CHEDDAR BUSINESS SUMMIT.
>> WELCOME BACK TO ONLY AN LA
ALRIGHT WILDFIRES ARE A FACT OF
LIFE HERE IN
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. BUT FOR
MANY FIRE SAFETY SMARTS DON'T
GO FARTHER THAN STOP DROP.
ROLAND IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT
BALL GAME. OUR NEXT GUEST IS
OUT TO CHANGE
THAT AFTER STARTING IN A GARAGE
NOW LEADS A NATIONALLY
RECOGNIZED TEAM OF FIRST
RESPONDERS AND EDUCATORS AT
THE HELM OF THE PUBLIC
EDUCATION ARM OF THE LOS
ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT.
DAVID BARRETT IS THE EXECUTIVE
OFFICER OF MY SAFE, LA ENJOYS
THE JOINS US NOW WELCOME
TO IT. GOOD MORNING TELL YOU
GUYS GOOD MORNING WHILE YOU'RE
HERE AND THERE HAVE BEEN OVER
5,000 CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES THIS
SEASON ALONE.
THEY BURNED OVER A 175,000
ACRES HOW CAN FAMILIES IN THE
AREA CONTINUE TO PROTECT THEIR
HOMES
AND THEMSELVES.
>> WELL, I THINK ONE OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO
RECOGNIZE IS THAT THE ENTIRE
ENVIRONMENT IS CHANGING ITS NOT
JUST CHANGING BECAUSE OF
CLIMATE CHANGE WHICH IS A HUGE
FACTOR IS ALSO CHANGING BECAUSE
WE'RE BUILDING HOMES WHERE WE
WOULD NEVER
BUILD HOMES BEFORE WHICH MEANS
INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS TO GO INTO
THAT WILD LAND URBAN INTERFACE
AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
POWER LINES WHICH ARE ABOVE
GROUND BECAUSE IT'S LESS
EXPENSIVE IN
SOME CASES YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
ALL OTHER KINDS OF WINDY ROADS
AND OTHER THINGS THAT HAPPEN.
AND IF YOU DON'T LIVE IN THAT
ENVIRONMENT, THEN YOU NEED TO
START
THINKING ABOUT TAKING SOME
RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOURSELF,
IT'S NOT JUST EVERYONE ELSE'S
FAULT. IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY
AS WELL. SO THERE'S A LOT YOU
CAN DO.
>> RIGHT AND THOSE THAT ARE
SEARCHING AND SPECIFICALLY TO
LA IS THE LAYOUT AND CLIMATE OF
THE CITY OF LA JUST MAKE IT
UNIQUE
WHEN PRO.
>> PAIRING FOR FIRES MAY BE
SOME OF THE WINDING ROADS
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE THE
HILLS NOT LIKE MOST CITIES.
>> NOEL IS QUITE UNIQUE IN MANY
WAYS AND YOU KNOW YOU HEAR THE
HOLLYWOOD HILLS RIGHT BUT YOUR
STUDIO WHICH IS HOMES THAT WERE
BUILT AND 20'S 30'S AND 40'S
AND SO THEY HAVE ONE CAR IT WAS
A BIGGER CAR USUALLY BUT AND
ONE CAR WITH HIS LITTLE WINDING
ROADS. SO YOU'VE GOT THE
PROBLEM OF THE GRASS WHERE
PEOPLE NEED TO GET OUT AND
INVEST WE'VE GOT FIRE APPARATUS
AND FOR OTHER FIRST RESPONDERS
TRYING TO GET IN SO
UNDERSTANDING THE NEEDS
IS IS ESSENTIAL. BUT ALSO YOU
HAVE TO PREPARE
YOUR HOME. PAIR YOUR FAMILY AND
THAT MEANS HAVING AN ESCAPE
PLAN KNOWING HOW TO GET OUT OF
THE HOUSE
2 WAYS YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHERE
TO GO AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT US
K PLANS A LOT OF US THINK ON
GOING TO GO ACROSS THE STREET
REST STOP AND A WILDFIRE YOU
YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO
ACROSS THE CITY OR TO SOME
OTHER PLACE YOU NEED TO THINK
ABOUT WHAT ROLE DO I TAKE IT
THAT'S BLOCKED WHAT SMILE
TURNED AND I THINK THAT'S AN
IMPORTANT DISTINCTION YOU BRING
UP BETWEEN YOU KNOW HOW WE
PREPARE FOR HOUSE FIRES WHICH I
THINK IS SORT
OF MORE.
