Prescribed burns with the U.S. Forest Service

It has been said in the midst of California's historic drought there is no off-season for wildfires, but regardless, there hasn't been a big one in Kern County since last August. So what do the firefighters do when they aren't battling the big one? You might find it interesting to know when United States Forest Service Firefighters aren't putting out massive wild-land fires, some of them are lighting fires in the forests to protect and deter the big ones from burning the forests down.