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LA Firefighters Are Lazy and Maybe Starting Fires on Purpose

from #218 - Fake Business | The Tim Dillon Show · #218

5 min

Tim rants that LA's fire department is incompetent, joking that firefighters are jealous of cops getting attention so they're secretly lighting fires, and that putting out a fire is as simple as water and a hose.

In this bit10 moments
  • LA fire department is incompetent and lazy, making progress only by accident.
  • Tim spots firefighters standing idle on a suburban street with nothing to do.
  • Firefighters are starting the fires themselves to get attention because cops are getting all the coverage.
  • Extinguishing fires is simple: point a hose at it and put water on it.
  • Everything now is about drama and making things seem harder than they are.
  • Tim realizes mid-bit that he actually believes what he's saying about firefighter incompetence.
  • Solution: make everything wet so it can't catch fire, like having a water gun fight.
  • These fires go on for weeks; firefighters must be enjoying watching things burn.
  • Questioning what kind of person becomes a firefighter—someone who likes heat?
  • Newsom should throw the fire department under the bus and admit they're incompetent.
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Los Angeles Fire DepartmentGavin NewsomBobcat FirefirefightingSan Gabriel MountainMount WilsonAngelus National ForestCalifornia

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