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?
Well, allowing controlled burns would be great in a perfect world, and there are plenty of them happening in the real one, but because of the stupid policies you mention, there is simply too much fuel built up in many areas to do them safely, or to let fires burn naturally. They can burn way too hot now, and kill the soil for generations.
It is a massive problem and a logistical near-impossibility to deal with all the built up fuels in millions upon millions of acres of forest. Maybe some sort of profit motive plan to find a commercial use for the stuff would be viable, but remember we’re dealing with a lot of lefty bureaucracies here. There is no cut and dried answer, and I for one applaud anyone willing to try to find one.
Untrue, but I know you like how it sounds.