Wildfires Revision

Sun dries vegetation Only right Dry land Up to 30% Military Train wheels Arson Major in Oz conditions Lightening training Sparks South facing BBQs 2009 Cigarettes House chimneys Small and die out slopes Machinery Spread faster Campfires not out Accidents Material heated until on slope Slash and burn without spark Strong burn Farming Children matches Spontaneous Lots of plant winds help Concentrate Glass Uncontrolled material rays Heating Dry Volcanoes Warm and Little cool Leaf litter vegetation Hot ash On prep and humid air flow Fireproofing how to act Survival Geographical Information System (GIS) homes Remove dead leaves Start Public Informed tips risk maps online Software/websites to and branches inform public controlled Recommend families make detailed Clearing burns evacuation plans Detailed forecast scenario software to inform of safe evacuation routes Often by volunteer groups Let fire-fighters land or parachute Airdrops when water/ into inaccessible areas Educate public fire retardants released Fire engines spray Helicopters have Aeroplanes and Education foam and water large bucket to be Areas ahead also sprayed Helicopters Accessible areas filled form sea or lake to stop spreading Campaigns increase awareness on how they start Severe fires Act as barrier Trenches, cleared Evacuation Cartoon USA for 65 years Should eventually areas burn out Burning crop debris CigaretteMandatory Many lives Area ahead disposal at risk controlled burn Fire lines/breaks Accessible Sometimes Quick Backfire Some areas enforced by clearance areas with Posters, leaflets, Remove fuel like Risk of bulldozer arrest advertisements DVDs + lesson dry grass, bushes, becoming out plans to schools Safe building and Reducing of control Often by hand with leaves, twigs extinguishing of campfires vehicle sparks Pulaski (axe and hoe)

Natural

Human

Causes

Preparation

Prevention

Action Plan

Response

Smokey Bear

Raged for 3 days Total of 42 fires

Arsonists started some

7 people arrested

Facts

At least 57 killed 2.5 million hectares farmland destroyed

Across Strong winds fanned flames Southern and Central Greece 110 villages Tinder dry forests after several months of no rain destroyed

Causes

Effects
Lots of pine forests and olive groves destroyed

Greek Wildfires
August 2007
Over 1000 soldiers assisted firefighters and create fire lines

Hundreds evacuated by land and sea

Planes dropped water onto fires

Responses
Government declared state of emergency

Police blocked roads to stop people entering area Government offered compensation to all who lost relatives or property

Fire-fighters and aircraft from 17 countries

California
Often combination causes- one started when Santa Ana winds blew down electricity power lines, setting dry vegetation alight. It raged for 9 days Most extreme when drought is accompanied by dry Santa Ana winds, blowing from desert areas, reaching up to 140km/h