Fire Rhetoric-Easy Fire
Channel: Sean Anderson
Date: 2019-10-30

This is a compilation from a variety of news feeds throughout the day on October 30, 2019.  While the focus was on the Easy Fire at the intersection of Simi Valley, Moorpark, and Thousand Oaks, other fires such as the Hill Fire were breaking out over the course of the day.

Central themes and rhetorical framing I've highlighted here include the strong Santa Ana Winds (the "Extreme Red Flag Warning" conditions), viewing vegetation and open space as fuels and an ominous threat, and the paramilitary approach to firefighting via our incident command and mutual aid procedures.

Feeds came from KABC, KTLA, KNBC news and Windy.com.