.","Header":"Super Scoopers Made Drops; Saw No Ground Crews Fighting Fire","Impact":"C","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"ffab7ec6-0b3e-8b5e-546f-c71df3f80dc8","Timestamp":"2025/10/06 11:00:15 AM MDT","Include":false,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":true,"Display_FD_Text":"Jan 7 at 10:45 AM","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"Engine 69 came up my street, Floresta Place, at 10:45 AM on the 7th. When the hill across from us ignited, they extinguished it as we evacuated.","Header":"Engine 69 Extinguished Fire Across Street During Evacuation","Impact":"C","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"3a313aee-3f14-bfc4-72e2-d7e6e7ef7655","Timestamp":"2025/10/05 10:02:07 AM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":false,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"I was on an airplane when the fire broke out, so I didn\'t directly observe it. However, our immediate neighbors were present and had to battle the blaze all alone, with NO help from any fire, police, or other personnel. This was on Lower Bienveneda, and they could certainly give you direct eyewitness accounts.","Header":"Neighbors Battled Blaze Alone; No Help from Fire or Police","Impact":"C","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"76f3f105-a831-6092-a025-daa4e1cb7192","Timestamp":"2025/10/05 4:09:51 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":false,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"I didn\'t witness the fire myself; I was at work when it broke out. My housekeeper left our home in the El Medio Bluffs at 11:45 AM, and it took her a full hour to drive eastbound on Sunset to the 405. She said she didn\'t see a single fire truck going westbound toward the Palisades during that entire drive. On the afternoon of January 9th, my husband and I walked in from Santa Monica and took a police escort up Temescal to our home. There was a small, pick-up style truck with a firefighter on our street; he actually knew my name and told me he was deployed by my insurance company to save homes in the neighborhood. He said he came from the San Diego area on Tuesday morning when the fire broke out. My house is standing. I took a picture of his truck, and it says it is a \'non-emergency\' vehicle.","Header":"Housekeeper Saw No Trucks for an Hour; Insurance-Deployed Firefighter Saved Home","Impact":"C","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"630b8cb6-3038-6903-6dff-770289f75da0","Timestamp":"2025/10/05 3:40:34 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"I saw two Super Scoopers working for about 20 minutes around 11:45 AM, but then it looked like they just gave up. I\'ve watched them fight fires for decades, and nothing that day, January 7th, happened the way it usually does. I didn\'t get a single alert to evacuate, but I did get multiple robo-calls from the city telling me to put out my garbage cans for c
1ollection the next day. It just shows how incredibly screwed up the whole situation was. I\'m happy to answer any other questions or add anything else that would be helpful; I\'m very grateful that someone is trying to get to the bottom of this!!","Header":"Super Scoopers Looked Like They \\"Gave Up\\"; Received Trash Pickup Robocalls","Impact":"C","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"92f19b10-534c-f4db-ba67-9495b86f7f58","Timestamp":"2025/10/12 11:47:39 AM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"I did not see one fire department truck. My house is on Swarthmore. Thank you.","Header":"Not One Fire Department Truck Seen on Swarthmore Street","Impact":"C","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"1397893c-7a99-1c06-bf14-fbb9b47c726d","Timestamp":"2025/10/05 11:39:57 AM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"I was not told anything about a stand down, BUT when I was driving down Temescal at 10:30 PM, I saw a fire truck and a police car. Nobody came over to me and asked if I was okay. I even parked across PCH on Temescal, and a cop car drove right by me and didn\'t ask if I was okay or needed help. I drove on Sunset on Jan 7th at 10:30 PM, and nobody was around. A large tree had fallen on Sunset near Marquez, and I had to turn around. Everything was on fire, and not one fire truck was there to help!","Header":"Passed Idle Police and Fire Truck; No One Checked If Evacuee Was Okay","Impact":"C","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"dbf5fe06-a063-a900-2b81-4022928871d3","Timestamp":"2025/10/11 10:11:16 AM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"I never saw or spoke with anyone from the Fire Department or police. I was up on the second-story roof on the 700 block of VDLOP until about 4:30 PM, it was very quiet. I didn\'t see any police or fire trucks in the area at all. It was windy, but it wasn\'t outrageously windy.","Header":"Quiet on Roof: No Police or Fire Trucks Seen for Hours","Impact":"C","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"0eadb31a-43f7-68dc-42f0-fd48e27d5dd0","Timestamp":"2025/10/11 1:01:47 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"No