Adding to what others have said... * the state-based Rural Fire Services are staffed mostly by volunteers * and have been inadequately funded for the last few

Adding to what others have said... * the state-based Rural Fire Services are staffed mostly by volunteers * and have been inadequately funded for the last few years, despite warnings that this fire season would be a shocker * we don’t have enough fire bombers * leadership by state and federal politicians has been a complete joke