That dead landscape is still scattered across the state. we re seeing these extreme duration of wind events. i ve seen what s been happening for 20 years. and when we say explosive fire growth, it is. climate change has played a major role. the governor has identified that. he s made investments in resources and response, including additional firefighters that are part of the prevention message that the governor has really leaned forward on and throughout the state, 35 projects that have really impacted over 200 communities and if it s what we saw in this last fire fight is a testament to the improvement. our thanks to you. we met when there was a fire season, now it s all year round. thank you. we ll be right back.
Well, and we also have a much heavier deployment than we ve had on normal routine days. i ve been struck over the last several days about how much we are hearing from police departments like yours, like in new york city, and also from federal officials as well about how concerned they are and how much security they re putting in place. i m wondering who the audience is for this message? is it the public? do you want to reassure the public that you re on it and things are going to be okay or is it a message to people who might want to do harm themselves? it s really a prevention message. it s a preparation message. it s to ensure that the government responds to this threat appropriately and that we put out enough resources to deal with it, but secondly is to elevate the attention cycle of communities, to say, look, government can t do this alone. police departments can t do this alone. we need to leverage our resources, and our greatest resource is the communities that we serve.