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People, Air & Fire: The Burning Questions

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  EPA Standards: Minimizing the Risk

  People, Air & Fire: The Burning Questions

  What should we all know about fire?

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Managed Wildland Fires

Fire has many faces. It plays an important beneficial role as well as wielding a highly destructive force. Because fire affects health and safety, our economy, our quality of life–in fact, the very air we breathe, it is of critical importance to understand when fire is an ally and when it is a threat. 

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Fire is Beneficial

Fire is Destructive

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