[pct-l] Controlled Fires - White Rim Trail

[yumitori@montana.com (Ron Martino)]

CMountainDave@aol.com wrote:

> Somehow events like what happened in Los Alamos - basically a rogue
> superintendent who didn't pay attention to his own agencies weather forecast
> - have to be avoided. Someone independent should have been overseeing and
> approving the burn, as a check if nothing else.

	Sure, mistakes should be avoided if possible.

>  While were on the subject, is it really  a good idea to pay money to fight
> forest fires? Seems to me it just invites arson. I think a combination of the
> National Guard and the U.S. army should be used instead. Costs are fixed and
> no overtime pay.

	Never fought forest fires, have you? It does require basic skill and
knowledge. There's no reason military units couldn't learn these, but
would you want them to take time away from their regular mission
training to do so?

	Ron
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