What does it mean for the Bay Area?
FILE – A firefighter hoses down flames as the Palisades Fire approaches in Mandeville Canyon, Jan. 11, 2025, in Los Angeles. Here in the Bay Area, two of the three largest city fire departments are similarly stretched, raising questions about their ability to protect homes and residents from wind-driven infernos like the Palisades and Eaton fires that continue to burn in and around Los Angeles where they’ve killed 28 people and destroyed more than 15,000 homes and other structures.
Poor land management and brush clearing in wildlands beyond a city’s borders can increase vulnerability. Mutual aid from neighboring city, county and state fire departments, normally available to help bolster the response, can be quickly overwhelmed by a rapidly expanding inferno.
Ironically, the major Bay Area city with the best-staffed fire department faces the least risk from wildfires. San Francisco, surrounded by ocean and bay water to the west, north and east, has a firefighter staffing ratio per 1,000 people of 2.09, above the national average cited by the fire protection association.
Mayor Matt Mahan has asked for an assessment of the city’s wildfire response preparedness and capabilities
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