Controlled burn

because fire has the ability to jump in gaps such as roads, rivers and fire breaks. They generally occur because of hot and dry climate. Wildfires are a worldwide problem, not just California or in the U.S. In the United States. Yearly, wildfires can burn three million up to ten million acres of land. Wildfires…

underbrush below the trees, drying them out and priming them to burn” (Darling). The new fire line these firefighters were building was causing them to walk right into these Gambel oaks. Firefighters usually have a safety zone, but these firefighters were so determined to get rid of this fire that they kept digging the fire line further away from their safety zone and were also moving deep into this vegetation that was ready to burn…

complete between 4,000 and 5,000 prescribed fires annually. Approximately 99% of those burns were 'successful,' in that they did not report escapes or near misses. This can be viewed as an excellent record, especially given the elements of risk and uncertainty associated with prescribed fire." So this report analyzes when prescribed fires went out of control and gives us the statistic that 99% of those burns were successful. So you could use that as proof and evidence, if you're writing in…

Have you ever been in a trip to the outdoors or done a job outdoors? Well if you have this is a article that will prepare you for further experiences in the outdoors. Have you heard of all the forest fires that have taken out hundreds and thousands acres of land per fire. Just imagine all of the fires per year and how much land gets destroyed by them. Well just picture this you can help prevent a lot of those fires just by giving a buddy a hand with their fires or putting your fires out. Just by…

Forest fires occur frequently in Canada, in fact, approximately 10,100 fires annually. Forest fires can help replenish the landscape however, they can possibly pose a threat to local communities. For example, the 2011 Slave Lake wildfire had left the town in ashes and caused over 1.8 billion dollars and 4,700 hectares of damage. Wildfires are caused mainly as a result of human impact rather than natural sources such as lightning. Fires should be managed but just to a certain extent, where the…

While wildfires have been around since the beginning of time, our encroachment into forested areas and dry locations such as southern California requires mitigation to reduce loss of lives and property damage. The most impactful thing I see the communities and individual owners do is vegetation management. There are multiple ways to fight overgrowth of vegetation; prescribed burning, chemical treatments, and mechanical treatments (San Diego County Wildland Fire Task Force Findings and…

Balsam Fir: The Balsam Fir is an average sized native evergreen tree. It can grow up 40 to 80 feet tall. These trees adapted to the taiga because they grow in acidic soil. Fireweed: The fireweed plants have adapted to become less affected by fires which makes it suitable for the taiga as wildfires are common in the taiga. They also have the ability to grow in all types of soils. Black Spruce: The Black Spruce is a tall tree. It can grow up to 25 meters tall. Douglas-Fir: Douglas-firs are very…

I believe that there should be prescribe fires. The reason why I believe there should be prescribe fires is because a bigger fire can eventually happen rather than just having prescribe fire that is under controlled. If there were not prescribe fires worse things will start to happen. Prescribe fires can protect the ecosystem in many different ways. Prescribe fires can also protect people by not being as many fires as there should be. Prescribe fires can also protect the ecosystem by protecting…

For example, if a prescribed fire isn't planned or overseen well, it can burn out of control as a result. In fact, this has happened before, in which a prescribed fire in the Croatan National Forest in June 14, 2012, got out of control and burned a large portion of the national forest, resulting in the postponement of tourism…

created digital burn severity map layers for 11 large fires that burned more than 10,500 ha and 11 small fires that burned less than 3300 ha. The findings were not significant as they found that high severity fires averaged 25% of a burned area and 19% for small fires. However, they found that large fires have larger patches that are more regular in shape and small fires have more edge. In their study they used Landsat TM (Thematic Mapper), which creates satellite images to categorise the burn…