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That would be ideal but probably not realistic given budgets and resistance to forest thinning. As an intermediate step I think we should look to performing a patchwork of this management like discussed in this video.It is the same on Hwy 22 on the east slope. All they need to do is extend those same management practices throughout federal lands. Letting the forests burn is a poor substitute.
Pre-commercial thinning, brush removal, and controlled burning is the way to go.
I think of fire refugia like bombshelters. Sure it would be great if every building could be bomb resistant but that would be very costly and difficult to accomplish. Instead we could install bombshelters scattered throughout an area so people can easily access them when under threat of bombing. That would allow some people to survive and repopulate the city after the threat is over.