What Does Fire Prevention Prevent?

Smokey the Bear is a symbol for fire prevention, but whenever I see a bear in the forest wearing overalls and a hat I don't think fire safety... I think about some poor naked farmer who probably needs medical attention for all his bear wounds. I think Smokeys been hiding out in the forest for years, eating farmers, and he's going to keep doing so until we each grab a torch and burn that forest to the ground... Without a forest, Smokeys got no place to hide, and we can finally put an end to the curse of the farmer eating, overall wearing bear.