Yep, but breaks are better than nothing, and they add accessibility to the fire as well. I'm certainly not suggesting we don't use prescribed burns as a useful too.

My father was a hotshot crew chief for 18 years in 6 western states. He once saw a fire cyclone throw fire from one gulch to another 5 miles away in high winds. His last wildfire was the 'let it burn' Yellowstone fires of 2000, after which he was just too worn out and smoked out to do it anymore. Most of his crew were members of Blackfeet tribe while in Montana, and mostly Navajo in Arizona.

Personally, I watched the Bob Marshall Wilderness (The Bob is the 5th largest wilderness in the lower 48 states) nearly burn up completely because they couldn't get crews too it. Luckily, it didn't affect too many people, in terms of property damage or lives lost, but what about the trillions of tons of carbon it released?