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situation where the fire won't even igawte, This occurs about a third
of the time on the iwerage throughout the country. That's after it's
been ratcing,

or during « rain,

or when everything 1s wet.

The second

Category cemprises situations where an uncontrolled tire would spread
Out ato canoe stepped Oy appropriate tneasures.
The third category
tovers cases where a fire will apoite but then burn itself cut even
Mothoat bhutan interventren,

The eitierence Letween suchear war and peacetime is basically
that the contro'tible fires wibl aot be controfled,
Dhe Sires that occur
during the other conditions,

am general,

won't spread.

aves and geouyriphical averages can be equated,

[f time aver-

you could orovably

ay that abent two-thteds of the tame, or an two-thirds of the country
weany viven time. fires would not spread,
SisENBUD
who

Phatis nec sery coad odds,

tthe assueaus.

bob,

wher vou consider

Phe bad tire weather conditions eccur about 4

mereentoot the ime.

So most of the rematoasnp time the tires would

spread, but not very rapidly. “fanybedy was around ta control the
fire, it would be controllable,
That o percent as where you have real
disaster, Ef the bornbs are drapped on extremely dry cays, esprcially
ifat happens bo be dry throughout a laree part of the country at once,
‘he srtaupion as ortical,

TAY EOR
Phere are a couple of complications, though, that [
think may have an effect on this. One complication is that the insides
wi houges are cry in all weather.
BISENEUD
PFAYLOR

Yos,
That's the difference between the human situation and

the aatural situation, at least the last time [ got ito any discussions

et obis with fire eX cert. they were still very uncertain about the
Corniiions Goder which there would be tire spread from windoy to
Curtain to sola te newspapers,

and soon,

combustible material around inside,

most of the corpbustible materialis dry.

through windows,

t

ta

.

Raut let us enmiphasive apaia that most iguitions .a the blast

area would pe cacsed by broren pas Lunes,
of thing.

But

The preblemi is ignition

Fhat's wove closing the windows a:d the curtains is

such a valuaile thing tr dea,

AYRES

There's always a lot of dry

even ina very heavy rein,

short circuits and this kind

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