The bushfires in Australia have gotten me very interested in ways to reduce deaths and property loss from wildfires.
If there are any folks from Australia or the U.S. with experience or interest in this subject, please leave a comment.
Thanks,
Mark
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Mark, I suggest that you look up Randall O`Toole. I`ve referred to him before on my blog:
http://mises.org/Community/blogs/tokyotom/archive/2008/08/04/climate-change-and-the-forest-service-s-perfect-budgetary-firestorm.aspx
Regards,
Tom
Posted by: TokyoTom | June 24, 2009 at 12:13 PM
Hi Tom,
I agree with Randall O'Toole's point that the Forest Service shouldn't be trying to manipulate the fuels in all the forests in the U.S.
Where I think we might disagree is that I wouldn't mind if the federal government developed a rapid response system that can protect houses from wildfires.
For example, fire retardant gels seems to work to significantly reduce the chances that a home burns down. I wouldn't mind if the federal government bought several million dollars worth of fire retardant gel, and used helicopters to get it from storage sites in various states to the location of fires that threaten houses.
Posted by: Mark Bahner | July 05, 2009 at 10:11 PM
Two things. 1) Burn early before there's excess fuel. Burning is inevitable unless the forestry service is going to have a lawnmower brigade. 2) Build houses that are more fire resistant, such as monolithic concrete domes. You still would not want to be inside when a brush fire was outside, but the chance of survival would be profoundly greater.
Posted by: Robert Beverly | August 23, 2009 at 09:43 PM