>> OR INGRAINED IN MY EARLY
EDUCATION CURRICULUM THINGS
LIKE THAT AND HOW WE PREPARE
FOR WILDFIRES ARE OBVIOUSLY
VERY VERY DIFFERENT TYPES OF
HOW ARE THOSE PREPARATIONS
DIFFERENT AND WHAT CAN PEOPLE
DO AND SORT OF KNOW OK THIS IS
FOR A HOUSE FIRE THIS IS FOR A
WILDFIRE.
>> HOUSE FIRES ARE CONTAINED
TYPICALLY RIGHT SO THEY'RE IN A
SQUARE OR SYDNEY, OR
RECTANGULAR TYPE OF
THE STRUCTURE. THEY BURN SO YOU
WANT TO THINK ABOUT GETTING OUT
WHEN I WAS KID,
WE HAVE MAYBE 15 MINUTES TO GET
OUT OF A FIRE BECAUSE HOUSES
ARE MADE OF WOOD AND
METAL ONE IN CLASS TODAY.
WE HAVE ALL OF THESE PLASTICS
LIKE SITTING RIGHT IN FRONT OF
YOU SO WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF
POISONOUS GASES THAT CAN RUN WE
ONLY GOT ABOUT 2 MINUTES TO GET
OUT OF THE HOUSE.
IF THERE'S A FIRE WE NEED TO
KNOW HOW TO GET OUT THE FRONT
OF THE HOUSE TO GET OUT THE
BACK OF THE HOUSE.
MAYBE IF YOU HAVE 2 STORY HOUSE
OF THE LATTER THE LIGHT TO
DESCEND FROM ONE ANGLE TO IT'S
REALLY REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE
WORKING SMOKE ALARMS,
SMOKE ALARMS. ARE GOING TO
DOUBLE YOUR CHANCES OF
SURVIVING HOUSE FIRE THE
WILDFIRES ON THE OTHER HAND
RIGHT NOW THEY'RE COMPLETELY
UNCONTAINED THEY'RE OUT IN THE
OPEN. SO THEY'RE SUBJECT TO
EITHER TERRAIN SO WE HAVE TO
REIN DRIVEN WILDFIRES WHICH ARE
EITHER MOVING UP THE HILL ARE
DOWN THE HILLS LEARNED THEY GO
FASTER UPHILL.
>> REALLY WELL, YES WELL YOU
TELL ME
WHO TYPICALLY THEY'RE GOING TO
MOVE FASTER BUT THEY'RE STILL
GOING TO MOVE AT WHATEVER THE
BIRD RATE IS BASED ON THE FUEL
LOAD RIGHT, BUT ONCE A WILDFIRE
BECOMES WIND RIVER. SUCH AS THE
WOOLSEY FIRE
LAST YEAR. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN
THAT'S AN ACCELERATOR THAT'S
LIKE GOING FROM A FREIGHT TRAIN
TO A JET FIGHTER IN THE SENSE
OF SPEED AND IT'S NOT THE FIRE
FRONT TO BE SO CONCERNED ABOUT
IN A WIND DRIVEN WILDFIRE ALL
THAT STUFF YOU TO THE FRONT
IT'S ALL OF THE EMBERS THAT FLY
A BALLOON MORE THAN A MILE
AHEAD
OF EVERYTHING. SO WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT WHEN DRIVEN WILDFIRES ARE
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND ONE OF
THE BIGGEST ISSUES AS PEOPLE
CAN
BE SITTING IN THEIR HOME AND
THEY DON'T SEE ANYTHING AGO.
