RE: Wildfires: Clear fuel from hilltop and remote area communications towers

[Don Gould <don () bowenvale co nz>]

Eric they have the same issues in Australia.   You might want to join aunog, if you haven't already, I'm sure you'll 
find endorsement for these issues.Fuel management is a problem. Finding the right balance between management and 
ecological issues is political and complex with many vested interests driving the narrative. D-- Don Gould5 Cargill 
PlaceRichmondChristchurch, New ZealandMobile/Telegram: + 64 21 114 0699www.bowenvale.co.nz
-------- Original message --------From: Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuhnke () gmail com> Date: 12/09/20  10:14 am  (GMT+12:00) 
To: "nanog () nanog org list" <nanog () nanog org> Subject: Wildfires: Clear fuel from hilltop and remote area 
communications towers Over the past week I think I've seen about 20 to 30 photos of burnt out communications sites in 
Oregon and California.Due to the often remote and unstaffed nature of many of these sites, there's a natural tendency 
for brush, shrubs, grass and small trees to grow close to the tower compounds on many hilltop sites.Many of these sites 
also support emergency communications services.In the subject line I'm using "fuel" as defined by firefighters, not 
literally meaning petroleum fuels, but anything flammable. In some places there are ecological or political concerns 
with maintaining a cleared perimeter around telecom tower sites. This might be a time to re-visit the logical purpose 
of some of these policies, if allowing fuel to grow right up to the tower and telecom equipment shelters greatly 
increases the likelihood of the whole thing going up in flames.