With record-breaking wildfires, communities across the West are making themselves more wildfire-resistant by retrofitting buildings and cutting vegetation. But even the ones ahead of the curve are struggling to pay for it.
"We can't 'one more engine, one more hand crew' our way out of this," Harbour says."We've got ourselves into a big problem, and it's taken some time. It's going to take some time, energy and effort to get our way out."
"There were [300] or 400 houses that were lost," says Jeff Willis, fire chief with the Big Bear Fire Department."It was also during that fire that we evacuated the entire community for about a week period. So that was a big moment of recognition is what I would say." "That was a heck of an effort," Willis says."Gradually over time, though it was initially controversial, I think we made tremendous strides."
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