Or, if man is not allowed to take care of the problem nature will.
Across the street from my house is a hill that slopes up to the freeway. The land is owned by the Parks and Recreation district. They used to have the California Conservation Corps send a crew through every year to clean up loose brush and generally get reduce the amount of flammable stuff on the hillside. But for the last ten years or so the budget in CA has been a mess and there is never any money for this expense. So it does not get done. When I contacted the Rec district about getting some volunteers to go clean it up, they said that they were terrified of lawsuits should one of the volunteers doing the work get injured. And they clearly nixed a volunteer effort.
The hillside burns about every three years.
Refusing volunteer help during times of financial crisis. Unbelievable. One would think they’d have the volunteers sign a release from liability form.
Why don’t you start a local “fire prevention” association which either clears, or pays to have it cleared regularly? It would seem to be cheaper than risking the destruction of your property.