Los Angeles' ultra-diverse assistant fire chief under fire for victim-blaming men who get caught in fires

LOS ANGELES, CA - It was only a matter of time before the liberal obsession with diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) got somebody killed. With the Los Angeles Fire Department currently under a microscope, the city’s DEI hiring practices have been placed under increased scrutiny, particularly the command staff of the city’s fire department and the head of the city’s Department of Water and Power. 

A video featured Deputy Chief Kristine Larson, who heads the department’s Equity and Human Resources Bureau. The New York Post reports that Larson spoke about the department’s focus on “equity” rather than qualifications. The video was uncovered as a devastating series of wildfires has ravaged tens of thousands of acres, destroyed thousands of homes, and killed, at last count, over two dozen people. 

Larson addressed questions about allegations that female firefighters aren’t strong enough to carry a man out of a burning building. Although Larson claims to be a female, she looks like a fullback and might be able to pull it off. But we digress. 

Instead of addressing how a female firefighter weighing 130 pounds might extricate a man weighing 230 pounds, Larson took to victim-blaming. In response to the question, Larson said, “He got himself in the wrong place if I have to carry him out of a fire.” 

We wonder if Larson is equally critical of women who get themselves “in the wrong place.” 

Larson’s video went viral last week when the city was caught off guard and unprepared to deal with an outbreak of wildfires despite advance forecasts of high winds amid the West Coast’s annual brushfire season. There were at least three large-scale wildfires, including one that took out much of the Pacific Palisades area of the city, one of the oldest and wealthiest areas of the city that many of the “rich and famous” call home. 

The Palisades fire alone has claimed nearly 40 square miles. Early estimates of the fire's loss range from $135 to $150 billion, making it the most expensive disaster in U.S. history, except for Hurricane Katrina. 

Some critics have criticized the LAFD for its obsession with DEI initiatives instead of adequately staffing and equipping the fire department’s personnel. Transparent California said Larson was paid $307,000 to manage the DEI extravaganza in 2023. 

“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. Hot take: People just want someone to show up who will stop their house from burning down,” conservative influencer Colin Rugg wrote in an X post sharing the infamous video of Larson. 

“It sounds like parody,” one user commented. “People are dying and losing their homes right now because of people like this.” 

Libs of TikTok shared a post of Larson, Training and Support Bureau Commander Jaime Brown, and Fire Chief Kristin Crowley, who is openly lesbian. 

‘This is the leadership team of the Los Angeles Fire Department,” the page wrote. 

Meanwhile, while liberals like Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Ed Markey (D-MA) bloviate about “climate change” causing the fires, The New York Post reports that according to a new report, the Palisades fire had “human origins” as its likely cause. Investigators believe someone started the fire, possibly as an accident, the Los Angeles Times reports. 

The area where the fire started is popular with hikers and is often used as a teen hangout. The area is an overlook known as Skull Rock on the Temescal Ridge trail in Pacific Palisades. 

A small fire sparked by fireworks started there on New Year’s Eve, but it was quickly extinguished. Authorities are investigating whether that fire may have continued burning underground. However, they believe the location’s popularity makes it possible that another fire started in that area last Tuesday, fanned by winds up to 100 mph from the seasonal Santa Ana winds. 

Oh, and Warren is trying to fundraise for the Democrat Party off the LA fires.