WE'RE GOOD, WE DON'T NEED TO
LEAVE EVEN THOUGH THEY'VE BEEN
TOLD TO YES AND ALL OF THAT
DRIER IS RIGHT THERE BECAUSE OF
OUR CAN MOVE 5060 MILES AN HOUR
IN
THE WIND AND THEN THEY WANT TO
GET OUT AND IT MAY BE TOO LATE
TO MAKE PEOPLE DIE IN THEIR
CARS ON THE ROAD BECAUSE IF
THERE'S TOO MUCH HEAT AND SMOKE
WILL DIE. SO THERE'S A WHOLE
LOT OF THINGS TO THINK ABOUT
AND REMEMBER WE CAN ALWAYS
REPLACE MATERIAL WE CANNOT
REPLACE LIVES. SO THE TRICK IS
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU NEED TO
DO BEFORE THAT EVACUATION
ORDER COMES.
>> WELL AND ANOTHER NOTE, DAVID
FRUM BRING OF WELFARE AS
THEY'RE NOT JUST DANGEROUS ARE
ALSO EXPENSIVE SO HOW CAN
PEOPLE ACTUALLY FINANCIALLY
PREPARE FOR A WILD CARD IN
THEIR AREA.
>> SO 3 THINGS ONE IN TERMS OF
PROTECTING THEIR PROPERTY
MAKING SURE THE BRUSH CLEARANCE
IS REALLY FOLLOWING THE PAY
ATTENTION THAT STATEWIDE IT'S
ABOUT A 100 FEET FROM ANY
STRUCTURE IN LOS ANGELES IS 200
FEET BUT WE LIKE TO THINK ABOUT
SOMETHING ELSE WHICH IS
OFTEN OVERLOOKED WITH KIND OF A
5 FOOT RULE THAT WE TALK ABOUT
WHEN WE'RE TEACHING PEOPLE
ABOUT THIS AND THAT IMAGINE
TAKING A MATCH AND PUTTING IT
AGAINST THE LAW GET YOUR
FIREPLACE AND IT'S NOT
TYPICALLY GET A LINEUP RIGHT
YOU'VE GOT TO PUT KINDLING OR
NEWSPAPER SOMETHING IN THERE TO
GET IT GOING. WELL IF YOU'VE
GOT WOULD STACKED AGAINST YOUR
HOUSE IF
YOU'VE GOT ONE FURNITURE OF THE
THINGS RIGHT UP AGAINST THAT
THAT'S THE KINDLING RIGHT TO
GET MORE LEAVES AND IN
AND THAT RUNOFF AREA SO IT'S
IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE YOUR
HOUSE IS ACTUALLY SEPARATED
FROM THE WHILE
AN AREA IN LAST WEEK'S AVERAGE
FIRE SOME INCREDIBLE STUFF TO
SEE HIM YOU'LL SEE BROWN LINES
GO RIGHT UP TO THE PROPERTY
LINES AND THAT'S BECAUSE SO
MANY PEOPLE REALLY PAID
ATTENTION RIGHT TO CLEARING THE
BRUSH. SO A LOT OF HOMES WERE
SAVED BECAUSE THE RESIDENTS
TOOK THAT THAT ACTION AND
FIREFIGHTERS ALSO LEARN FROM
EVERY FIRE AND IN THIS
PARTICULAR FIRE. THE STRUCTURE
DEFENSE WAS TERRIFIC IS ONE OF
THE MOST SAVES IN RECENT MEMORY
AT ALL.
>> I KNOW THE MORE THESE FIRES
HAPPEN UNFORTUNATELY THE MORE
PEOPLE INCREASE THEIR KNOWLEDGE
ABOUT WHAT TO DO. SO
THANK YOU. WE SHARED A LOT OF
HELPFUL INFORMATION THAT WILL
DEFINITELY KEEP IN FIRE SEASON
LONG IS THAT WE APPRECIATE.
>> IT A BEAR AND HIS EXECUTIVE
OFFICER OF MY SAFE L A.