Middle Tennessee is pretty much tinder dry. Grass/brush fires everywhere. Had one today down in the south end of the county that burned several fields, a house, barn, and several other buildings.

Our place has about a mile of road frontage, and a tossed cigarette butt almost anywhere could light things off. It takes the Civil Defense guys about 15-20 minutes to get to this corner of the county from town, and that's about twice as long as the "golden 10 minutes" that it takes for a little fire to become a big one. So, I have put together a 100 gallon tank-and-pump unit and mounted it in the back of my pickup, with 150 feet of hose on a reel. If something gets started, I will at least be able to get some water on it until WEMA gets here.

We got about 2 tenths of rain a couple of hours ago, but by midmorning tomorrow that will be gone.

Take all the vegetation down to the earth along the frontage. It may not be feasible, and it may not be a guarantee, but it might limit the chances of a calamity.

http://www.homefirefightingsystems.com/foamequipment.html

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Hadn't seen that stuff before. Thanks, Rob. Might oughta get a hose kit.

Area near the house is mowed close, but a lot of the rest is wooded and rocky. Cutting a firebreak would involve a bulldozer - a BIG one.