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After the Pines Fire of 2002, a Wildland Fire Task Force issued a report saying that 80 percent of wildland areas in San Diego could burn explosively under typical periods of high fire danger. After the 2003 fires, there were three reports; all concluded that brush management was a key in avoiding future fires. But the City had one-tenth of the brush management team requested by the fire chief, who resigned. In mid-2007, a KPBS program warned, "We're setting ourselves up for a massive fire storm." But Mayor Jerry Sanders told the reporter, "We think we got a program that works."
After the Pines Fire of 2002, a Wildland Fire Task Force issued a report saying that 80 percent of wildland areas in San Diego could burn explosively under typical periods of high fire danger. After the 2003 fires, there were three reports; all concluded that brush management was a key in avoiding future fires. But the City had one-tenth of the brush management team requested by the fire chief, who resigned. In mid-2007, a KPBS program warned, "We're setting ourselves up for a massive fire storm." But Mayor Jerry Sanders told the reporter, "We think we got a program that works."