Public policies concerning fire Finnish forest officials have urged an increase in the use of prescribed fire. The forest certification procedure also requires a certain amount of prescribed burning. The Finnish Ministry of the Interior accepts prescribed fires if they are properly managed so that they do not cause damage to a third party. The role of the Finnish Ministry of the Interior is to protect life, property and the environment. With regard to forest fires the aim is to keep the damage as low as it is today.
Prescribed fires are acceptable if they are properly managed and confined within prescription.
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