FIRE, THE FOREST REJUVENATOR
In the past 100 years, we have pop-ulated the forest interface where fire has always been an elemental tool in maintaining a healthy forest. The most difficult concept for structural and wildland firefighters to accept is that forests and wildlands are supposed to burn. At the same time, the remaining urban and suburban properties require even more privacy, and greenbelts of flammable materials interconnect them. Thus, structural exposures be-come part of the forest fuel load and the job descri
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