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But many larger cities need to act sooner, “because of the constant wear and tear city equipment takes,” said Marc Bashoor, a former fire chief who now trains firefighters across the country, in an email.

Deputy fire chief Joanne Bowcock said in a statement that she recognised Mr Brown was under pressure but that she never considered he would take his own life.

But putting a charlatan like Kennedy in charge of the nation’s health is like hiring an arsonist as your fire chief.

Her halting initial response to the fires triggered fierce criticism, and she sparred with her then fire chief and her own recovery czar.

She began the year facing a barrage of criticism over the city’s handling of the Palisades fire — her initial absence, her removal of an outspoken fire chief, the unpredictable doings of her recovery czar.