Do firefighters ever start fires?
Firefighters conduct hazard reduction burns to reduce the fuel in the landscape.
IMAGINE
If you saw smoke in the distance during the Winter months, what might firefighters be doing?
Planned burns are important for managing the risk of bush fire.
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Actor Ben Lawson, who has starred in Modern Family, Firefly Lane, 13 Reasons Why, wrote this poem in Los Angeles where he has lived since 2008, as a love letter to his burning homeland.
The RFS has made to changes to their aerial firefighting fleet and introduced high tech solution in response to the terrible 2019/2020 bush fire season.
In 2023 AerialFire magazine featured the changes and explained why they are world class.
#1 FACT
Hazard reduction burns are conducted in the cooler weather.