Four firefighters died in the Knowles Fire burnover, and a fifth remains severely injured. Their families have waited to learn why. Our thoughts are with them today. We asked one question: why were these firefighters deployed into conditions this extreme? While we appreciate DOI’s work to make these findings public, the report doesn’t give us satisfying answers. Faster, hotter wildfires are our new normal. We need to adequately staff our wildfire response teams and question whether DOI’s full suppression strategy is the right policy. Our team will review the report with DOI and push for the answers we need to protect Colorado’s firefighters.