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.kuh...@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.
