Wildfire suppression

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Wildfire suppression efforts depend on many factors such as the available fuels, atmospheric conditions, topography, and the size of the wildfire. Due to these complicating factors and additional remoteness, wildland firefighters use different tactics, techniques, and procedures, while using specially designed vehicles and tools. Wildland firefighters work to suppress flames, construct firelines, and extinguish flames in order to protect life, property, and natural wilderness. Firefighters often encounter fires that spill into smaller human settlements, leading to the development of the wildland–urban interface. In the United States and other countries, aggressive wildfire suppression aimed at minimizing fires has often protected significant chunks of wilderness, but has sometimes contributed to accumulation of fuel loads, increasing the risk of large, catastrophic fires.

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