I can’t help but think of analogy to engineering orgs where leadership places higher value on engineers whose highly visible “heroics” fix a mess they created i

I can’t help but think of analogy to engineering orgs where leadership places higher value on engineers whose highly visible “heroics” fix a mess they created in the first place, rather than the engineer that makes boring decisions that prevent the problems in the first place. I have zero knowledge or expertise in forest management or wildfire fighting, but I suspect there isn’t a simply a single method that’s more effective. Meaningful progress likely requires an interrelated system of measures spanning education, policy, understanding risk tolerances, prevention and response. But if expensive response measures — with low-efficacy — are taken primarily for political reasons, I’d love to see the political value shift to more boring proactive measures. With that said, I don’t have any understanding/data on efficacy of tankers, or what proactive measures would be more valuable, just thinking aloud.