Sure there is, but not the way government does it. In just one instance, there is enough fuel in "our" national forests to provide electrical power for over 100 million Americans. Portable gasifiers are being developed right now for that purpose.
People can clear their properties but that does little when a fire 1/4 mile or 1/2 away is throwing embers onto windows and roofs.
Around here it can be two miles. It's doable, and believe me, the land around here is plenty rugged. As to roofs, tile works fine. So does steel. Screen the gutters or keep them clean. As to windows, besides tempered and annealed glass, ever heard of storm shutters? I have 1-1/2" standpipes all over on gravity feed. Sheesh.
Give me an hour with a chainsaw, a drip torch, and a hose and my house will be fine (the slopes below it are 150% too). You see, I manage the fuel. You can tell the difference between my property and everything around it from GoogleEarth at five miles in altitude. There is space between the trees here, with lush native groundcovers. The brush gets topped and thinned periodically. It's doable.
“You can tell the difference between my property and everything around it from GoogleEarth at five miles in altitude. “
Might as well live in a city where everything is cleared too. I bet your house looks like some around here: The suburb look. No trees and a manicured lawn.
The heat from fires also causes structures to explode with the heat. It is amazing to watch that happen, but houses explode into flames. Face it: If you live in the woods the woods some day will burn and so will your house. I live in a heavily wooded forest in the Rockies and we plan for total destruction. We will have everything out of the house we want to keep and the rest is to rebuild. Expecting to beat Mother Nature is simply childish fantasy.