BREAKING: This screenshot was sent out Tuesday night and was the first time most deputies working the #Eaton fire had heard any warning from LASD regarding the extreme environmental and potential health risks.
It seems the and are not only intent on destroying the department, they are willfully withholding critical information that could destroy lives of department personnel.
The information from a source just sent to me working the fire zone is extremely troubling.
“Deputies have been working 18-20 hour shifts for a week at this point, walking through rubble and ash, looking for remains and recovering items. We have been taking boots and uniforms home to our families and young children that are covered in cancerous particulates for over a week because the department failed to warn us of the risks.
Deputies have had to source their own masks from fire and other agencies because LASD has not been providing them.
Many deputies have developed chronic and persistent coughs and respiratory problems since working the fires. I know of several that have gone to urgent care with difficulty breathing after deployments in the burn zones.
We had to find out from the fire department that the air was unsafe, our own department didn’t bother to tell us.
Meanwhile, we still haven’t heard a peep from our union ALADS about any of this……they are too busy schmoozing with absent sheriff Luna at a BBQ.
The entire operation is a mess. The CP (command post) is at the Rose Bowl but they are having deputies respond to the Hansen Dam which is 30 minutes away from the deployment area.
At the command post deputies are getting orders on paper like it’s the 1980s and then being sent out (another 30-minute drive back) randomly to relieve guys and girls who have been out there for sometimes in excess of 20 hours.
Deputies who were on missions to look for remains or recover items and were required to walk through burned-down buildings were not offered masks and were not given the opportunity to decontaminate or clean their uniforms and boots at the end of their assignments.
Morale is below zero. Everyone is exhausted, haven’t seen their families, and have NO CONFIDENCE in our “leadership”.
And yet another story for you @DrPatSoonShiong @latimes Is the convicted felon you still have covering the LA County Sheriff’s Department interested in stealing this story?
There is asbestos and other neurotoxins in the smoke that is hovering over LA. I wrote to a nutritionist asking what's the best way to treat the brain fog, lethargy, and other symptoms from the smoke.
She wrote,
Well, detox is needed, but leaving for better air would be more helpful. Air is probably full of neurotoxins adding to the damage already present.
Pomegranate peel helps to clump nanoparticles toxins and fights against hyperinflation. High-dose niacin and thiamine would help, and vitamin C, and other antioxidants.
Take good care of your valuable self.
