"Gets paid $750,000 a year" - Joe Rogan and guest dissect evacuation chaos, exposing flaws in LA's fire management system

Episode #2257 of The Joe Rogan Experience saw the popular podcaster welcome close friend and frequent guest Bryan Callen. The pair discussed the fires raging through Los Angeles County, and the mismanagement of the whole ordeal that has reportedly led to various complications.

As Callen criticized the issues within the Los Angeles fire department's management of the wildfire, Rogan cracked jokes before using his humor as a means of expressing outrage over the jaw-dropping salary earned by the department official tasked with filling fire hydrants with water.

He said:

"I won't sit here while you disparage the great people that are running Los Angeles. Did you see the lady who's responsible for filling the fire hydrants gets paid $750,000 a year? That's a lot of money. That's sitcom money. That's like, 'I'm the star of a sitcom.' Not star, but you're like the third person on the sitcom."

Check out Joe Rogan mocking one of the LA fire department's employees (1:32):

While Rogan is no longer a California resident, he has expressed outrage over the California state government's handling of the wildfire. In fact, on episode #2256 of his podcast, he and fellow comedians Ari Shaffir, Shane Gillis and Mark Normand expressed criticism.

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Joe Rogan was once warned about the potential for a wildfire like the Palisades fire

As a former California resident, Joe Rogan is no stranger to wildfires. In fact, he has been forced to evacuate due to wildfires in the past. Curiously, he was once told by a fireman about the possibility of an unstoppable wildfire, with Rogan disclosing the interaction on episode #2178 of his podcast.

He said:

"So, I was talking to this guy and he was telling me, he goes, 'Dude. One day, it's just going to be the right wind and the fire's going to start in the right place, it's gonna burn through LA all the way to the ocean, and there's not a f***ing thing we can do about it.'"

Check out Joe Rogan disclosing his past conversation with a fireman (1:40:54):

It is a tale Rogan has recounted more than once on his podcast, highlighting the volatile conditions in California as a whole.