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	The Atlas of Canada - Forest Fires
		Fires are detected from fire towers, from air patrols, or by the public.
		An extreme fire event can result in town evacuations, road closures, airport closures, property loss, timber loss (though this can be mitigated with salvage logging), habitat loss for some species (though this is usually temporary) and habitat creation for others, removal of the vegetation, and consumption of the forest floor.
		Fire also acts as a fire regulator: where a fire has burned, the amount of fuel is reduced and the fire hazard is decreased.
	atlas.nrcan.gc.ca /site/english/maps/environment/forestfires/1 (1435 words)

	Wildfire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the case of the fires in southeastern France, the speed of the fire is estimated to be 3% to 8% of the speed of the wind, depending on the conditions (density and type of vegetation, slope).
		If the fire is on a particularly steep hill or in a densely wooded area, they may rappel or fast-rope down from helicopters.
		The proponents of these studies argue that areas without aggressive fire suppression policies have larger average fire sizes and greater average annual area burned and a longer interval between fires and that this is evidence of the effect of fire suppression.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Forest_fire (3125 words)

	List of forest fires - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It was one of 15 major fires in Ventura, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and San Diego counties covering 721,791 acres (2,920 km²), killing 24, displacing 120,000 and destroying 3,640 homes.
		Penteli Fire in Greece affected in June and July, 1995 in the Penteli mountains and lasted for almost the weekend from Friday.
		2000 fires in Southern Europe in July 2000 consumed forests and buildings in southern France, parts of Iberia, Corsica, and most of Italy including the southern part and Greece during the heatwave dominating southern Europe with 40 to 45°C temperatures caused the phenomena.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_forest_fires (584 words)

	The Atlas of Canada - Forest Fires
		Fires are detected from fire towers, from air patrols, or by the public.
		Frequently fire mapping is not a straightforward task because the fire perimeter may be indistinct and contain partially burned areas and unburned islands.
		Fire also acts as a fire regulator: where a fire has burned, the amount of fuel is reduced and the fire hazard is decreased.
	atlas.gc.ca /site/english/maps/environment/forestfires/1 (1435 words)

	The Environmental Literacy Council - Forest Fires
		Forest fires can endanger people and wildlife, and controlling a burn is expensive, both in terms of manpower and financial cost.
		Forest landscapes are dynamic and change in response to variations in climate and to disturbances from natural sources, such as fires caused by lightning strikes.
		As urban areas continue to encroach on forested spaces, the dangers also increase for humans along what forest managers term the "wildland-urban interface." It is understandable for people who live near forests and who own forest land to want their property, and their lives, protected from the ravages of fire.
	www.enviroliteracy.org /article.php/46.html (1351 words)

	Forest fires in the Mediterranean area
		It seems, however, that these involuntary fires are directly related to agricultural and forestry activities: the parties at fault in the case of forest fires are mainly permanent inhabitants (and seldom passing tourists).
		For the purpose of discussion, policies related to forest fire have been grouped into four traditional categories: prevention, including all measures intended to prevent the occurrence of forest fires; pre-suppression, covering all provisions intended to improve interventions and safety in the event of fire; suppression, including all means of intervention; and rehabilitation, i.e.
		The growth in the area of forest, particularly of unmanaged forest, in most of the countries to the north of the Mediterranean increases the likelihood of fire, particularly of fires spreading over larger areas than in the past (as in the case of some recent fires in Spain).
	www.fao.org /docrep/x1880e/x1880e07.htm (3655 words)

	Prescribed Fire
		Fire has been used by professional foresters to reduce hazardous fuels since the turn of the century.
		A prescribed fire that does not accomplish ifs intended objective(s) is a loss of both time and money, and it may be necessary to reburn as soon as sufficient fuel accumulates.
		Prescribed fire has been successfully used under very exacting fuel and weather conditions to control cone insects such as the white pine cone beetle (Conophthorus coniperda) while the pest is overwintering in cones on the ground.
	www.pfmt.org /standman/prescrib.htm (3209 words)

	Forest Fires and Drought in the U.S. Southwest
		Forest Fires and Drought in the U.S. Southwest
		Forests in the southwest have recently experienced fires of unprecedented intensity and extent, which has increased the vulnerability of people using forest resources.
		As shown in Figure 1, the relationship between the PDSI and the areal extent of forest fires, there is evidence of a strong inverse relationship between the two.
	geochange.er.usgs.gov /sw/impacts/biology/fires_drought (933 words)

	Frequently Asked Questions
		We are growing more than 40 species of precious tropical hardwood trees, carefully chosen by our foresters for their beautiful hardwoods, excellent growth potential, and high value, both on the local and international markets.
		Forest fires are not normally a problem in the humid tropics.
		For example, when farmers clear their land of forest, they first cut the trees and let them dry in the hot sun for weeks or months before they can burn the area being cleared.
	tatf.com /htm/main/questions_and_answers.htm (1890 words)

