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Los Angeles Fire Department’s diversity chief blames fire victims in shocking viral video defending DEI

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Los Angeles Fire Department Deputy Chief Kristine Larson, who heads the Office of Equity and Human Rights, appeared to blame the fire victims in a shocking video.

Shocking video shows the Los Angeles Fire Department’s diversity, equity and inclusion leader appearing to blame helpless fire victims as massive fires continue to rage through the City of Los Angeles.

In the public relations video that resurfaced in 2019, Deputy Director Kristine Larson, who heads the Office of Equity and Human Rights, defended the fire department’s use of DEI hiring practices.

She then addressed concerns that female firefighters might not be strong enough to pull a man out of a burning building, to which she simply responded, “He got in the wrong place if I have to get him out of a fire.”

The comment angered many online, considering that at least 16 people died in the California fires, which also razed approximately 40,300 acres of land, 12,300 homes and other structures.

They have also forced 180,000 people to evacuate and caused at least $135 billion in damage, which would exceed the damage caused by any hurricane that has hit the United States except Katrina in 2005. according to the BBC.

Deputy Chief of the Los Angeles Fire Department #KristineLarson should NOT be in your position if a heavy man is someone you wouldn’t even consider rescuing from a fire,” one California resident posted on X.

You’re better off working at Walmart or McDonalds.

Others criticized Larson’s comments in the video, insisting that residents want to be rescued by someone they can identify with.

Los Angeles Fire Department Deputy Chief Kristine Larson, who heads the Office of Equity and Human Rights, appeared to blame the fire victims in a shocking video.

“You want to see someone who responds to your house, to your emergency, whether it’s a medical or fire call, who looks like you,” he said.

“It gives that person a little more peace of mind to know that someone might understand their situation better.”

But many online said they didn’t care what their rescuers looked like, and if they did, they would want someone who looked physically fit for the dangerous job.

“In a burning building situation, I can assure you that I don’t want someone who looks like me,” wrote T Becket Adams, program director of the Young America Foundation’s National Journalism Center.

“I don’t want Temu Philip Seymour Hoffman,” he said, referring to the late actor.

“I want Ving Rhames to come in as the Kool-Aid Man,” Adams said of the Mission: Impossible star.

Conservative commentator Collin Rugg also criticized Larson’s comments.

“Los Angeles Fire Department Deputy Chief Kristine Larson says that when people’s houses are on fire, they want a firefighter who looks like them to show up,” he wrote.

“Interesting point: People just want someone to show up to stop their house from burning down.”

Los Angeles Fire Departments diversity chief blames fire victims in

Many online criticized Larson for her comments as massive fires continue to ravage the City of Angels.

Many online criticized Larson for her comments as massive fires continue to ravage the City of Angels.

Some critics have even argued that the city’s focus on awakening efforts has taken priority over adequately staffing and equipping its firefighters.

In fact, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass demanded that the fire department make an additional $49 million in budget cuts just one day before the devastating Palisades Fire broke out.

This cut is already in addition to the $17.6 million in cuts in its last budget.

The additional cuts would have closed 16 fire stations and crippled the department’s ability to respond to emergencies, sources said.

Firefighters battle the Palisades Fire, one of the simultaneous fires that have devastated Los Angeles County.

Firefighters battle the Palisades Fire, one of the simultaneous fires that have devastated Los Angeles County.

The Palisades Fire reached more than 23,000 acres Sunday night

The Palisades Fire reached more than 23,000 acres Sunday night

Meanwhile, some of the county’s wealthiest residents have hired private firefighters to protect their homes.

However, wildfires continue to burn, with the Palisades Fire burning across more than 23,000 acres as of Sunday night and the Eaton Fire burning more than 14,000 acres.

The Hurst Fire in the city of Los Angeles is 76 percent contained, but the National Weather Service warned that wind gusts of up to 50 to 65 miles per hour on Monday could cause explosive growth of the fire.

DailyMail.com has contacted the Los Angeles Fire Department for comment.

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