{"id":11341022,"date":"2026-01-06T14:06:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T22:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/?p=11341022&preview=true&preview_id=11341022"},"modified":"2026-01-06T15:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T23:02:11","slug":"new-lafd-chief-admits-there-were-missteps-in-analysis-of-palisades-fire-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/2026\/01\/06\/new-lafd-chief-admits-there-were-missteps-in-analysis-of-palisades-fire-response\/","title":{"rendered":"New LAFD chief admits there were missteps in analysis of Palisades fire response"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the eve of the one-year anniversary of the eruption of the Palisades fire, the Los Angeles Fire Department’s recently sworn-in chief admitted there were missteps made by leadership when examining the response to the blaze before the agency locked in on\u00a0 corrective action to prevent residents from enduring another harrowing wildfire experience.<\/p>\n

“We acknowledge where we must do better,” said Jaime Moore during a LAFD’s Board of Commissioners meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 6. “We take responsibility for making these improvements, and we’re fully committed to making sure that lessons learned from the Palisades fire result in meaningful and lasting change.”<\/p>\n

Moore, during a 10-minute verbal report to the commissioners, said the mistakes taken by the department last year were not the fault of frontline firefighters but instead they “reflect leadership decisions, legacy systems and long-standing structural constraints that must evolve to meet today’s risk environment.”<\/p>\n