Firebreaks
The Sondela students have been working in the bush for the last 2 weeks. We have been making sure that field fires does not occur during the dry winters by preparing firebreaks at all the crucial points of Sondela. All the places on Sondela were there is some form of value we had to do firebreaks to prevent Sondela loosing a lot of money. It is also crucial to do these fire breaks because if a fire starts on Sondela and spreads to another farm, that farmer can sue Sondela for all that it's worth.
The second year students planned the operation and we watched a slide show to help us understand what we had to do and what a firebreak is. Next we all went into the felt and worked with the tools. Basically everyone had a chance to work with all the tools so that we can get experience with everything. We used tools like: Brush cutters, Pan gas,
Saws, Axes and Hay forks.
The second year students planned the operation and we watched a slide show to help us understand what we had to do and what a firebreak is. Next we all went into the felt and worked with the tools. Basically everyone had a chance to work with all the tools so that we can get experience with everything. We used tools like: Brush cutters, Pan gas,
Saws, Axes and Hay forks.The method we use to do Firebreaks:
The tractor with the slasher would slash a main open road were it was not so dense, then the Brush cutters would clean around the trees and cut off small shrubs. when it is clean around the trees the students will cut off the branches hanging near the ground with the pan gas, saws and axes. Lastly all the debree and branches were removed with the forks and thrown on the tractor to be disposed of.
All of us worked really hard on this project and made good progress in the bush. I learned a lot out of this two weeks and now have experience on Fire breaks.
All of us worked really hard on this project and made good progress in the bush. I learned a lot out of this two weeks and now have experience on Fire breaks.
