Wildland Fire Shelters

On March 6,2017, the Panhandle of Texas caught on fire. The wildfire had burned over 500,000 acres of land. Most of this land includes livestock and feed for livestock. Several people had died during this traumatic event, because they were trying to save their livestock and land Cortana (2017). The wildfires burning in Texas can be seen from space, they are that huge Cortana (2017).

Fire blankets are used to extinguish small fires. They are used by covering the small fires with the blankets until it extinguishes.

The usage of fire hydrants has been an essential part of fire extinguishing in the United States. Before the creation of the fire hydrant, fire plugs and bucket brigades were used to access water. The word “hydrant” appeared for the first time in connection with Philadelphia’s municipal water system. The initial use of the hydrant was used for both firefighting and a source of sanitary water for the community (Wohleber, 2002). Fire hydrants can be found in various of places that allows fire fighters to access water when needed. Over the years, it has provided active protection and local water supply to the community. A fire hydrant allows for quick access to water and is an important device for fighting dangerous fires.

Wildland firefighers are hired by Forest Service Bureaus of land Management, National Park Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, U. F. Fish and Wildlife Service, Emergency Services, Fish and Game, and Fire and Rescue. Some local agencies also hire them where a large chunk of area within the city is covered by woodland. The employment would be for year-around or seasonal, which means the wildland firefighters will work only during the time when the probability of wildfire breaking out is high.

My brother, Alex Paris, a firefighter in Prince William County said, “I think the equipment we have today is very safe maybe almost too safe because it is causing us to go further in the fire and not being able to feel the heat. In the past firefighters used their ears as sensors to determine when it was too hot and time to back out but now we have nomex hoods that prevent us from doing this.” When I asked him if there were any concerns he had with it he said, “I would like to have a facemask with increased visibility in very smoky conditions. I would also like knee pads that are thicker and easier to move around in because in most

Timeline 300BC- Cloth Tents; the first temporary shelter to ever exist. Used by the Roman Military as a form of shelter when at war. 1597- The first Pre-fabricated homes were built. They were reportedly invented by Akbar of India, and they were the start of the temporary shelter movement.

The Cedar Rapids Central Fire Station was designed for the Cedar Rapids Fire Department as well as for the city of Cedar Rapids. The city played a key role in the design process by contributing the local code requirements and overseeing that the fire station complied with its standards. The Cedar Rapids Fire Department also specified their required program needs as well as additional important comments they had on the design process. Because the Cedar Rapids Fire Department was involved in the fire station design, they preferred a building that met the LEED Platinum certifications. Along with LEED Platinum certification, the fire department wanted the building’s exterior to look like a traditional fire station while having

The structure was mainly made out of wood and brick. The brands were collected different locations; one from 4 meters from the structure and the other one 18 meters downwind. The results showed that the size and mass distribution at two different locations were similar. Almost 95% of the total 139 firebrands had the projected area less than 10 cm2. The brands distribution from 4 m were a bit more uniform than 18 m. All the brands were less than 1 gram out of which 85% and 68% of them at 18 m distance and 4 meter distance respectively were less than 0.1 gram. In general, most firebrands were larger than previous full scale study. The difference in size may originates from the fact that in order to keep the fire under control, a large amount of fire were used. Moreover, wind speed and the distance from the fire can affect the brand size

While all emergency service responders put their lives on the line every day, the organization that faces the most risks are firefighters. As the Association for Psychological Sciences notes, firefighters deal with “Perilous flames, collapsing buildings, the anguish of burn victims” in addition to “[e]xplosions, automobile accidents, suicide attempts. Even terrorist attacks, dismemberment and death.” (citation from psych.org) Their courage, resiliency, and strength led me to choose to research the world of firefighting for this assignment. For my paper, I decided to interview my uncle, Brendan Stoner, who was a forest firefighter during the summers of the 1990’s in Utah County. I decided to research firefighting to get another perspective

As wildfires continue to increase in both duration and severity, wildland–urban interface becomes an increasingly important subject in communities across the Pacific Northwest. Klamath County is no exception to this statement and, consequently, a number of actions have been taken by county officials to address the threat of wildfires to communities within the area. One such action was the development of the Klamath County Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP).

Many different views were available as I travelled across Wyoming. Leaving the forest fire behind was a real load off my mind. I was struck by how many trees were brown among the green backdrop of other conifers on the mountainsides. When a dead tree was ignited, it would burn fiercely for a few minutes,sending up a huge column of fire and smoke into the dwindling light of day. As darkness descended on the valley over the site of our cabin, the flaming eruptions became even more impressive. Many fire fighting rigs were parked along the park roads and highways, filled with firefighters from several different western states, ready to jump into action to save lives and property.

With single dwelling house fires, we have to take into consideration of the contents involved in the dwelling as well as the chain reaction of the fire itself. Throughout the fire service industry, we face an array of household contents that fuel many fires we encounter. NFPA has given firefighters analysis of the upholstered furniture fires throughout the US. The upholstered furniture is not always a single fuel source it just so happens that the furniture is involved fuels the fire itself when it becomes ignited. The trend of upholstered furniture is on the downward spiral in the modern furniture facing the market in today’s times. The furniture is usually wrapped in a fabric which can contain synthetic, cotton, or manmade material to cover wood. The wood can be solid or compressed material which can pose a hotter fire when ignited (Gann & Friedman, 2015). The NFPA study showed that majority of the first item ignited was that of upholstered furniture. Firefighters should take that into consideration while tactical stand point of many situations involving residential fires in older dwellings. Just because of the era we are living in we don’t need to get tunnel vision when we are dispatched out to a residential house fire.

To illustrate, these brave men and women have special gear to provide safe means of fighting fire, such as; SCBA’s (Self Contained Breathing Apparatus), fire resistant PPE, and different tools and equipment to help assist them in the line of duty. The Self Contained Breathing Apparatus When firefighting had became more and more popular; they didn’t have much of anything to help protect themselves

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

It can take from anywhere from seven to twelve men to put that fire out. Not risking their lives, this tank can take out a fire by itself without the help of some men. “This tank was created from airplane like material. Which, allows it to withstand a great amount of high temperature”.( Siciliano, Leon).