“Meanwhile, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Glendale), whose district borders the Angeles National Forest, said the Forest Service failed to address concerns that he and five other local members of Congress raised more than two years ago about the agency’s firefighting capabilities.
In an August 2007 letter, the lawmakers cited reports of a ‘severe shortage of qualified supervisors’ in the forest and complaints that many firefighters had quit because of low pay and management that ‘has not been responsive.’
‘We’ll look at what the Forest Service investigation reveals and we’ll see if a broader investigation needs to be done,’ Schiff said Wednesday. ‘It seems to me that this is a situation where you would want maximum transparency.’ “
Tags: Law Enforcement, Wildfires
