Last weekend my family, along with some friends, went for a hike on Mt. Hood (Oregon) and came across and unattended campfire. We sent someone back to the house to call and report it while the men in our group monitored it. No rain here since early July and while we're not having nearly the drought as other places in the country, the fire hazard is still high. Several fires currently burning in the Cascades. We were quite surprised at the lack of concern by the fire dept. It was as if we were putting them out . . . they didn't have much to say to us but treated it as an annoyance that we called. Fire was put out and all was fine. Certainly gave us a prime opportunity to teach our young children about responsibility, even when you didn't create the problem to begin with.