Overview
- Moore says he has no indication firefighters warned incident command about lingering hot spots at the Lachman site and has asked for any texts to be provided.
- He does not plan to determine who watered down the after-action report, noting interim Chief Ronnie Villanueva released it, and he vows to prevent such edits going forward.
- The report’s original author, Battalion Chief Kenneth Cook, declined to endorse the final version after changes that altered his findings.
- The department has expanded drone use for fires over an acre, revised mop-up practices, updated red-flag deployment and recall procedures, and strengthened evacuation coordination and alerts.
- An internal inquiry into the Lachman response is underway, state and city reviews will include both fires, and the agency faces about 100 firefighter vacancies as it considers smaller units and another helicopter.