1.   Besides park preservation and organic farming, AmeriCorps volunteers coordinate disaster relief, fight forest fires, build homes and tutor, mentor and help vaccinate children.

2.   He also developed a glaucoma treatment and isolated a protein that helped the Navy fight fires in World War II.

3.   They also haul logs and transport staff around the park to monitor wildlife, ward off poachers or fight fires.

4.   They are among those who last year pledged to assist Indonesia fight forest fires.

5.   This was not the case last year when Malaysia had to send its firemen to help Indonesia fight fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan.

6.   They say it would block access to public land and increase fire risk because without roads it is harder to thin forests and fight fires.

7.   Through a combination of national and regional actions, the way seems clear for a programme that will monitor and fight fires before these get out of control.