It wasn't funny if this was meant as a joke, especially now that Los Angeles County is likely experiencing the costliest wildfire in American history. During a commercial break for the show ‘9-1-1’ on Fox, LAFD Assistant Chief Kristine Larson did a media spot to increase diversity in emergency services. The LAFD has been criticized for spending an inordinate amount of time on DEI initiatives and less on vital aspects of training, like stopping wildfires.
LAFD Assistant Chief Kristine Larson:
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) January 9, 2025
"Am I able to carry your husband out of a fire? He got himself in the wrong place." pic.twitter.com/BofTVr6dWP
Los Angeles Fire Department Assistant Chief Kristine Larson says when people's houses are burning down, they want a firefighter to show up who looks like them.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) January 9, 2025
Hot take: People just want someone to show up who will stop their house from burning down.pic.twitter.com/zTIRB1NMQi
unless the fire is made of Twinkies and McRibs, I don't see this woke lesbian being a positive addition to the force https://t.co/WLrFkqGTYy
— Ace of Spades (@AceofSpadesHQ) January 9, 2025
LAFD recently created a DEI Bureau, which she leads. $399k salary.
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) January 9, 2025
This woman should be fired just for saying this. It’s a total betrayal of public trust. https://t.co/zpHTJIETwu
— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) January 9, 2025
“Yes, 911? My husband is trapped in a fire, can you please help? It’s an emergency”
— Lee (Greater) (@shortmagsmle) January 9, 2025
“Oh, uh, we don’t do that anymore. But we *can* send an obese black woman to make a sassy comment about how he got himself into this mess to begin with. She’s a lesbian.” https://t.co/V2gH7o4PUC
When responding to questions about whether women firefighters could physically do the job, like when she hears someone say, ‘you couldn’t carry my husband out of a fire,’ Larson said her response is “He got himself in the wrong place if I have to carry him out of a fire."
Yeah, yikes, lady. Also, you didn’t answer the question.
Multiple fires in the county have raged for days, torching tens of thousands of acres and destroying over 1,000 buildings, and none are contained. The Los Angeles Fire Department has been paralyzed, mainly because they don’t have water to fight the blazes.
Fire hydrants either had no water or ran out, part of the state’s reported efforts to not hurt local minnows. The high winds earlier this week prevented air assets from providing key assistance in controlling the fires.
