LIMITATIONS OF FIREFIGHTING:

Many people assume that when a wildfire starts, it will be quickly controlled and extinguished.

This is an accurate assumption 97 percent of the time.

Firefighters have the ability, equipment, and technology to effectively suppress most wildfires.

But ... about 3 percent of the time, wildfires burn so intensely that there is little that firefighters can safely accomplish in their efforts at suppression.

The table below outlines firefighter tactics related to wildfire flame length.

Compare this with the flame lengths illustrated on the previous page.

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