what contains the fires up there (im a midwestern guy so bear with me) is it due to all the swamps? high water table etc?
Basically, around here, there aren't really any fires. We get some little ones of an acre or two, but they will generally go out with or without us. (I'm talking about in the woods, not in the towns. The towns burn something regularly, but that's a different deal.)
Forest fires, per say, simply don't happen here.
Dennis
