It’s exactly because the risks are so low that you’d never get buy-in for a firebreak the size of which would be necessary to actually stop a town like Canmore or Banff from burning down.
You can pop over to the thread about logging near and around trails to see how quickly people resorted to insults and telling others to shut up for taking any position that wasn’t apoplectic defiance against their recreational “views” being altered. Or look at any conversation about improving the economical viability of places like Canmore or Banff. People get genuinely upset over anything that even hints at changing how they wanted these places to be 20 years ago (let alone how they are now).
I guarantee it won’t just be residents either. You’ll have thousands of people loudly opposed to altering places like Banff because it will harm their ability to enjoy the view when they visit, not giving a crap about the people at risk.
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