Unlike, say, the pine forests of Lake Tahoe, which properly managed would have low-intensity, manageable fires, Southern California's brushlands are designed by nature to burn, and to burn hot.
Fire exclusion happens either directly with intensive fire protection for commercial timber plantations, or indirectly through crop agriculture, infrastructure and urban development, and changed fire regimes (cool manageable fires) for grazing and conservation areas.
Goats nibble and remove the dense undergrowth of flammable grasses and shrubs as well as the lower branches of trees, preventing "laddering," in which flames sweeping through grass climb trees and jump through the canopy of foliage to turn a once-manageable fire into an inferno.
And the Rim fire is an unhinged wildland scene, where landscapes with once-manageable fires have turned feral.
When there's a recession, discover ways to make the condition manageable, instead of firing.
By reducing the number of working parts and chambering the rifle for a smaller cartridge, Stoner had come up with a lightweight weapon that, even on automatic fire, produced a manageable recoil and yet was capable of inflicting fatal wounds at 300 yards and beyond.
Once you have sufficient embers, keep the fire to a manageable size so you don't spend too much time looking for fuel.
We used candles to ensure that our fires were detectable, manageable, and safe.
The most destructive wildfire in California, the Carr Fire, went from a manageable blaze to a "war zone" overnight.
This is because the fire would not be manageable on a small electronic device.
