A Los Angeles family living in Palisades Highlands told this week how they used a pool, generator, sprinklers, pumps and fire hoses to protect their home from the wildfires that have destroyed thousands of homes.
The system is “very budget-friendly and easy to operate,” Instagram user Cali_._love said in a video showing the system pumping water from a pool and spraying it on the vegetation surrounding her hillside home. I wrote it with
“There is no doubt that these generators, pumps, pools, sprinklers, and fire hoses helped save our family's home,” Cali_._love wrote. “My dad was very adamant that everyone in the neighborhood had it, and he was right because he's done it many times in his career.”
They said they drained two pools, theirs and a neighbor's pool, and ran their equipment for 10 hours over two days, flooding their plants and roof. “When I came back the next day, the bottom half of the palm tree was burned down, the whole hillside.
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A Los Angeles family has told how they used swimming pools, generators, sprinklers, pumps and fire stations to save their home from the wildfires that destroyed thousands of homes. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)
“Without this, we wouldn't have a house anymore and probably no neighbors. Were we lucky? Very lucky. Were we ready? Yes. What we would do differently Was there? Definitely,” they wrote.
Seeing that his home did not burn down, he said he was “absolutely” that anyone with a pool should use the system.
They said that even without a pool, there are other water storage solutions.
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The system is “very budget-friendly and easy to operate,” Instagram user Cali_._love said in a video showing the system pumping water from a pool and spraying it on the vegetation surrounding her hillside home. I wrote it with (cali_._love/Instagram)
“As we were in the area, we patrolled neighboring homes and close family friends,” they added. “We encountered a lot of threatening embers and live ammunition. It was difficult to put them all out, but we did our best with buckets and their pools. With this, we It would have been 100 times more efficient.”
A house is reduced to ashes in the aftermath of the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on Thursday, January 9, 2025. (Michael Nigro/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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They also provided demonstrations for anyone interested in using the system to protect their home.
