PG&E opens command center for detecting wildfires
The utility has hired a San Diego-based private firefighting firm Capstone Fire and Safety Management to staff the operations center with fire prevention experts and stage firefighters throughout its service region. Capstone currently has two-person engine crews posted in Santa Rosa, Bakersfield, Paso Robles and Fresno in addition to a four-person team in Oakland, and they plan to add 20 additional engines by June, said Ed McOrmond, Capstone’s chief.
Private fire prevention and mitigation teams are increasingly seen as necessary for industries seeking to limit costly losses.
During the October firestorm, residential insurance companies sent private crews to defend client homes by setting up sprinklers, dousing embers and even applying fire-suppressant gels and foams.
"sent private crews to defend client homes"
So let me get this straight you've got firefighters saving some houses and letting others burn
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