Did you have some fantasy that someone from a long line of farmers would not know the history of the land and be able to bring it up on a forum?
I live the fantasy of having a retired California firefighter who fought these types of fires for 34 years.
And so you never even learned how firebreaks are made in other states.
Living in one area, you have assumed that the inadequate measures enforced in your area are the norm in other parts of the country which have just as severe wind and dryness as where you live and work, but only a fraction of the wide ranging fires and who get them put out with only a fraction of the personnel.
I don’t care how long you did the fighting job, that doesn’t change mathematics.