one from the fire department came to our area throughout the entire day.","Header":"No Fire Department Personnel Came to Our Area All Day","Impact":"C","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"bff6d1e4-1c80-b0f3-4391-3531327a7584","Timestamp":"2025/10/07 9:21:32 AM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"I did not see anyone from the fire department attempting to save homes or lives. No firefighters. No police.","Header":"No Firefighters. No Police.","Impact":"C","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":true,"SH":false},{"ID":"3ab961f2-4da9-02e0-3fbe-540ea29afc8d","Timestamp":"2025/10/05 12:59:41 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"I have many pictures with different timestamps of the same street (### Radcliffe) showing NO fire trucks at all, including a TV news shoot that clearly shows the time and a home on fire with absolutely NO FIRE DEPT present.","Header":"Pictures Show House Burning with Absolutely NO Fire Dept Present","Impact":"C","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false}
1,{"ID":"c2bec152-6f90-1bc3-1015-e7cea71e3550","Timestamp":"2025/10/05 1:05:08 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"There was no evidence that any water was used to save our homes on my entire street.","Header":"No Evidence of Water Used to Save Any Homes on Entire Street","Impact":"C","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"df7a2e1f-0419-2153-878a-32b34b5f3d8e","Timestamp":"2025/10/05 2:02:53 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"There was no one from the Fire Department trying to save homes. When my house actually caught fire, a neighbor went to approach the \'spotter\' car that was sitting in our cul-de-sac. The person in the spotter car told my neighbor straight up that they had no \'assets\' to call for assistance.","Header":"Neighbor Told \'Spotter\' Car Had No \'Assets\' to Call for Help","Impact":"C","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"2a8e66e5-0571-1ccf-3f5d-52347ba612bf","Timestamp":"2025/10/05 2:23:43 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"There was no firefighting action. I left around 4 PM, and our home in the Via Bluffs burned down between 7 PM and 8 PM on January 7th. We never saw LAFD anywhere, and neither did two of our neighbors who stayed in the area until 7 PM.","Header":"No LAFD Seen; House Burned Between 7 PM and 8 PM","Impact":"C","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"7587a036-06db-978b-5071-185e0d27fe53","Timestamp":"2025/10/05 3:09:33 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"Absolutely no one from the city came, not even for traffic control. The only help we got were some men who had experienced the Woolsey Fire; they came to my street, El Medio, and directed traffic there and on Sunset. If it hadn\'t been for them, many more people would have burned alive here. It was an unforgettable nightmare seeing cars stuck in a standstill position on upper El Medio for at least half an hour, and knowing we would have to abandon our cars and run for our lives to simply save ourselves.","Header":"No City Traffic Control; Woolsey Fire Vets Directed Traffic and Saved Lives","Impact":"C","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"f4d18782-6c39-a936-3365-9664e4cc25b7","Timestamp":"2025/10/05 4:24:58 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"I manage the Pacific Palisades Bowl Mobile Estates. On the day of the fires, during the evacuation, I saw several fire trucks and Sheriff Department cruisers pass by, but not one single official personnel entered the park.","Header":"Officials Passed Mobile Estates; No Personnel Entered Park During Evacuation","Impact":"C","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"dc954f03-c905-f6c4-fa2f-e4f90116bfba","Timestamp":"2025/10/14 9:41:05 AM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"There was no Fire Department action. Our house in Sunset Mesa was a total loss. The fire broke into Sunset Mesa at 12:03 PM, and we left at 1 PM. I had not seen one Sheriff or one fire truck. If I had to do it all over again, I would have absolutely stayed and tried to save our house myself.","Header":"Total Loss Homeowner Would Have Stayed and Fought; No Officials Seen","Impact":"C","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"2958c041-90b1-4b30-9f1e-66a6c8dee52b","Timestamp":"2025/10/14 1:49:10 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"I didn\'t witness any firefighting efforts. We were completely isolated during the event. We weren\'t aware of any LACFD on PCH fighting the fire. We truly felt like we were on our own, relying solely on community firefighting efforts.","Header":"Isolated During Event; Relied on Community Firefighting Efforts","Impact":"C","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"3da7e096-0a59-b496-2d2f-7787ab14b960","Timestamp":"2025/10/05 11:46:52 AM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"I did not see anyone from the fire department attempting to save homes or lives. I never received an evacuation order/alert, despite being subscribed