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

These already exist. You see them all over the hills and mountains in Southern Spain

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firebreak&ved=2ahUKEwiPiITFrIjyAhVai1wKHSFpBegQmhMwDXoECAUQAg&usg=AOvVaw0k749A_V5NIumHTGOvRTDe