fire clearance?

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SEEB... I realize the difference in vegetation, the dead pines are not as dense as one would think. The addition of them made it particularily bad, as it added to the dense floor vegetation, that had grown out of hand due to budget cuts (clearing crews). In any Wildland interface area ( Jungle/forest to homes) the threat of a fire is always there, just like lava. The best thing you can do is to be vigilant about removing dead growth, give yourself a defense space, and have water on hand to "encourage" it to go the other way. Note to consider, the more garden hoses you use, the less water in the pipe to keep the big trucks filled, and if someone abandons a hose line, water wasted as it continues to flow. The biggest political end ( as the story goes)of the fires last summer is that they use inmates to battle the fire, and if the crew chief sees a "grow" he has to keep them away from that area a a possible breach is now available there. The Swedes fire had so many "grow" plots they made a huge containment area , assessed which homes had a defensible area, and protected those, and let the rest burn out. I guess it was cheaper to them instead of using CAMP.

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