Most fire authorities have priorities in wildfires:
- Save lives
- Protect improved property
- Protect unimproved property (also known as putting out the wildfire)
Firefighters’ first priority is to save lives. This includes the public as well as those fighting the fire. If a home has poor access, lack of escape routes and safety zones or no safe place to fight the fire, then firefighters will not protect that home because it puts their lives at too great of a risk. This …