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What are ways of preventing bush fires?
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Do firefighters ever start fires?

Firefighters conduct hazard reduction burns to reduce the fuel in the landscape.

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If you saw smoke in the distance during the Winter months, what might firefighters be doing?

Planned burns are important for managing  the risk of bush fire.

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Actor Ben Lawson, who has starred in Modern Family, Firefly Lane, 13 Reasons Why, wrote this poem in Los Angeles where he has lived since 2008, as a love letter to his burning homeland.
On hot and windy days, the fire service may declare a ban on all fires.
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Hazard reduction burns are conducted in the cooler weather.