Prevention includes education and other actions that reduce uncontrolled wildland fires.
Control is action taken on wildland fires to protect life, and to reduce damage to resources and property. Fire Use is the application of prescribed fire, and the planned use of wildland fire, to meet specific resource objectives including habitat improvement, fuels reduction, species regeneration, or reduction of wildfire hazard. Wildlands are always changing, sometimes subtly and sometimes dramatically. Fire is one of the important natural agents of change. Fire has helped shape North America's wild areas for thousands of years - its presence is essential for the survival of many plants and animals.