The Los Angeles Fire Department was obviously very busy this last month with the numerous wild fires made all the more dangerous by dry and hot weather as well as really fast winds. And it was this week, in a seminar that I attended near Santa Monica, that I learned a little something about LAFD protocols. *11/30/2008 EDIT: Received a comment from LAFD PR that clarifies the information of this post. It was very nice of them to send the correction, and it was also interesting to see who comes across this little blog.*

Such a truth really put what fire fighters go through in perspective for me. And it really drove home what our 17-year old veteran said about the dedicated: “Some of them just breathe this stuff. It just moves them to help people.” I guess no matter the outcome…no matter what.