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I'm a retired volunteer firefighter on the prairies. Grass fires are no joke. They can move fast! They can move fast enough that the equipment literally cannot keep pace with the flame front. And all bets are off if it gets into a standing crop near harvest.
To make matters worse, the vast majority of research and training has been on forest fires.
Thanks for volunteering to do that. It seems like y’all respond to just about any kind of emergency.