Fire At Fort Mcmurray: Forest Fires

In 2003, possibly one of the worst wildfires in California’s history occurred. This fire, referred to as the Cedar Fire, spread across 273,246 acres.

A man named Robert Laughlin once said, "The Earth is very old and has suffered grievously: volcanic explosions, floods, meteor impacts, mountain formation and yet all manner of other abuses greater than anything people could inflict. Yet, the Earth is still here. It's a survivor." Laughlin clearly believes in this quote that the Earth can take care of itself. The Earth has been through worse disasters than just pollution, and extinction of species and plants. Roderick Nash, an environmentalist and activist, says otherwise.

KYLE P-ROLE PLAY- Man guys those soldiers really have it tough. I just saw a 12 year old boy on the confederacy side fighting in the civil war. The life of being a soldier turned out to be way different than I expected. We don’t even have enough food and medicine for us to live.

Smokey Bear is America’s wildlife prevention icon. Before Smokey was introduced people didn’t understand their role in preventing human-caused wildfires? Many people were careless when throwing lit matches in the forests (“American Icon”). Many people would also leave their campfires lit in the forest and that would soon spread to cause a wildfire (“American Icon”). These led to many wildfires cause by careless people. There needed to be change, they needed something to happen.

The first cavalry of wildland firefighters began in August 1886 led by Captain Moses Harris from Troop M. When he took command of the group at Yellowstone National Park, their job was to manage and protect the park.The cavalry remained there for the next 32 years. Quickly after the group's arrival, they immediately began fighting wildfires all around the park. Here emerged the first group of wildland firefighters to be paid for their service. Workers began to apply new regulations, including campfire restrictions when deemed absolutely necessary. These regulations are known as NFPA’s which is an acronym for National Fire Protection Association.

Nestled deep in the mountains of Western North Carolina, the Linville Gorge is a federally designated wilderness area that is part of Pisgah National Forest. This unique slice of southern Appalachia is managed by the Grandfather Ranger District and is located in the Blue Ridge Escarpment near the town of Marion, NC. To the east, Linville Gorge is bordered by Jonas Ridge, and the slopes of Linville Mountain form the western border. The two steep sides create a terrain that is extremely rugged and rocky, which would seemingly make it difficult for vegetation to establish communities on the canyon walls. However, this is not the case, as the gorge has very dense populations of hardwoods, conifers, and understory shrubs. The intimidating topography of the Linville Gorge Wilderness area enabled it to be

The Great Fire of 1889 is the reason why Spokane looks the way it does today. Even though this fire took the lives of many people, caused many to lose their jobs, their businesses and their belongings, the Great Fire of 1889 led to the expansion of Spokane Falls Washington.

First off I am going to talk about the B.C Wildfires. The wildfires aren’t a good matter for B.C. In 2012 they made a deal with the government giving registration services for the people in the fires. The Province of B.C strongly encourages all evacuees to register with the Canadian Red Cross, even if aid is not required. Given the current wildfire situation. Red Cross is bringing in additional resources when and as needed to ensure pub

Fire in Fort McMuuray brought a new point of view in my life. Before I thought helping is limited only to help within community, however now my vision is completely changed. We should always think beyond our self, think about as a mankind as whole. Don’t limit yourself within a small circle, think beyond yourself where race, religion are not matter

A construction worker was burned while he was working on a power line. The accident occurred at the Coral Ridge Country Club, which is located in in Fort Lauderdale. The Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue arrived on the scene around 12:11 p.m. Timothy Heiser was one of the people who was called to the scene. He stated the worker was electrocuted, and his body was burned.

The extraordinary wildfires that burned in 2015 worried many British Columbians. That year, 304,460 hectares of land was burned by wildfires in the province (Lori Daniels, personal communication, Oct. 30, 2015). Compared to the 10 year average of 115,000 hectares per year (Lori Daniels, personal communication, Oct. 30, 2015), this is a staggeringly large number. With almost three times the area of forest burned in 2015, one might ask why this increase occurred. The wildfire regime in British Columbia (BC) can be traced back to a time when Indigenous people occupied and managed their relationship with the land without the influence of colonialism and the modern day government of Canada. When the government did start interfering, much of the land previously burned by First Nations was no longer permitted to burn. The landscape was changed because of this fire exclusion practice, and as a result, the province of BC is seeing many negative changes in the landscape, including an increase in the severity of wildfires. The purpose of this paper is to prove that wildfire has shaped the landscape of BC through Indigenous burnings, and as a result of wildfire exclusion in the 20th century, there is an increase in wildfire severity and frequency today.

According to Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary, Wildfire means “a sweeping and destructive conflagration esp. in a wilderness or a rural area.” Also according to the same dictionary, wilderness means “a tract or region uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings.” Forest Fires happen when there is a drought because branches and twigs die and dry out creating plenty of fuel for a fire. According to the NIFC (National Interagency Fire Center) there are about 105,534 wildfires that occur each year.

An understanding of how fires, wildfires in particular, work was a fundamental part in learning how to fight fires properly. This understanding entailed knowing what makes a fire a fire, what could cause a fire, what hinders and aids a fire’s growth, what different types of fire there are, and the characteristics of said types. Without the basic understanding of these things, it would have made the evolution of aerial firefighting next to impossible.

Over millions of years, Australian forests have seen many bushfires, and accordingly, many have developed a range of survival mechanisms. Before human settlement in Australia, fires started by lightning storms burned large areas of forest. Consequently, trees that had the ability to survive and regenerate after a fire began to dominate the landscape. These were mainly the eucalypts.

Every year, Canada experiences a hotter and drier summer due to the temperature increases in the world. In fact, this past summer has been one of the hottest summers that British Columbia has ever experienced with temperatures rising as high as 30.9 degrees Celsius. With such high temperatures, rainfall had also fallen dramatically. The summer of 2016 had the lowest rainfall ever for Vancouver, Victoria, and Kelowna combined. A total of 24.2 millimeters of rain fell in these three cities combined, down from the average of 88.5 millimeters. What happens when you get hot temperatures and low rainfall? Forest fires have free reign over our forests. The first example that comes to mind is Fort McMurray fire. This devastating fire destroyed almost 10% of the city, spanning more than 500,000 hectares, and leaving thousands without a place to live. With the temperatures still rising in the foreseeable future, forest fires are without a doubt one of the biggest threats to the forests of British Columbia.