I am writing that in the context than sometimes no matter what initial action we take fires blow up in the initial stages. What makes a fire spread very rapidly are the hazard conditions leading up to the event and prevailing conditions of that fire at time of ignition, time of day, weather, wind, slope, fuel, access, etc.
Only posting part of the post puts it out of context for most, but I do think I know what you are getting at.
Yeah, sorry... I did remove a little context from your statement, and focused in on the one sentence; it seemed, ugh, for lack of a better word - timely. If you were to review pages 7 and 8 of the 2003 Firestorm Provincial Review - you'll get most of the bullets and yeah, I'm sure you know what I'm getting at.
I have a little experience with this to draw on. The largest single (extremely focused and concise) request for information that I've ever done (in BC) - came back with an initial estimate of $50,000.00. I can almost understand that cost estimate, as there are literally tons of information that have to be sifted, but I don't. I see the overall value in having that information out in public as far outweighing the cost to make it available. Sometimes, you'd be surprised what can be learned from a rather benign piece of paper that seems insignificant to most.
To give the uninitiated an idea of the volume of information captured during a significant fire event. "Yarnell Hill", dispatch logs, IFR, notes, field reports, statements and photos; from two days, take up 13.9 gigs. That's not including any of the videos that were captured on state devices, or the notes and photos taken by the police - those are in other folders.
"Thirty Mile", about 14 years ago - 5.6 gigs.
So, how about it? Want to revisit that topic in a few weeks and we can both share our perspective? I might even draw up an FOI in the interim.