[Oatka]

"These fires, for the most part, are burning in coastal sage and chaparral, which we can't thin . . ."

Roust out all those inmates sitting on their butts 23 hours a day thinking up new scams. A few hours bent over clearing brush might motivate some of them into a career change.

Come to think of it, it would be a good place to utilize all those illegals who we now "catch and release".

[MineralMan]

"Roust out all those inmates sitting on their butts 23 hours a day thinking up new scams. A few hours bent over clearing brush might motivate some of them into a career change. "

Already being done. Crews of California state prison inmates work all the time clearing brush. They're not trained, however, as firefighters.

[Oatka]

Exactly. This is Democrat country and they NEVER EVER cut back.

To this day the area has not recovered.