A Los Angeles family in Palisades Heights shared this week how they used their pool, a generator, a sprinkler, a pump and a fire hose to save their home from fires. forest fires, Which destroyed thousands of homes.
The system is “very budget-friendly and easy to operate,” Instagram user Cali_._love wrote along with a video showing them pumping water from their pool and spraying it on plants around their hillside home.
“There is no doubt in my mind that this generator, pump, pool, sprinkler and fire hose helped save our family home,” Callie_Love wrote. “My father was very insistent that all the neighbors have one. He was right as he had done it many times in his career.”
They said they drained two swimming pools — their own and a neighbor's — and ran their equipment for 10 hours over two days, drenching the plants and roof “only to return the next day to find the bottom half of the palm tree burned along with the logs.” The entire hills.
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A Los Angeles family shared how they used their pool, generator, sprinkler, pump and firehouse to save their home from wildfires that destroyed thousands of homes. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)
“If it weren't for him, he would be there No more home And maybe no more neighbors. Were we lucky? To the fullest extent. Were we ready? Yes. Were there things we would have done differently? Absolutely,” they wrote.
When they saw that their house did not burn down, they said they were “adamant” that everyone with a pool should use their system.
Even without a swimming pool, there are other solutions for water storage, they said.
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The system is “very budget-friendly and easy to operate,” Instagram user Cali_._love wrote along with a video showing them pumping water from their pool and spraying it on plants around their hillside home. (kali_._love/Instagram)
“Since we have been in the area we have done our job Tours of neighbors' homes They added: “And our dear family friends. We encountered a lot of threatening embers and live fires. It was a challenge to get rid of them all, but we did our best with buckets and pools. If they had this, we would have been 100 times more efficient.”
A house is reduced to ashes following 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 a demo for anyone interested in using the system to protect their home.
