I jokingly call myself a California refugee. Fires, earthquakes, flooding, and mudslides were a normal part of life. My wife's side of the family are all multi-generational California firefighters. I hope that this is the fire event that results in change. If it is what normally happens, it'll be thoughts and prayers followed by eventual budget cuts. I was talking about budget cuts when this broke, and then the news broke about the budget cuts. 

If you talk to senior firefighters, they can articulate the problems. It's not just budget cuts; it's a lot of preventative measures the fire services know they can take to prepare for these inevitable fires.