the lapd and the los angeles county sheriff's department (lasd) organized response began to come together by mid-day. the lafd and los angeles county fire department (lacfd) began to respond backed by police escort; california highway patrol reinforcements were airlifted to the city. u.s. president george h. w. bush spoke out against the rioting, stating that "anarchy" would not be tolerated. the california army national guard, which had been advised not to expect civil disturbance and had, as a result, loaned its riot equipment out to other law enforcement agencies, responded quickly by calling up about 2,000 soldiers, but could not get them to the city until nearly 24 hours had passed. they lacked equipment and had to pick it up from the jftb (joint forces training base), los alamitos, california, which at the time was mainly a mothballed former airbase.