You aren't stopping that fire in the wind storm no matter the FD budget. The FD budget is 900 Million....
When fire can jump 10 lane freeways you think a Cat D9 fire break cut in the hillside makes a difference? Embers blowing 1/4-1/2 mile down wind. Good luck.
Sucks but the situation as it came about is totally indefensible from a fire service perspective. Everybody looks for someone to blame. Nature is a ***** sometimes.