Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor's wall is ablaze.
I'd rather fight 100 structure fires than a wildfire. With a structure fire you know where your flames are, but in the woods it can move anywhere; it can come right up behind you.
Big fires flare up in a wind, but little ones are blown out unless they are carried in under cover.
I've burned the trash a few times and it got away from me. I've caught the yard on fire. I've burnt up some acreage and had to call the fire department a couple of times.
A litle wind kindles; much puts out the fire.
Like, yes, we had a furniture fire get out of control in our backyard one time. But that didn't harm a single person.
People say to me, 'Why don't you fight fire with fire?' You fight fire with water, not fire.
Divide the fire, and you will the sooner put it out.
The raging fire which urged us on was scorching us; it would have burned us had we failed to restrain it.
Some burn damp faggots, others may consume The entire combustible world in one small room.
You cannot make the fire so low but it will get out.
With better gear, firefighters no longer surround and drown a fire - they go in.
In open range fires it is about picking a spot and hoping it is the right location. At the head of the fire you have to worry about wind and humidity and a number of other factors.
The ability to reach a catastrophic forest fire quickly can not only save millions in fire suppression costs, it can save structures and, most importantly, lives.
The potential of fire on board an aircraft is among the most serious issues in aviation.