to several alert services. I left when I saw how close the smoke was and learned people were already abandoning cars on PCH. News reports the evening of the fire showed flames burning out of control near my home, and there was not a fire truck in sight.","Header":"No Evacuation Alert Received; News Showed Fire Near Home with No Trucks","Impact":"C","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"366e3689-6290-e625-2cce-946d90216f50","Timestamp":"2025/10/05 8:02:15 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"I saw the fire, but I never saw anyone from the fire department. I never saw a cop or firefighters walking the streets asking residents to evacuate with a bullhorn. I never saw any law enforcement officer saying, \'Hey, the house a few blocks down is on fire; it is closer than you think.\' Frankly, I never saw a single fire department personnel law or enforcement officer fighting fires or helping with the evacuation process.","Header":"No Sirens, Cops, or Firefighters Walked Streets to Warn Residents","Impact":"C","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"65e5e52b-092d-8678-f5ef-fe90d280a5b3","Timestamp":"2025/10/05 10:23:31 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"I did not see anyone from the fire department attempting to save homes or lives. I remained in the Alphabet Streets until 4 PM on January 7th, despite getting evacuation alerts. What my husband and I noticed was how strangely \'quiet it was.\' No sirens. No fire trucks screaming down Sunset or anywhere to be seen or heard. It was an epic failure by LAFD.","Header":"Epic Failure by LAFD: Alphabet Streets Quiet with No Sirens or Trucks","Impact":"C","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"4082e3e9-6118-2897-6495-123e67fc5c02","Timestamp":"2025/10/06 12:35:24 AM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"I did not see anyone from the fire department attempting to save homes or lives. We never saw any firefighters in our neighborhood, and we are in the Alphabet Streets. Had we known that no one was coming, we would have done much more to plan to fight the fires ourselves with pool pumps and had an organized neighborhood team ready to save our street. With all the pools, we surely would have been able to save something! We put our trust in our local government.","Header":"Would Have Fought Fire With Pool Pumps If They Knew No One Was Coming","Impact":"C","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"7e390588-891a-3567-23a1-42c59b8e1cba","Timestamp":"2025/10/06 9:32:34 AM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"I saw the fire, but we saw no fire or police presence on 1/7/25 in our neighborhood. No one came to warn us of the situation. If we had realized that we were being abandoned by the city, we would have definitely taken more of our belongings. I\'ve lost all confidence in our
1city and I\'m wondering how many decades of corruption and negligence have led to this appalling tragedy. I\'m disgusted.","Header":"No Warning, Abandoned by City; Loss of Confidence Due to Negligence","Impact":"C","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"c09d9b6b-5316-2852-15d2-176ae20056a8","Timestamp":"2025/10/06 1:24:53 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"I did not see anyone from the fire department attempting to save homes or lives. I left my house at 8:15 PM, January 7th, and never saw a firefighter or police officer that day. I spoke with neighbors who said they only saw police, not firefighters, and there was a lot of confusion about whether to leave or not throughout the day. Communication was terrible.","Header":"Left at 8:15 PM; Never Saw Firefighter or Police Officer","Impact":"C","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"be1d6826-5128-6d3a-7354-68f4a891a260","Timestamp":"2025/10/06 6:25:49 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"I did not see anyone from the fire department attempting to save homes or lives. We left a mere two hours before our house was burning in the back. There were no city officials anywhere to be seen in the HUNTINGTON. Our whole block was totally burned out.","Header":"Left Two Hours Before House Burned; No City Officials in Huntington","Impact":"C","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"0abfda16-8764-8883-dcb2-90e41e0670b3","Timestamp":"2025/10/07 4:27:06 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"I did not see anyone from the fire department attempting to save homes or lives. Around 5:30 PM, as it was getting darker, houses were burning close to us. There were no fire department personnel or equipment anywhere on the El Medio Bluffs all the way to Sunset Blvd. I drove the entire perimeter at that time and realized we needed to evacuate; we could no longer have any hope of defending our house.","Header":"Drove Perimeter at Dusk; No Personnel or Equipment Seen on El Medio Bluffs","Impact":"C","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"33ed3a26-ca33-1b58-d499-421d24bc133a","Timestamp":"2025/10/08 8:35:57 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"I did not see anyone from