1871: Peshtigo Fire—a logging community in Wisconsin; Peshtigo had very dry weather and this aided the spread of a forest fire that burned vast acres of land. A massive firestorm formed where the fire consumed oxygen at such a rate that it created significant draft. Firestorms occur where ...
The method of optimum interpolation was used to analyze the burning index and ignition component computed from the National Fire-Danger Rating System, assuming fuel model G and using weather data from 28 Federal and State fire-danger stations and 9 NOAA/NWS stations in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and ...
Historically, June has brought about some of our most severe weather in the Northland. On June 18th of the summer of 2001, a tornado classified as an F-3 touched down in Grantsburg, Wisconsin. It eventually made its way to Siren, where the storm leveled homes, left several people injured...
Required knowledge of fire behavior used in prescribed burning often deviates from wildfires in that (1) prescribed fires are usually planned for a pre-defined burn unit and ecosystem; (2) the presence of multiple interacting firelines is nearly always critical to achieve objectives; and (3) man...
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An Economic Evaluation of Public and Organized Wildfire Detection in Wisconsin Early detection is the first step toward effective wildfire control. This study used cost-benefit techniques to evaluate the economic efficiency of fixed l... TW Steele,JC Stier - 《International Journal of Wildland Fire》...
That doesn't mean you won't find one, though: The Guinness World Record for the most four-leaf clovers collected in a single hour goes to Gabriella Gerhardt of Fitchburg, Wisconsin, who on Sept. 21, 2019, gathered 451. Getting audited by the IRS TravelingOtter // Flickr Getting audited ...
In total, there could be two decades worth of remediation work. Building regulations Perfectly illustrates the delays people are facing when making their home or place of work safe from fire We had a stark, while thankfully non-tragic, reminder in August, that showed the danger of leaving ...
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Fire danger rating is the first step in forest fire prevention. A fire danger rating system suited to a region would generate valuable fire risk information for forest fire prevention and suppression. The current fire danger rating assessment method adopted in China is a method developed by the ...