Sentence examples for reduce fire from inspiring English sources

The Bush administration has defended the increased logging as a way to reduce fire danger.

No one argues that thinning forests will reduce fire danger altogether.

(They were cut down, firefighters say, by a property owner who was trying to reduce fire risk).

And the Forest Service had cleared or trimmed back 26 million acres of vegetation since 2000 to reduce fire danger.

But plans to reduce fire service have traditionally met with loud outcries from the public and the fire unions.

Logging companies say they need continued access to national forests in order to thin underbrush, supposedly to reduce fire risk.

The government has cut back on programs to reduce fire risks in areas where homes and the wilderness collide.

They would attend meetings at the fire department and get together to reduce fire hazards along major evacuation routes.

Mr. Bush asserts that there is a free lunch: allowing more logging that thins out the national forests will both yield valuable resources and reduce fire risks.

However, the report to Mr. Clinton explicitly states, "The administration's wildland fire policy does not rely on commercial logging or new road building to reduce fire risks".

But many said they were zealous about trying to reduce fire risk by trimming branches, sweeping away pine needles and clearing dead trees.