Dozer line 1-2-3 blades in width, reinforced with high coverage level retardant line and engine support and sometimes even plumbed can’t stand alone without some firing in these conditions. The fuel indicies, the probability of ignition scores and ember casting is just too high and conducive to long range spotting. Conventional line is just not holding. What I’ve experienced this year, firing ops have to be very well supported and deeply grided. Night Ops are more successful than day. Line prep has to be extreme-like overkill. Very resource intensive and we just don’t have the resources.
Post Script: This post was made in response to questions regarding the use of Firing Ops that have since been removed.