As wildfires worsen, Trump administration revives discredited policy to stomp out all fires quickly

The Trump administration has revived a discredited policy of quickly extinguishing all wildfires, leading to the deaths of three U.S. government firefighters in a Colorado wildfire. The new federal Wildland Fire Service, created without congressional approval, consolidates personnel from four Interior Department agencies and emphasizes 'full suppression' of fires, a shift from prior ecological management approaches.