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Wildfires
- What is a
wildfire?
- A wild fire is any uncontrolled
fire in combustible vegetation
that occurs in the countryside or
wilderness
- A wild fire is any uncontrolled
fire in combustible vegetation
that occurs in the countryside or
wilderness
- Features of a wildfire
- Mild wet winters - ideal for
growing vegetation
- Hot dry summers - drys
out vegetation making it
combustible
- Mild wet winters - ideal for
growing vegetation
- Causes of a
wildfire
- Natural
- Lightening
- Volcanic
Ash
- Drought
- High
Temperatues
- Lightening
- Human
- Matches
- Campfires
- Cigarettes
- Arson
- Broken
Glass
- Matches
- Natural
- What effect does
climate have in
wildfires?
- Wildfires spread quickly in
hot, dry weather such as a
DROUGHT
- Strong winds make them
more violent as it fans the
flames
- More rainfall in the year
leads to more vegetation
- Wildfires spread quickly in
hot, dry weather such as a
DROUGHT
- How to reduce
damaging effects
- Fire Breaks
- Building
Codes
- Education
- Chemical
Spraying
- Controlled Burning
- Fire Breaks
- Effects of Wildfires
- Loss of jobs / Loss of
income for farmers /
Homelessness / Economy
damaged / Soil Erosion /
Eco systems damaged /
Health Problems
- Loss of life / Injury /
Property damage /
Crop damaged /
Water & Air
pollution / Loss of
wildlife
- Loss of jobs / Loss of
income for farmers /
Homelessness / Economy
damaged / Soil Erosion /
Eco systems damaged /
Health Problems
- Prepare / Prevent / Respond
- Prepare
- Have an evacuation plan
- Make sure house is
fireproof - NO combustible
material within 10m of
house
- GIS
- Forecast software -
updates on fires and
safest evacuatons
- Have an evacuation plan
- Prevent
- Remove any
combustible
materials in areas
of high risk
- Controlled
burns
- Education
- Smoky Bear
- Posters / Leaflets / TV
adverts
- Smoky Bear
- Remove any
combustible
materials in areas
of high risk
- Respond
- Put fires out
- Firefighters
- More fires - due to
climate change
- Longer wildfires
periods
- Wider distribution
if whole earth is
getting warmer
- Longer wildfires
periods
- Increase cost of
damage if more intense
fires
- Increase cost for more firefighters if
there are more frequent & intense
fires
- More fires - due to
climate change
- Firefighters
- Put fires out
- Prepare
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