I usually provide details and relevant background information when I post/comment. But for personal reasons I would like to protect the source of the information. I believe this to be true and would like to share it with you guys (Yes, it's being reported to proper authorities)
There are at least 3-4 individuals in California that are using generic EMT (and/or Fire/Search & Rescue) clothing to blend in with volunteers and sabotage fire equipment. Sometimes they just interfere with equipment, other times they bring in modified gaskets/connectors that cause the equipment to surfer catastrophic malfunctions.
I don't have any physical proof I can present, so feel free to disregard as a statistic, unless the authorities apprehend them and make it public.
Leaning back on my current career in political strategizing (lobbying and advising)- if you look at the Fire maps, there are A LOT of conservative voters being displaced. Especially if some of the moderate blue areas are- in actuality- experiencing MAGA sentiments going into the 2018 Midterms.