Wildland fire suppression

Mt. Pinatubo, Philippines: Impacts and Human Actions The stratovolcano Mount Pinatubo began showing signs of erupting on the 15th of July 1991. Through a series of events Mt. Pinatubo erupted and effected the surrounding areas. Throughout this paper will be discussed the impacts, including primary and secondary, along with impacts changed by humans. Mount Pinatubo eruption was the second largest eruption in the 20th century, making it have many impacts not only locally but globally. Mount…

How significant were the weaknesses of the Weimar Republic? The Weimar Republic was the government that control Germany from 1919 to 1923. This government was designed to be the perfect democracy, but it ended having many economic and political problems. All this because of its very significant weaknesses that include ineffective constitution, weak leadership, and the army. The Weimar Republic was created after the First World War. Right after the Kaiser, William II, was renounced of his power…

Diala Tadros MRS. Grafton GEO101-002 Journal #1 This week’s major headline was the earthquake that tore Italy down to the ground, reading about it in a couple different news articles gave an entire different perspective. First, according to BBC News the main topic was the huge earthquake that affected the middle area of Italy, the quake’s power was 6.2 magnitude it covered all international and local news, it killed up to 120 people, and injured up to 360 people. Also, this earthquake…

the night. The Chicago Fire of 8171, occurred from October 8 to October 10th in or around a barn located O’Leary at 137 DeKoven Street on the property of Patrick and Catherine. Nothing was known to happen before this significant accident. Research shows that a cow kicked over a lantern in the barn, this lantern was on spreading the fire very quickly through the city. Many things like wooden buildings, streets, and the sidewalks were very vulnerable to be ruined in the fire. Of course…

Few obstacles hinder the efforts in emergency management. One obstacle is the organizational placement of most local emergency management agencies, which report to the fire chief or to the police officer and have little or no budget (Waugh Jr. & Tierney, 2007). In the context of scarce resources, elected officials do not consider emergency management preparedness as a priority, and consequently do not allocate resources…

George R.R. Martin’s Game of Thrones series is immensely successful and popular.Using different character perspectives to give view to issues occurring over an intricate fantasy world, he spins a web of several characters lives in a way only J.K. Rowling can match in detail. He draws readers in with a darkly realistic adult fantasy story that is only offset by the sharp wit of the characters as he draws them together across his world into what will be an epic climax. However it is his compelling…

destroyed the whole town of Wallace and the people who fought for the sake of the blaze. This wildfire was the biggest, not the deadliest, in the history of the United States. Numerous people have sacrificed their lives in the service of the great fire in order to fight and preserve their people and town. However, the contribution of the 25th Infantry, known as the Buffalo soldiers, was the greatest since they had saved the entire town of Avery, Idaho and they also succeeded in emptying the town…

When someone mentions the Great Chicago Fire most people just think of the cow that tipped over the oil lantern, but there was really a lot more to it. 18,000 wood buildings were destroyed, 100,000 people were left homeless, and 120 bodies were found but it is estimated that about 300 people died. There is a debate about whether or not the fire left a negative or positive impact in the long run. The negative effects were all the damage done to the city, the amount of people left homeless, and…

Mount Cleveland is one of Alaska’s most active volcanoes. It has erupted more than 20 times in 230 years. Mount Cleveland is a nearly symmetrical, stratovolcano on the western end of Chuginadak Island, which is part of the Islands of Four Mountains. The Islands of Four Mountains are just west of Umnak Island in the Fox Islands located in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. In 1894 a team from the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (formerly the United States Survey of the Coast) visited the island and…

The Great fire of Toronto (1904) was great fire that destroyed a large section of Downtown Toronto with damage estimated around $10 million. In total, over 250 firefighters helped fight the fire and used between 9.5 and 11 million litres of water. There were five injuries, including Fire Chief John Thompson who broke his leg in a fall. Fortunately, no lives were lost but the fire, which lasted for about 9 hours. This disaster will be remembered as a significant moment in Toronto history.…