The agencies today have much to lose from these Comm sites impacted by wildfires, not to mention all the new cameras being installed. . We’ve seen way to many being threatened or destroyed because of the lack of any defensible space. It’s never been a priority by most agencies to have these sites cleared off and defensible.
During the 2003 Cedar Fire, as the ATGS we put 10 S-2 loads of retardant around the SD County North Peak Comm site. That’s over 9,000 gallons to save the 2 acre site? It was spared major damage, but the retardant drift has caused many issues in those steel towers.