With wildfires scorching lands and burning down homes from California to Carbondale in recent years, homeowners - and insurance companies - are finally taking matters into their own hands.
And with cutbacks in federal agencies such as the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management leaving fewer dollars for costly fire battles on private land, the time seems ripe for private enterprise to pick up the slack left behind by the public sector - at least for those willing to pay.
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