Max Steiner was born in Sacramento, California. Steiner served in the U.S. Army from 2005 to 2009 and has served in the U.S. Army Reserve. He earned a degree from the University of California at Berkeley in 2011. Steiner's career experience includes working as a diplomat with the Foreign Service and a policy analyst with the RAND Corporation.
more smaller platforms like helicopters and single-engine air-tankers distributed around the nation and crewed/maintained by full-time federal personnel. Large, contracted air tankers have a place in the firefighting task organization; but they are expensive and lack flexibility.