thedesertsun.com | Report faults Esperanza fire-fight decisions
Looks like they knew back in 2002 that the area & home that the men of Engine 57 died protecting....was NOT DEFENSIBLE!!! Perhaps somebody should have told them?...On top of that....they were using a radio frequency that could not be heard by their supervisors and it appears they lost full radio contact prior to the burn over. And then there was a problem with the supervison w/the federal firefighters, creating a span of control issue. And it goes on. Click the link above to read the article and link to the full report.
