why we can’t ‘just’ split big forests into multiple blocks so when a block burns it doesn’t spread through the whole forest.

Question

Well the title is the question.
With ‘split’ I mean create some space between blocks where fire has nothing to travel to the next block to spread.

I imagine that actions like dropping water with helicopters would also be unnecessary since we could ‘give up’ a burning block and then the fire would be over.

Or am I too naive about it?

In: Earth Science

Answer 1

Fires spread across firebreaks due to wind. Plus, if you’re in the hills, when it rains, bare ground contributes to mudslides because the soil collapses since there is no vegetation holding it in place. The mudslides will take out huge numbers of trees.