Kudos-L.A. County’s emergency system weathers the heat
As the mercury shot upward Monday, first responders and power utilities braced for a hellish day of outages, heat-related illnesses and brush fires.
But if they expected chaos, they got a manageable onslaught instead.
Put to an aggressive test, Los Angeles County’s emergency system handled strains during the short but intense heat wave, responding to a swell in heat-related medical calls and record energy demand with relative precision, even as temperatures pushed to an all-time high of 113 degrees in downtown Los Angeles.