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…The General Effects of Fire on Wildlife Abstract: Fire is an important part of many ecosystems and helps maintain the condition of habitats for wildlife. The effect of fire depends upon many factors, varying from the type of wildlife…
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…It is six o'clock at night when a forest ranger gets a call informing him or her that a fire has broken out in the forest. Should the ranger call the fire department to come extinguish the fire immediately, or should the ranger allow the fire to burn…
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…INTRODUCTION Fire has been a factor in the formation and maintenance of our forests for centuries (Lamprey, 1974). This has occurred from natural sources such as lightning as well as from people. This combination has resulted in our current forest…
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…On Sunday, 2 September 1666, the destruction of London began. An area one and a half miles by half a mile was in ashes. About 87 churches and 13,200 houses were destroyed and amazingly only six people have been known to have died. The fire began…
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…The History of the Fire Service <Tab/>Did you know that the earliest form of firefighting took place in Rome in 24 B.C? After almost being destroyed by unruly conflagrations, Rome created a fire department consisting of about 7,000 paid…
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Category: /Literature/English
FIRE PREVENTION by Robert Sawin Living in a house surrounded by nature and wildlands can be peaceful and beautiful, but it can also be risky. The risk of a high intensity wildland fire, is rising in many wildland ecosystems, and with it comes…
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…THE CHICAGO FIRE of 1871         The summer of 1871 had been an unusually dry one in Chicago. Between July and October, only 5 inches of rain fell. In addition to twenty-seven fires in the first week of October, on Saturday night, October…
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Category: /Literature/English
Fire Investigation A fire investigation is a difficult task. The devastation, charred debris, collapsed structures, water soaked ashes, along with the smoke and stench, make an investigation uninviting and seemingly impossible…
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…Executive Summary <Tab/>This report is about the Los Alamos prescribed forest fires. May 4, 2000 the Bandilier National monument superintendent ordered a prescribed fire. This particular fire got out of hand and ended up burning…
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Category: /History
…The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 was one of the largest disasters in American history. Practically overnight the great city of Chicago was destroyed. Before the fire there was a large drought causing everything…
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