With California suffering the effects of climate change for several years now, safety personnel (i.e. fire and law enforcement) are well adept to handle wildfires in any type of terrain and time of year.
With that said, what LA County has experienced (and is continuing to experience) over the past couple of days is truly unique. We have THREE major wildfires going on in the county that have resulted in the loss of life and thousands of structures. Compounding the problem is that the heavy winds (which are forecasted to return again over the weekend) have made it extremely difficult to utilize air support to get containment. As such, firefighters are overly reliant on their ground forces. The firefighters rely upon local law enforcement to help with evacuations, set up roadblocks, and security (for them and the neighborhoods). But because we're talking about multiple large areas (with more smaller fires popping up here and there in between), there simply aren't enough resources to get a handle on things quickly and safely. Now, most of the time, counties can rely upon mutual aid from neighboring cities/counties. But our neighbors are unable to send their full complement of resources knowing damn well that their county/community is subject to the same wildfire situation - most recently in Camarillo (Ventura Co.).
I'm sure that ALL NFL stadiums require a minimum level of law enforcement and fire response both on-site at the stadium as well as within a 5-mile radius. But if local safety personnel are deployed to address these ongoing wildfire emergencies, there's no guarantee that they can meet their minimum requirements for an event at SoFi Stadium - especially since the nation just suffered a terrorist attack only a week ago.
I'm hoping that the winds die down and that firefighters can get ahold of things. But resources are stretched extremely thin right now and I'm sure the NFL is taking note of all of this.
