In 1919, the California state legislature appropriated money for fire prevention and suppression, and records in the state archive show that, by 1920, there were more than 400 fire wardens distributed throughout the state who were charged with firefighting and fire reporting. In 1920, there were...
Stéphane Caron, a spokesman for Quebec's forest fire prevention agency, known as SOPFEU, said that while tactics in fighting fires are consistent, the sheer number of fires in his province is forcing the agency to abandon its goal of extinguishing all fires below the...
Wildfires have always been present in our world affecting humans for decades. They have displaced thousands, costed billions of dollars, and destroyed millions of acres throughout their history. But, as society keeps advancing into the future, so do wildfires as their numbers continue to increase....
aOn average, wildfires burn 4.3 million acres in the U.S. annually. In recent years, the federal government has spent $1 billion a year on fire prevention. 2002 was a record year with major fires in Arizona, California, Colorado, and Oregon.[translate]...
Wildfires, producing lots of smoke seen obviously from space, are spreading in Sibetia.Greenland, Alaska, and Canada as a result of lightning and high temperatures. Although Arctic fires are common between May and October, the long time and large rang-involved make these fires unusual.Unfortunate...
Note: BFF, Bolivia Forest Fires; RBF, Richard- son Backcountry Fire, Canada; FNT, Fires in Northwest Territories, Canada; WR, Wildfires of Russia; BCW, British Columbia Wildfires, Canada; CW, California Wildfires, USA; SW, Sweden Wildfires; BCW, British Columbia Wildfires, Canada; AW, ...
University (217), Colorado State University (210), US Geological Survey (190), University of California Berkeley (190), and Natural Resources Canada (190) ranked in the top five. Forest Service published a significantly higher number of papers and citations than other research institutions....
Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Northern Forestry Centre, Edmonton, Alberta. Parisien, M.A., S.A. Parks, C. Miller, M.A. Krawchuk, M. Heathcott, and M.A. Moritz. 2011. Contributions of ignitions, fuels, and weather to the burn probability of a boreal landscape. ...
In addition, population growth may not follow an exponential growth curve. This research also did not consider changes in economic and demographic characteristics by 2050, which might alter the ability of taxes to cover additional mitigation and prevention strategies. The absence of reliable demographic...
and the employment of more effective and widespread prevention and firefighting methods. The management of the current fire-prone areas should be emphasized, but the state must be prepared to face extreme fire incidents in a broader range of ecosystems, including mid-altitude and high-altitude ...