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hank

April 27, 2020 04:14PM

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Joe Weigman Wrote:
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> Boy, I just love how well spellcheck works
> sometimes... Meant to say fire mitigation.

My understanding is that it is removing fuel before a fire finds it. So, thinning trees, removing duff from the forest floor, clearing weeds, controlled burns and all sorts of things like that. Fires need fuel, oxygen and heat. So remove the fuel, no fire. Lot easier than removing the oxygen.

Hank

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