Threatening your state are stark reminder of this present danger. Before the hearing we spoke with tom wescott. He estimates that a vast majority of his membership will be engaged in those efforts before the fire is finally brought under control. The scourge of wildfires has become epidemic and will i am peril our nation. Changing the way in which federal government budgets for wild land Fire Fighting. It makes sense and should be done but only a first step. For decades firefighters are battled on how to deal with wildfires. Today with the increased development of wild land urban interface, we want to develop a more wholistic strategy to deal with the issue. The clearly the federal government must take the lead. We applaud the strategy. This strategy establishes a National Vision for wild land Fire Management and response. The strategy is an Excellent First step but once again more must be done in the 1960 and 1970s they were blited with with arson. The National Commission on Fire Prev