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Hmm, I thought controlled burns were best practice and was being done. Is that not the case?
by thoughtexplorer 8y ago
Hmm, I thought controlled burns were best practice and was being done. Is that not the case?
- maire 8y agoControlled burns are best practice but are not being done. For federal land, agencies have had their budgets repeatedly cut. This has left less money for thinning and other prevention work. Fire fighting money comes from a different "emergency" budget even though fires happen every year so it's not really an emergency. For private land creating a defensible space is on the books but is not being enforced.
- rsync 8y ago"For private land creating a defensible space is on the books but is not being enforced." That depends on the area... I am a volunteer firefighter in Marin County (basically San Francisco) and we do defensible space consultations all summer and the paid firefighters of Marin County do indeed drive around all summer writing fix-it sheets for homeowners that are in the wildland-urban interface.