Who made this call?
Someone who thought life saving was a priority?
Cal Fire made the call. The fire is too erratic to fight this evening using personnel to save as many people as they can in the neighborhoods.
He said the fire behavior was so erratic, there were tornadoes within the fire "tossing around equipment, blowing windows out of Cal Fire pickup trucks."\
This is a firestorm. There is nothing the FF’ers can do in 60 mph winds.
Someone who prefers live firefighters to crispy “martyrs” when property is the biggest stake against their lives.
Who do you think? Some local mayor or city councilman? I get so sick of you Monday morning quarterbacks. I've lived all but 3 of my 68 years in California. I've even fought fires in the dry brush of CA in my youth. You have zero idea how devastating these infernos are, especially in 60 mph winds. Watch the movie, "Only The Brave" and you'll get some idea. The most elite CA fire crew were incinerated. STFU.
Usually made by the fire marshal assigned as the fire commander to that specific fire. Often the result of when the conditions are too dangerous for fire fighters to be on the fire lines.