	Press Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Last summer's 137,000 acre Hayman Fire, the largest in the history of State of Colorado, annihilated several thousand acres of cathedral-like Ponderosa Pine old growth, pushed one globally-rare species to the brink of extinction, and created the worst air pollution conditions in Denver’s recorded history.
		One study found that the Hayman fire and another of Colorado’s fires in 2002 combined to pump more CO2 into the atmosphere than did all of the cars, trucks and SUV’s in the State of Colorado during the same year combined.
		In July and August of 2002, the Sequoia National Forest experienced the largest catastrophic wildfire in its history – a fire that came breathtakingly close to destroying a grove of 125 giant sequoias over 10 feet in diameter, and more than 143 sequoias under 10 feet in diameter.
	resourcescommittee.house.gov /Press/releases/2003/0603Reformpf.htm (1651 words)

	FOREST FIRE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP (FF-SIG)
		MACRES formulated a Total Forest Fire Management Plan (TFFMP) to combat forest fires and open burning that contribute to the haze problem in the region utilizing remote sensing technology to complement the initiatives that the other government agencies are taking.
		Fire, as a critical natural process, is integrated into land and resource management on a landscape scale across agency boundaries, and management is based upon the best available science.
		It should be of interest to professional rural and forest fire managers, educators and trainers, researchers and students working in all aspects of fire, volunteer fire fighters and organisations, and all rural people concerned with fire on the land.
	www.geogra.uah.es /~earsel/relate_website.html (4758 words)

	American Red Cross
		Use fire resistant or non-combustible materials on the roof and exterior structure of the dwelling.
		Contains ideas, stories, sample news releases, camera-ready artwork, and information for use during Fire Prevention Week, and, since most of the information in the kit is undated, throughout the year.
		"Fire Safety Activity Poster" (ARC 5034) is an 18" x 24" poster designed for children ages 4-8 on one side, and 8-12 on the other.
	www.redcross.org /services/disaster/0,1082,0_594_,00.html (1453 words)

	Wildfire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Forest covers about 28% of France (189,000 km², 46.7 million acres); the biggest forest is the forêt des Landes de Gascogne, a pine forest which covers over 10,000 km² (2.5 million acres), mostly part being in the Landes (6,193 km², 1.53 million acres).
		Land teams use four-wheel drive fire engines called "tank engines for wildfire" (CCF, camion-citerne pour feu de forêt), with three (sometimes four) firefighters and 2,000 to 4,500 L of water.
		These engines have a protection system that sprays water around the truck in case it is surrounded by the fire; in such a case, the firefighters lock themselves in the truck.
	www.tocatch.info /en/Forest_Fires.htm (3231 words)

	Taking a Stand: Pros and Cons of Forest Fires
		After completing and discussing their lists, have students access before and after pictures of a forest fire in Yellowstone National Park.
		Once the students decide where they stand on the use of fires, they should prepare the data to be used for their argument that will later be sent to their appropriate state official via e-mail.
		In their announcement they should include causes of forest fires, harmful and beneficial effects, and what people can do to use them wisely and in other cases prevent them.
	www.thirteen.org /edonline/lessons/fire/b.html (1680 words)

	CBC News:B.C. warned to be prepared for early forest fire season
		KELOWNA - Forest fire researchers say British Columbia is predicting the province is in for another dangerous summer and people should prepare for the worst.
		A provincial inquiry concluded a big reason why the last summer's fires were so severe was that little had been done to reduce the amount of dead wood and brush on the forest floor.
		But fire ecologist Bob Grey cautions that controlled burns and other fireproofing measures often take many years to reduce the risk of a major wildfire.
	www.cbc.ca /stories/2004/04/09/canada/bcfires040409 (428 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| France steps up fight against arsonists
		One of the worst fires was in the picturesque Maures Hills, where a separate blaze has already destroyed 10,000 hectares (25,000 acres) of forest.
		Yesterday (our last day) whilst waiting for our son and friend to say their goodbyes to friends made on the campsite, we noticed that a lot of people were running through the campsite, too many people were congregating, all staring to the same place.
		Further down the road a fleet of fire fighting vehicles passed us going in the direction we were coming from, so we thought that obviously the fire was getting out of control...
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/3108739.stm (1735 words)

	Help prevent forest fires, DENR urges upland folk - Mar. 15, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Last year's forest fires occurred mostly in the provinces of Bataan and Nueva Ecija, a DENR report showed.
		Fires, he said, had accounted for 64 percent of the cause of deforestation in Central Luzon in the last 10 years.
		He said among the causes of forest fires are the kaingin (slash and burn) farming system.
	www.inq7.net /reg/2004/mar/15/reg_5-1.htm (473 words)

	Biodiversity in Belize - Forest Fires
		The 1992 dry season was relatively benign and relatively few forest fires erupted in the areas affected by the hurricane.
		Early May a milpa fire near Golden Stream village escaped into the Golden Stream Corridor Preserve (Yaax Che) and quickly blossomed into a massive forest fire that crept northward into the hills of the Columbia River Forest Reserve.
		With a strong concentration of fires in the Western Peten district of Guatemala.
	biological-diversity.info /fire_2003.htm (408 words)

