Rob Allen
15:09 - 15:36
“We can put in fuel breaks in a lot of places, but if the wind's blowing and fire is established, those fuel breaks can only do so much. What's going to help people out is. Is what we call hardening around their houses and getting their houses set up to where a fire comes through. It just goes by and doesn't bother their house.”
- Speaker
- Rob Allen
- Timestamp
- 15:09 – 15:36
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Big Lake
- Captured at
From the transcript
We can put in fuel breaks in a lot of places, but if the wind's blowing and fire is established, those fuel breaks can only do so much. What's going to help people out is. Is what we call hardening around their houses and getting their houses set up to where a fire comes through. It just goes by and doesn't bother their house. It's those little things around the house, around the places that catch on fire that need to be cleaned up and give you much better chance of having success.
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