LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- After months of pressing for access and answers , we are finally hearing from those within the Los Angeles Fire Department who planned for and led the Palisades Fire fight.

Tune into Eyewitness News today at 5 p.m. for the full report with investigative reporter Kevin Ozebek.

Chief Deputy Joe Everett was the Incident Commander for the Palisades Fire , calling many of the shots and making critical decisions like evacuations.

"We're going to use this as a blueprint for change, and we're going to be better," Everett told ABC7.

That starts by looking at the Lachman Fire that sparked on Jan. 1 and, according to federal investigators, smoldered underground for a week before devastating winds whipped it into the Palisades Fire.

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