Only who can prevent forest fires?

[Still-alive]

You

Me

Us

Them

Those dudes over there

No one. we're fucked

Others (say who)

A total of 31 votes were cast: 14 girls and 17 guys. See detailed results

[zeitgeist057]

Some fun facts about fire. The whole concept of how fires are "fought' or prevented has changed a lot over the years. It used to be we tried to put out everything as soon as it happened. And the whole Smokey Bear campaign to prevent fires was part of that as well.

But as the years went on, fire management teams realized that we were creating a huge problem: building up of fuels over the years.

Turns out, fire is a natural part of nature. There are even trees which are serotinous, such as the sequoia, meaning their seeds are "activated" by fires, and rely on fire as part of the generational cycle.

So now, there is a bigger and bigger push for "prescribed burning" where we intentionally light up sections and burn them out in order to create fuel breaks and reduce fuels so as to have fewer and less intense unintentional fires. But it's a hard sell to get the proper amount of funding and action on this type of project, because well... humans are more reactive than proactive so if it's not an "in your face" problem, then they won't do anything about it until it's a huge "in your face" problem. (e. g. see climate change).

[dustybiker]

They don’t do this yet in my area (heavily prone to large wildfire) Thankfully. Some years we are surrounded by three, and when the 80+ mph winds kick in it’s hell. The fires start, our amazing firefighters snuff them out immediately. One of the most recent started next to a freeway and the fire chopper was heading home. They saw it and put it out even before calling it in. So proud of them.

[zeitgeist057]

@dustybiker in some areas, like southern and central coast of California, prescribed fire doesn’t work well because the fuels are what we call “flashy” (light and fast burning). Add that to factors such as foehn winds like the Santa Anas and topography, we see some intense fire behavior. When I worked on a helicopter in this area, we didn’t bother with prescribed fire, either, because the fuels just grow back too quickly due to their light nature (like grasses and manzanita).

[Kaneki05]

One cannot end the fire. The fire is in our blood and keeps our system alive. Fire and Blood.

On a important note, Smokey the bear can be set ablaze i didn't care for his ads all over Crunchyroll way back in the day like yes me watching anime will start a fire.
Go put your ad on I don't know a camping channel. Because ain't nobody watching anime gonna start fire in a forest when there not gonna be nor planning to be in a forest anyway.

[Smoke-n-Growls]

Us.

All together, globally, we need to turn around and choose a different way to live than now. We knew that back in the 70s and 80s.

https://bigthink. com/surprising-science/in-1973-an-mit-computer-predicted-the-end-of-civilization-so-far-its-on-target/

https://www. theguardian. com/environment/2021/jul/25/gaya-herrington-mit-study-the-limits-to-growth


https://www. climatefiles. com/exxonmobil/1982-memo-to-exxon-management-about-co2-greenhouse-effect/

But also, people having gender reveal parties can stop forest fires.

You need a coloured cake, not a fucking confetti cannon.

[BlacklightShade]

Only Hugh can prevent forest fires

[Still-alive]

nice lol

[meetkitty123]

Lol too cuteOnly US can prevent forest fires it takes every single one of us. We're all responsible for what we're doing when we're outdoors however we're also responsible with our everyday's decisions such as NOT leaving our cars running or recycling we are affecting our environment creating climate change these changes will cause droughts in some areas and flooding in others. We are all causing harm and we should all do our part to prevent forest fires and preserve our land.

[menina]

Awww Smokey is so cute!!! 🤎🤎🐻🐻
I think all of us can prevent forest fires if we care about Nature, animals and people.

[Wiredone]

Only "YOU" can prevent forest fires. You better get your fire extinguisher ready

[electromagnetic]

Those fack nuts that decide to use fire as part of their gender reveal parties.

[Kayla45]

Forest fires can happen randomly in nature, so really I can't do shit about that fam. Lol.

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

Smokey Bear tells us all don't play with fire that is how I learned my lesson

[douride2]

When a huge thunder storm rolls through with all those lightning strikes no one can prevent the flames from flaring up. It's nature at its best.

[chriscdi]

If the fattest person on earth drank gallons of soda and then farted on the fire, the fire would suffocate

[loves2learn]

ONLY YOU CAN PREVENT FOREST FIRES

[Still-alive]

me? damn. pressures on!

[loves2learn]

Indeed

[Still-alive]

ill try not to walk through a forest with a tiki torch next time!

[loves2learn]

PUT THE TIKI TORCH OUT 😂

[dolemite89]

one of the best episodes of the simpsons 🤣 i love when homer and mr burns go crazy trapped in that cabin

[exitseven]

Smokey the Bear. and me.

[Cherry234]

Nobody

[zeitgeist057]

As a firefighter, I have to admit, fire is going to happen no matter what. It's more about managing it when it happens. But it's still good to have fewer incidents, and more controlled burns.

[Cherry234]

@zeitgeist057 Yes that's true. Are there ways to prevent fewer incidents from happening? Even though fire can't be prevented 100% of the time

[zeitgeist057]

Absolutely. There are many precautions we can take personally, such as following the basic laws like making sure any off road vehicles are equipped with spark arrestors, or when camping/backpacking making sure the fire is "dead out" by repeated stirring, dousing, and stirring. Then there are obvious ones such as limiting the use of fireworks (especially in certain areas), not throwing cigarette butts, don't play with matches, etc.

There are plenty of fires started by lightning strikes, far more than I knew before I spent a season chasing lighting fires in Utah.

[IAMNathanael]

Yogi bear
!

[Shamiah02]

Bob.

[Wise4myage]

Smokey knows!

[shortster]

Steve Buscemi?