Jay Balagna

Jan 23, 2025 | mercurynews.com | Jay Balagna

As bad as the fires in the Los Angeles area have been — more than 15,000 structures destroyed, about 200,000 people under evacuation orders, more than 37,000 acres scorched, and at least 27 deaths — they could have been even worse. Officials noted they didn’t “have enough fire personnel … to handle this,” but in some ways we Angelenos got lucky.

Jan 19, 2025 | stripes.com | Jay Balagna

A home burns as the Camp Fire rages through Paradise, Calif., on Nov. 8, 2018. (Noah Berger/AP) As bad as the fires in the Los Angeles area have been — more than 12,000 structures burned, about 180,000 people evacuated, more than 35,000 acres scorched, and at least 25 deaths — they could have been even worse. Officials noted they didn’t “have enough fire personnel … to handle this,” but in some ways we Angelenos got lucky.

Jan 18, 2025 | homelandsecuritynewswire.com | Jay Balagna

WILDFIRESThe L.A. Fires Show a Need to Rethink Our Wildland Firefighting SystemsPublished 18 January 2025As bad as the fires in the Los Angeles area have been—more than 12,000 structures burned, about 180,000 people evacuated, more than 35,000 acres scorched, and at least 25 deaths—they could have been even worse, but in some ways Angelenos got lucky. Asystem built on luck, however, is not a durable system.

Jan 17, 2025 | homelandsecuritynewswire.com | Jay Balagna

WILDFIRESThe L.A. Fires Show a Need to Rethink Our Wildland Firefighting SystemsPublished 17 January 2025As bad as the fires in the Los Angeles area have been—more than 12,000 structures burned, about 180,000 people evacuated, more than 35,000 acres scorched, and at least 25 deaths—they could have been even worse, but in some ways Angelenos got lucky. Asystem built on luck, however, is not a durable system.

Jan 17, 2025 | thebrunswicknews.com | Jay Balagna

As bad as the fires in the Los Angeles area have been - more than 12,000 structures burned, about 180,000 people evacuated, more than 35,000 acres scorched, and at least 25 deaths- they could have been even worse. Officials noted they didn't " have enough fire personnel ... to handle this," but in some ways we Angelenos got lucky.