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by lazide 529 days ago
It would be like if someone you never met came up to you and held a revolver to your head, and told you they were going to play Russian roulette.

If they told you the 99% percentile odds of the next trigger pull, would it be okay to stay if you thought you liked the odds?

And if you were silly enough to believe him, who would be to blame if he was wrong?

Oh, here are some more [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarnell_Hill_Fire]. Oh and [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1933_Griffith_Park_fire]. And [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackwater_Fire_of_1937]

There is a reason why firefighters are considered to be one of the most heroic professionals.

And some more (not all related to wildfires though) [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_deadliest_firefi...]

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Prisoners one day, hero firefighters earning a dollar an hour the next.

https://www.businessinsider.com/california-fire-inmate-firef...