The family purchased the pump a few years back and tested it a few times, but never had to use it in an emergency, until the Palisades fire encroached on their neighborhood, starting on Jan. 7 ...

If the fire came for his home, nothing he could do would be able to stop it. So he declined his friends’ offer to deploy their trusty water pump. “I don’t see the point,” he said.

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A father and son assembled a system consisting of a generator, pump, pool water, hose and sprinklers to save their home from disaster By Hetty Chang • Published January 13, 2025 • Updated on ...

A Los Angeles family in the Palisades Highlands shared this week how they used their swimming pool, a generator, sprinkler, pump and a fire hose to save their house from the wildfires, which have ...

He was hoping to buy a fire pump — if they haven’t all been purchased. And the pool still has water in it. So they’ll be filling up buckets and putting out flames where they flare up.

Vicky Collison, 60, helps her son, Andrew Grinsfelder, 18, set up a pump to siphon water out of their pool to spray down the roof of their home as the Palisades fire approaches.