Rain aids L.A. firefighters, prompts fears of toxic runoff, while Trump plays politics

“Our current dominant model is to invest in reactive wildfire suppression, and the costs are just soaring,” Timothy Ingalsbee, co-founder and executive director of Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology, told the Guardian.

Climate change is stoking monster blazes that no amount of dollars or human effort can put out, the former wildland firefighter warned.

Rather than reactively laying siege to fire whenever it appears on the land, Angelenos need to “re-engage” with an element that has always been a part of the ecosystem in which they live, Ingalsbee said.