 The report also found that the agency successfully carried out changes necessary to resume burning, but that more work remains. The agency still needs to establish better performance metrics for burns and build a workforce able to carry out the scale of prescribed fire many agree is necessary, among other steps. Neil Chapman is with Flagstaff's Fire Department and served on a federal wildfire commission last year that also identified workforce size as a key barrier. The Forest Service can't do it alone. Our local partners can't do it alone.