How did our emergency services fail us? We've got to do better!
You have to see how violently and rapidly fires start in the arid, semi-desert climates of the Southwest to understand that there was little that emergency services could do in the latest CA fires. Mix in a 17-year drought period, Santa Ana winds and poor forest management, and there is nothing that can be done to contain this type of fire.
While the Camp Fire shows how improvements need to be made in the notification process, in many cases the fire moved faster than evacuation process could be completed.