I am honestly curious... Do you feel like putting out fires is a matter of opinion? Do you think firefighters are leaders and not worker bees? How does this rhetorical statement speculating vaguely about firefighters support your argument that leaders should have strong opinions about an issue even when they don't fully understand the issue?

FWIW, since you used the word "prevent", firefighters only put out fires that are already burning. The people leading in fire prevention aren't firefighters. Other people think about how to prevent fires. One example is the Forest Service in the US. The Forest Service is having nuanced debates about how to prevent forest fires, and one side of the argument is that many forest fires are natural. Fires have historically always happened, and they are part of our ecosystem. So, some of the thinking goes, we should let them burn. We are actually doing some ecological damage by putting out fires that start natually. We are also doing financial damage spending tax money on a "problem" that will never go away, and isn't a problem if we stop trying to live in the forest.

Other people who have properties & cabins in the woods would prefer that their choice to build a cabin in the woods was protected by firefighters no matter how the fire starts.

What is your opinion about whether naturally occurring forest fires should be fought?