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No, not every fire can be prevented, but one can: 1. Reduce known and common sources of ignition, reducing their frequency (PG&E should be involved in this) 2
by ashtonkem 6y ago
No, not every fire can be prevented, but one can:
1. Reduce known and common sources of ignition, reducing their frequency (PG&E should be involved in this)
2. Regularly do controlled burns so that huge fires are rarer
3. Improve standoff room so that when fires do happen, they do less damage to where the people actually are. (This is the town and property owner's responsibility)
Number 3 is really important, because some of the worst hit areas in CA were built way too close to the interface between wilderness and urban areas. Living among the trees might be really nice, but when the fire comes there will be no stopping it at all.
- AbrahamParangi 6y agoReducing fire frequency increases fire severity. There’s no escape from that.
- zaroth 6y agoRight, the solution is more fires, not less. Just as controlled burns, not raging infernos.
- peterwoerner 6y agoUnless you manually do the work which fires do of clearing out the brush, dead limbs and damaged trees yourself.
- ashtonkem 6y agoOne can burn more and reduce the chance of unintentional burns. What you don’t want is random bits of high voltage wire kicking off fires where you aren’t expecting them, which saps resources from proscribed burns.