mop up

The firefighter said he saw a state park representative on scene, though he did not speak to the person and had no information about whether the person influenced mop-up operations.

The Fire Department did not respond to questions about whether the state interfered with mop-up operations or otherwise influenced the decision to roll up hoses and leave the scene on Jan. 2.

“Bulldozers are a great tool for cutting firelines and fire breaks but they are not well suited for mop-up,” said Patrick Butler, a former assistant chief for the L.A.

As Jaime Moore prepares to take the helm of the Los Angeles Fire Department, he said he plans to commission an outside investigation into missteps by fire officials during the mop-up of a small brush fire that reignited days later into the destructive Palisades fire.

He also said he wants to expand the LAFD’s technological capabilities and better deploy the equipment it already has, such as the thermal imaging cameras and heat-detecting drones that officials did not deploy during the Lachman fire mop-up.