Dustin Burrows: “We contract through the federal government to have airplanes…”

“We think that the fires could have been contained earlier with the use and effective use of. Of aircraft. And what we found is that We contract through the federal government to have airplanes available and on call when we need them. Unfortunately, the people making the decisions at more the fed level said, well, wildfire season in California is not till March or April. Okay? So we didn't have the aircraft available when we needed it.” (26:59–27:08)

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