Why aren’t homes in wildfire prone areas protected by a sprinkler system?

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Is there anything stopping me from an engineering standpoint installing a water tower on my property and making sprinklers around a radius of my home to drench the area in case of wildfire?

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More effective to surround the property in some sort of firebreak. I never designed in an area prone to that so not sure what could be the effective of a permanent well maintained fire break around a community. Think Hahas and moats or moundinr as well as a certain distance of fire proof material like gravel. Would have to be pretty wide because the embers can be blown by wind. The more you allow for this the less likely the fire would spread but the more land you waste and less money you make developing.

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