the reality that I had been hearing lately was in LA the fire departments were full of “dei” hires that couldn’t do the job. My point was the 20 or so folks that trump shook hands with looks like capable firefighters. So I just wondered where the incapable ones were, or if they were just fiction, since the news is now completely full of lies

I have this in Multi-Cam... it goes everywhere with me. It's not to carry my firearm, but it has a lot of gear that makes life easier... on the left side I attached a water bottle carrier, that has a RATS Tourniquet I carry for my dogs since it can go around their skinny legs, on the top strap is a pouch connected by a clip and a piece of green paracord with a carabiner - is my flip phone, also on the top strap is a spare magazine, hanging off the front molle is my Uniden Bearcat scanner radio - I mostly get the NOAH Weather report or scan CB channels for trucker chatter on the highway, attached to the molle on the right side is a IFAC with a CAT Tourniquet with trauma sheers attached to outside molle of the IFAC, inside the two zippered compartments of the main bag are general medicines - aspirins, tums, Benadryl, eye drops, many different bandaids, and a bunch of other assorted small tools, pens, paper, sunscreen... all to make life better when away from the house type gear...
I can't tell you how many times having this kit with me I've used something from it, for myself, the wife a friend... I highly recommend getting a bag like this and carrying some gear to make life easier when away from home.

He has coached 38 years on 13 teams and we’re his first head coach job.

Here's some reality. Most of this country does not care what color a firefighter is. Hell if we are masked up you can't even tell hat color we are to start with. People just want help. We are there to help them regardless of their race, religion, sexual preference, political beliefs or their preferred pronouns. The tones drop for a call and we head to the apparatus EVERY single time. We are not given any information about the caller except the bare minimum that tells us the nature of the call. In 25 years I have yet to see ANY delayed response or lack of professionalism from one single firefighter I have worked with. If that person needs help, we help them. Its our job but more importantly we took an oath. Anyone trying to say that firefighters give a rip about any demographics that a patient/victim might have is unequivically full of BS.
I also challenge anyone to go by a station and you will see firefighters from all backgrounds working there. Again, none of us care what the demographics are of the people we work with. We just care that they can do their jobs when it hits the fan. Nothing else matters one single bit.

Looks like LAFD is in compliance with the DEI EO, looks like he’s shaking hands with a 100% white male fire force, I don’t know, it was in the shade, maybe a few were Latino haha