How stupid can folks really be????

I daresay the great majority of destructive fires is started in some way by human screw ups

One of the "big fires" a few years ago in Spokane was started by some sort of barbecue? party? with a bunch of teenagers? This was the "Valley View" fire of 2008, burned 13 homes

And, even though "Firestorm 91" was evidently started by powerlines, it turned out that the cooperating fire depts did not have compatible radio systems.

When I worked for Motorola in the 90's we re--configured a BUNCH of radio gear in Spokane co. to make this happen. I've worked all over radio sites in the county to rework radios.........relocate, reconfigure into different repeated systems, and install additional equipment. When we got done, nearly any fire dept unit could communicate with central dispatch from most places in the county......with a hand held radio.