Remember when folks either lived in town or out in the country? Things seemed much simpler then. Houses were mostly concentrated in the cities and towns, with the few homes scattered about the rural areas of the country. Back then, wildland fires weregenerally not considered much of a threat to homeowners. The city fire departments took care of house fires within their jurisdictions. Those in the rural areas were either put out by the state forestry agency, local citizens, or were allowed to burn themselves out. Farmers knew how to clear around their barns, fences, and homes, and how to use their plows to make fire breaks to protect themselves from woods and field fires.
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