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If you'd read the article it appears that gear is on site but largely unused, hence it's being commandeered by the locals.
It's not "largely unused". It's there so if the crews have to leave one spot quickly, so can't gather equipment, to get to another spot.
I take it you've never worked a forest fire before.
Could kinda see it frustrating for a group of people surrounded by fire though looking at the equipment that was just sitting there. They are feeling the end of the world a lot more than people who aren’t there and just saying “don’t”.
That’s just cruel and inhumane. Manipulative even. Like a science experiment on behaviour and then acting disappointed someone is going to try to save their own life despite your disapproval. And then still talk like your disapproval about them is the priority for everyone to consider more than their own life.
The people still there are the fucking problem. Maybe if they'd listened to the evacuation order, they wouldn't be there to see the stuff sitting there, and wouldn't be frustrated by it. These people need to be charged with theft, and charged for any losses that can be equated to their theft.