I don’t know what his office is really thinking, but that they can just roll the dice on urban alpha strike teams to always come to the rescue. The legal environment is such, with no small contribution by California’s leisure-class state politicians enjoying a wet year without the 1001 WUI riparian creek and parkway fires that constantly engage and tie up medics and available resources. I don’t really think this is something you bank on.
I mean, I guess when your getting exhortations from delirious sky pilot vacay boaters out on the reservoir so often and so loud that you can’t hear people from the nearby town saying T-shirt sales ain’t insuring their homes, and the USFS garages are full of engines with no one to drive them and transporters with no one to transport, you need to review your priorities and hang up on somebody or surrender the job, right? Hang up on the Sky Pilot and pick up the call from the Ranger, Mr. Speaker. Okay, I’m done. :\