Oh man, as little kid I can remember working as a whole family to burn off our fields and yards each year. We had about 160 acres ourselves, and my aunt & uncle had around 300. I was maybe just 6 or 7 years old, but I could swing a rake and dig with a shovel so out I went with everyone else. Had a water sprayer/backpack and a small squirt bottle of fuel and a lighter in my pocket. They would send me and my little bro out to the near-40 and we'd light r up! No fear. Our job was to chase/lead our fire line to the middle of the acreage to burn off the dry fuel and starve off the oncoming fire line my dad & uncle were working with. Learned a LOT about how fire works, and how to fight/tender them properly.

...and how to "fight" them when things wanted to go sideways....