There is legislative activity and legal issues involving fire protection in nearly every state. In Wisconsin, an attorney general opinion will place citizens and firefighters at risk for the rest of our careers and beyond, all because a 20-unit apartment complex can be built in 2018 without adequate fire protection because of a political and legal conflict. The same thing is occurring in Connecticut. And a city in Arizona is being sued because it apparently overstepped its authority in trying to cooperate with developers to best protect the citizens, firefighters and community. The fire service’s ability to influence legislation seems to have eroded during my short 30-year stint in this great profession. Have the opponents hired more impactful lobbyists and lawyers to negate fire service credibility? Does the fire service have the political strategy and tactics to accomplish its tasks?