Studies have shown that out of all of the different methods to decrease fire damage, prescribed burns are the most affective. Many people would argue that they are not as affective because they cause so many health problems. Although that is a very important view and may seem valid, those health issues are not as extreme as one might think. People should look at the majority of the benefits form prescribed burns and they will see how affective and important they are. Prevention is the key to society
of dollars a year in the U.S., it is up to the people to help maintain the environment in which they live. Performing prescribed burns can increase food and cover availability along with many other advantages. Prescribed Fire Prescribed fire is a controlled burn of an area done by a team of experienced or educated people in a grassland or forested area. This type of burn is intended to help the health of plant and animal species and restore them to their native state. When certain areas that need
Malibu and Yosemite share similar ecosystem, which encourages wildfires and periodic firestorms. In his book Ecology of Fear, Mike Davis argues that Malibu should burn because wildfires are a part of its history. To illustrate his point, he relates numerous historical events from the first settlement of the region to modern days. Despite the high frequency of wildfires in Malibu, humans have continued to settle there in droves. Those settlers have fought the fires, which has done nothing but augment
mitigate the seriousness of bushfires and to help protect lives and property by reducing the build-up of flammable bush. When a fire goes out of control it’s a disaster as corrupt as war. This is why need to prescribe burn to stop this mayhem from happening. Years of research show that controlled burning is very effective, especially when managing bushfires such as the Northcliffe fire which has become a disaster. There are thousands of tons of dried grass, leaves and bush which is dangerous fuel for any
Maybe what caused them or how they can be prevented? In the forest service today fire is a big problem. Yes it is true fire can be good for the forest, all the under burden and dead trees is just fuel for a really big fire which is not good. So controlled burning is good for the forest, however these fires are becoming really expensive. Who do you think pays for the water, gas, and the people to put these fires out? The cost on fire suppression by the United States forest service was more than a
"Controlled Fires" Wildfires, "Controlled' wildfires specifically, they are said to help the environment and reduce chances for more extreme fires by eliminating hazardous fuels, but in reality they can cause more problems than they stop them. Fires are unpredictable and cannot be "Controlled," they can cause nearby homes to go up in flames and send smoke and ash into the air affecting residents near the area. Some may say they actually promote growth for trees and plants, but what
sounds ludacris I know but in and area like the west its possible that at any moment something could spark a fire the size of an entire forest. And there had been before. In fack back in the early 1900's there was a fire as what is now known as the big burn. That one though was the biggest recorded forest fire in american history it burned about 3,000,000 square feet witch started in Idaho then Montana then moved on to Washington. The fact that I stated a fire that started in one state then moved on
they handle fire. For example, a camper can become preoccupied with the hike the next day, or the camper sees wildlife and wanders away from their campfire. A breeze comes through the area and breathes life into the seemingly harmless fire. Your “controlled fire” of leaves or sticks can easily be taken over by Mother Nature if just one tree catches on fire. Smokers also dispose their cigarette butts on the ground thinking the flame is out when in reality it is not. Your campfire, debris fire, or cigarette
wildfires. In the same way that natural fires aren’t always good for their environment, unnatural fires aren’t always bad for their environment. Prescribed burns to a forest are actually a very effective form of wildfire control, because they eliminate excess growth that could pose a greater risk to communities if left untouched. These controlled fires also help to restore health to an ecosystem that depends on wildfires to grow and thrive. Because prescribed fires can still be dangerous if they breach
Thirty Mile Fire On July 10, 2001 four U.S Forest Service Firefighters died while battling the thirty mile fire. Six others injured including two hikers. The thirty mile fire was the second deadliest fire in Washington state history. The fire started by campers thirty miles north of Winthrop in Okanogan National Forest in the Chewuch river valley. The fire was only 25 acres in size when twenty one Forest Service firefighters were dispatched to the fire. The Northwest Regular Crew number
Prescribed fires are a well debated topic. While many people support them because they "help prevent" more wildfires, and they are "controlled," I see from a different point of view. There's a reason most building don't allow smoking within a certain distance of the building. Many people don't like it and it can damage their health. Same thing with prescribed fires. They add more pollution to the air we breathe. I know a lot of people support these kinds of fires because the help control fuels, but
our planet or causes damage to it is wildfires. A wildfire is a fire in an area with combustible vegetation that occurs in the countryside or a rural area. Many people look at wildfires at only a bad thing but in fact when wildfires are allowed to burn in areas that do not impact human development,
Indigenous knowledge has contributed to countless improvements that exist today, especially fire management, allowing modern day civilizations to use the indigenous knowledge to improve the surrounding lands. Fire management is a method used by the Aboriginal people to care for the country. Using intentional burning management the Aboriginal peoples created artificial grasslands which not only encouraged wildlife into an area, however, transformed the land into a more preferred environment for hunting
Unit II Essay An issue that we can have here in Horry County is dry weather. Dry weather can be conducive to an increased risk of wildland fires. In the unincorporated areas, people are allowed to burn their debris without a permit and often don’t think about weather conditions. In March of 2010, a fire that started in a 15 x 15 foot area near power lines spread into the Windsor Green condominium complex, which is located near the Man O’ War and Wizard Golf Courses in Carolina Forest. Extremely dry
“On average more than 100,000 wildfires, also called wildland fires or forest fires, clear 4 to 5 million acres of land in the U.S every year”. This fact is according to the National Geographic website. Wildfires are dangerous because of how quickly they can spread and the damage they can make. They can move up to fourteen miles an hour across land destroying everything they come in contact with. We have learned throughout the years how a wildfire originates, the impact that it can cause, and safety
Zacharias).The remaining 10 percent are started by lightning or lava. Wildfires can somewhat be good at times when burning and keeping the greenery down to build buildings or houses near. Though at times accidental wildfires can kill wildlife, kill people, burn homes and cause much more damage to anything the fire spreads to all from throwing a single cigarette. The government in brazil needs to get involved in this because they aren't enforcing strict enough laws for littering cigarettes and unattending
FST-107-Fire Prevention Changing a Nation: Impact of “America Burning” on Fire Prevention in America Devan Brower 3-20-2016 In 1973, one of the most influential reports to ever come out of the fire service was created. This report would change the fire service forever and still to this day have a great impact on the way things are done in the fire service. One of the most impacted sectors within the fire service is the way firefighters perceive and implement fire prevention strategies and
Wildfire Mitigation Thesis: Politicians are proposing sweeping changes in bills, which have caused great controversy, in efforts to correct the problems that the Forest Service has faced in restoration projects. Are these bills necessary or is there a better solution that politicians are overlooking? Introduction: Humans have been changing the Western forests' fire system since the settlement by the Europeans and now we are experiencing the consequences of those changes. During the summer
There are few natural phenomena with the scope and complexity of a forest fire (Van Wagner [1]). Rekindles or reignitions that reburn an area over which a previous fire has passed but leaving fuel that later ignites due to latent heat, sparks, or embers (NWCG [2]) is an amazing part of that phenomena. For instance fuel complexes that exhibit heavy fuel loads and deep organic layers. Namely under the decomposing leaf litter there are a compact organic horizon in which the ground or subsurface fires
Raging Fires “ Ninety-five percent of the nation’s adults and seventy-seven percent of its children can recite Smokey Bear’s slogan, and as for the bear himself, well, only Santa Claus ranks higher as a recognizable icon” ( Spinal 38). “Only you can prevent forest fires” were Smokey Bear’s iconic words, known by nearly every American in the Twentieth Century (“The True Story of Smokey Bear”). However, why was Smokey Bear needed? Why were forest fires on the increase? Actually, during World