	Historical Wildland Fire Statistics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		This is a list of some of the most serious wildland fires in U.S. history.
		Some small, but very intense, fires were important because of the loss of lives and property.
		There have been larger fires than some of those included on this list, but few or none with greater impact on lives and resources.
	www.nifc.gov /stats/historicalstats.html (126 words)

	FireSafetyResearch.com
		Fire Safety Institute - Information, research, and education that focuses on innovative approaches to fire safety science and engineering.
		Fire resistance, therefore, is an important safety consideration and the reason why many local building codes as well as the Federal Housing Administration require that roofing materials conform to certain standards in this respect.
		The most widely accepted standards for fire resistance in building materials are those of Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. This non-profit organization founded in 1894 devotes to testing and to establishing of fire safety standards.
	www.firesafetyresearch.com (1160 words)

	Forest fires burn their way into climate change \| csmonitor.com
		The chemical junk that forest fires spew into the air might affect atmospheric chemistry in a manner similar to - and on a scale similar to - the impact of sulfurous chemicals from volcanic eruptions.
		There the fire chemicals caused "atmospheric effects similar to those seen during a volcanic eruption," according to the paper's announcement.
		Protection of forest resources and the lives and property of forest dwellers is reason enough to raise the status of forest fire management on the list of national and international priorities.
	www.csmonitor.com /2003/0731/p12s01-sten.html (552 words)

	forest fires (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Department of Forest, Rangeland, and Watershed Stewardship, which is part of Warner College of Natural Resources at Colorado State University, offers a range of undergraduate and graduate courses in forestry and rangeland related topics and conservation biology.
		Presented in November 1999, "Soil microbes in boreal forest humus after fire" is the PhD thesis of Janna Pietikäinen of the University of Helsinki, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, Forest Soil Science.
		It provides details of the National Fire Plan, safety, communication and labour issues, news, publications and research carried out at the Forest Service regional laboratories and at the Riverside Forest Fire Laboratory (at the Pacific Southwest Research Station) and the RMRS Fire Sciences Laboratory (at the Rocky Mountain Research Station).
	agrifor.ac.uk /browse/cabi/132729427c3ddaaca6e04efb7d580bb1.html (1116 words)

	Elijah List - Elijah List Words
		As fires have raged out of control of man in the mid-western states in June,"spiritual fires" will be seen raging throughout the House of the Lord during the month of July.
		Many will think these fires were started by the enemy but "fire-lighting" Angels on assignment have been released to set fires to many "works" in God's own House.
		It was burning up because it was "wood" instead of "word." Some cooks ran out of the kitchen for the fire was just too hot and began to touch the flesh in their personal lives and they did not want certain fleshly things in their lives to die.
	www.elijahlist.com /words/display_word.html?ID=1218 (724 words)

	Reservists helping forest service fight fires
		Fighting forest fires has historically been a responsibility of the U.S. Forest Service; however, numerous catastrophic forest fires over the years have severely overloaded the agency’s ability to cope with them all.
		Lack of fire resources triggers the forest service to use military people and equipment after all civilian tankers are activated and further assistance is still necessary.
		Officials are anticipating a busy fire season in light of a recent decision to ground some civilian air tankers so the aircraft can undergo testing before returning to the fleet.
	www.af.mil /news/story.asp?storyID=123008361 (759 words)

	Pravda.RU 16,000 forest fires registered in Russia in 2003
		The country has seen 15,900 forest fires on the total area of 1.4 million hectares since the beginning of the forest fire season, the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources told RIA Novosti.
		The Japanese sailor was placed in the regional hospital's intensive-care ward, with medics listing him in serious condition, officials at the Kamchatka emergency hospital noted.
		An area of almost 230,000 hectares has been enveloped by 409 forest fires in Russia, of which 206,000 hectares - by 99 strong fires, RIA Novosti was told on Monday at the information department of the emergencies ministry.
	newsfromrussia.com /accidents/2003/06/24/48607.html (2048 words)

	Forest Fire Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		To members of the Forest List, The March, 1996, issue of Tropical Forest Update by ITTO dealt quite extensively on forest fire in the tropics.
		Covering the causes, management, prevention, detection, monitoring of forest fire, as well as, rehabitation of burnt-out forests - boreal, temperate, tropical, mangroves, peat, etc...
		One resource found thus far is the ASEAN Fire Weather Information System by the Canadian Forest Service at: http://www.nofc.forestry.ca:80/research/resource/fire/asean/ Regards.
	www.metla.fi /archive/forest/1996/06/msg00018.html (113 words)

	Chronology of forest fires - BWCAWiki
		An incomplete chronology of forest fires in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
		Alice-Saganaga Fire of 1863-64, from the south of the BWCAW to Alice Lake, Ottertrack Lake, Saganaga Lake, and the Quetico, 275,000 acres in the BWCAW, up to 400,000 acres total (lightning?)
		Saganaga Lake Fire of 1801, from Gabimichigami Lake to Saganaga Lake, the Quetico, and the Crownlands, 80,000+ acres (lightning?)
	bwcawiki.org /wiki/Chronology_of_forest_fires (655 words)

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