How To Write An Essay On Wildfires

Wildfires, more commonly known in Australia as bushfires, are a frequent and often devastating occurrence in Australian life. With bushfires come numerous adverse effects on an individual, and the country as a whole. Loss of life, property damage, water supply issues, and economic impact are all byproducts of bushfires. In fact, bushfires have accounted for over 800 deaths in Australia since 1851 and the total accumulated cost of damage is estimated at $1.6 billion. Because of these factors, bushfires have become an unavoidable aspect of life in Australia. This is an issue that greatly affects the lives of residents of Australia, and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.

no surprise that wildfires are a huge issue in the western states. Especially on Indian Reservations. Two articles that focus on this issue are called Secretary Zinke Directs Interior Bureaus to Take aggressive Action to Prevent Wildfires, US Department of Interior & Western US Faces Wildfires Explosion by Kieran Cooke, Climate News Network. Both of these articles argue that wildfires shouldn’t become normalized and that something should be done to prevent and/or be better prepared for when wildfires occur. In essence these articles focus primarily on the amount of land burning and the effect it has on vegetation.

Now, these fires are started under supervision of the city [6]. These low burning fires burn leaf layers on the ground to produce fertilizer and kill invasive species that are not adapted to fire [6]. These fires also “allow more light to penetrate into the savannah habitats”, which has had great success in increasing native plant populations, such as the wild lupine and dryland blueberry [8].

Massive wildfire ravaged Northern California’s wine country since Sunday night. Wildfires whipped by strong winds have swept through the region, killing at least 10 lives and more than 20000 people are forced to evacuate and flee their homes. This is one of the most destructive wildfire events in the state’s history. More than a dozen wildfires continued to burn across eight counties, destroying 1500 homes and commercial structures according to losses reported up to Tuesday. More death and destruction are expected. Authorities have not said what caused the fires but October is typically the busiest month for wildfire in California. Therefore, they believed that the hot, extremely dry condition in October created the critical fire conditions.

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.

Over the years, many American forests developed high tree densities and huge buildups of dry understory, so that when fires did occur, they became much larger and more

Wildfires have been increasing in size and severity over the recent decades. These large fires are burning with substantial amounts of high severity, resulting in significant carbon losses over large scales (Ffolliott, 2008). Wildfires have many environmental and social impacts from the fire and will extend for many years into the future. With the loss of infrastructure, damage to ecosystem services, and loss of crucial habitat for the Mexican spotted owl were all recorded during the fire (Center for Biological Diversity, 2003). Yet they don’t count the losses of the endangered animals in the cost of the fires. Not only was the Mexican spotted owls greatly impacted by the fire, but so was the goshawk, and the old-growth ponderosa pine endangered

Wildfires started as an annual and seasonal occurrence in the south western region of California since the early 1930’s in part

Based off information publicly provided by the United States National Forest service, In the year of 2015 17 of the 56 of the United States wildfires were prescribed or a controlled burn. To save you from doing the math, that is 30% of the total amount of fires, that is 247,639 of the 815,753 acres that burned. That is 247,639 acres of pristine North American forest that is lost. Therefore the question that needs to be brought to the table is, are prescribed or controlled wildfires a waste of human energy? With little hesitation from the information that I have gathered will tell you yes. The fact of the matter is wildfires are beneficial to the soil, but is hard to control, and is harmful to humans. The U.S. National Forest should change

     In the story "To Build a Fire" by Jack London, a man is travelling through the klondike in Alaska to find his friends, "the boys". Because the man is only quick and alert to the things of life and not the significance, he finds himself in some very bad circumstances. The man experiences several instances of bad luck such as getting wet up to his knees, the spruce tree dumping snow on his fire, and matches falling through his numb fingers and going out in the snow. I think that the central idea of "To Build a Fire" is to listen to your instincts and the “significances of life,” because they will help you when you find

Imagine, your whole town being engulfed by fire destroying a city half the size of Rhode Island, that’s what the people of Fort McMurray, Canada are experiencing right now. Over 90,000 people have had to flee their homes unexpectedly with little to nothing. While the fire in Canada is forcing over 90,000 people to leave their homes the effect could be caused by global warming.

The lands that burned during this fire were mainly comprised of a mixed-conifer forest. The main tree species found before and after the fire are Douglas- fir, grand fir, Pinus ponderosa (ponderosa pine; PIPO), and Pinus contorta (lodgepole pine; PICO). Other species found include other varieties of spruce, pine, and larch. In some areas of the site a rich understory has formed or still exists; these were dominated by Salix scouleriana (Scouler’s willow; SASC) with a limited variety of forbs present beneath the shrubs. Post-fire management tactics included salvage logging and grass seeding. This seeding of native grasses was spread across burned areas in combination with mulch in the form of agriculture straw as well as shredded wood strips (Robichaud, 2009).

Overgrazing can be caused by a variety of factors of both natural and human origin. Such as overstocking, poor irrigation, lack of animal control and overpopulation, improper land use and drought. (Conserve Energy Future. (2016)).

Fire and arson investigators examine the physical attributes of a fire scene and identify and collect physical evidence from the scene. This evidence is then analyzed to help determine if the cause of the fire was accidental or deliberate. During the scene examination, investigators may find evidence such as accelerants, tampered utilities, and specific burn patterns, any of which may indicate criminal activity.

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