Thought that the more effective way to fight forest fire in dry weather and strong wind is using big plant and machinery to dig "fire trenches" to separate the forest that is on fire and those that are not on fire.
If the trenches are wide enough, then the fire will not be able to jump across the fire trenches and spread to areas that are not ignited by fire.
Once the fire trenches are dug, then firemen can concentrate on putting out the area on fire.
(After note :- parameters to locate the best sites to dig "fire trenches" could be :-
1. Determine the Speed of the wind
2. Determine how fast is the spread of fire
3. Determine what type of plants and machineries to deploy that can mow down a row of trees quickly to create the fire trench.
4. Use helicopter to bring back real time information based on its bird eyes view - to the ground command and control centre - to make emergency decision.
Note :- Men cannot chase after nature to put out the fire - when wind help the fire to spread.
But men can use isolation method with the help of heavy machineries to separate the area on fire - with those that are not.
In fact, to slow the spread, the firemen should fight fire from where the fire trenches are being dug and fan inwards rather than attempting to fight the fire that is spreading.)
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