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all fires can be stopped. Indeed, moving away from this model to one that treats
wildfires like some other disasters such as earthquakes has value. No one considers
stopping earthquakes; rather they are recognized as inevitable and communities
develop infrastructure to make living in earthquake country safer. Like flood
control in many landscapes, the greatest reduction in community vulnerability is
achieved with better planning and the same applies to fire management. These
MTC plant communities have adapted over tens of millions of years to frequent
fires and now human societies are working toward their own adaptive solutions to
living in these fire-prone landscapes.
