[The KG9 Kid]

I understand the point you're making, but put to the test I believe that we'd probably want to keep the dedicated 'hotshot' para-firefighters even if we rightly dispense with militarized police force 'Rambos', DMV unions, Teacher's unions, Dept of Fish & Game unions, and all of the other non-essential waste that is collapsing local/muni/state governments all over the nation.

Firefighters, let's keep those. You can protect your own household from property crime and you can protect yourself from violent crime but you're boned confronting a brush fire by yourself.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

If the EPA allowed controlled burns, there would be no need for hotshots.

Flash fires are a natural part of the ecology. Prevent them forever and flammable biomass builds up to catastrophic proportions. It ain’t rocket surgery.

Let’s solve the real problem instead of the unintended consequences of the actions of ignorant feral government bureaucrats, shall we?