the fire department attempting to save homes or lives. I\'m wondering why in the official release of LAFD they don\'t detail the timeline when the Alphabet Streets had begun burning down and they called for backup only to save Station 69 (approx 6:20 PM).","Header":"Asks Why LAFD Called for Backup to Save Station 69, Not Alphabet Streets","Impact":"C","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"a6416bca-940d-185d-cac4-28a838344425","Timestamp":"2025/10/07 12:13:23 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"I saw the fire, and the only action I saw was by air between 1:00 PM and 2:00 PM. I sat on Bienveneda from 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM and never saw a fire truck or firefighter.","Header":"Only Aerial Action Seen; Sat for Hours Without Seeing Ground Crew","Impact":"C","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"6f153059-c1e4-53fa-44e8-1f5491120947","Timestamp":"2025/10/05 8:46:46 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":true,"Display_SD_Text":"Jan 7 at 7:00 PM","Display_Content":"I did not see anyone from the fire department attempting to save homes or lives. I personally observed that the wood chips in the turning circle adjacent to the Pali Rec Center had caught fire at approximately 7:00 PM. I phoned 911 twice, at 7:00 PM and 7:30 PM, to report the blaze. The dispatcher asked me whether I was aware of any persons located inside the building (I wasn\'t), with the strong suggestion that resources would not be sent unless someone was trapped inside.","Header":"911 Suggests No Resources Unless Persons Trapped Inside Rec Center Fire","Impact":"D","SD":true,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"b5647b04-22a1-57ae-f7db-900587771c62","Timestamp":"2025/10/12 10:35:19 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":true,"Display_SD_Text":"Jan 7 at 5:00 PM","Display_Content":"I did not see anyone from the fire department attempting to save homes or lives. Aroun
1d 5 PM, when we tried to leave earlier in the day, traffic was backed up more than a mile up Palisades Drive. Firefighters who were on foot told us to \'go home and shelter in place.\'","Header":"Traffic Backed Up; Firefighters on Foot Told Residents to \\"Shelter in Place\\"","Impact":"D","SD":true,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"1dfa2d6f-1eb3-1ba6-f616-81198c67a2e4","Timestamp":"2025/10/05 5:00:30 PM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":true,"Display_SD_Text":"7-Jan","Display_Content":"I did not see anyone from the fire department attempting to save homes or lives. I heard from friends that many of our loved ones who stayed in the Alphabet Streets to protect their homes were never told to leave. They never once saw a fire engine. They could have been killed, and others were.","Header":"Friends Who Stayed in Alphabet Streets to Protect Homes Were Never Told to Leave","Impact":"D","SD":true,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"3b6c6583-0d81-5f4c-6fa4-f34c2a5533a8","Timestamp":"2025/10/05 10:44:46 AM MDT","Include":true,"Display_PF":true,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":true,"Display_SD_Text":"7-Jan","Display_Content":"There was no one saving homes. In Malibu, the firefighters were told to wait for orders. Separately, I ran into uniformed personnel at PCH and Temescal around 11 AM who were stopping access to Malibu. When people evacuating or residents trying to get back to Malibu asked them how to proceed, they said they didn\'t even know where Malibu was. This caused complete chaos, and they really should have just let people proceed on PCH.","Header":"Malibu Firefighters Told to Wait; Personnel at PCH Didn\'t Know Where Malibu Was","Impact":"D","SD":true,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"e04c4dff-182f-ca35-e2d9-56e4d57d3676","Timestamp":"2025/10/05 10:46:10 AM MDT","Include":false,"Display_PF":false,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"I never saw the Fire Department take any action, and I didn\'t witness any stand-down order. All I got were tw
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We evacuated around 2 PM with our dog and both cars. I don\'t regret leaving. One firefighter told me they\'d extinguish one house, go to another, and return to find the first one burning again. The winds were uncontrollable.","Header":"Does Not Regret Leaving; Firefighter Said Winds Made Stopping Fires Impossible","Impact":"D","SD":false,"RE":false,"NW":false,"FD":false,"SH":false},{"ID":"8724dffa-e791-1064-a9f5-56a2d6adec20","Timestamp":"2025/10/05 11:30:08 AM MDT","Include":false,"Display_PF":false,"Display_FD":false,"Display_FD_Text":"","Display_SD":false,"Display_SD_Text":"","Display_Content":"I wasn\'t there on January 7th. For those who were, I wonder if you\'re asking about the wind, conditions, and timing when firefighters acted. There were certainly moments when high winds, flying embers, and lack of water made standing down the only safe option. I wouldn\'t want another 9/11, where hundreds of firefighters died rushing in. 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