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By: Brandon Head
Wildfires
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A wildfire is a massive fire caused in the forest. Wildfires destroy huge amounts of land and can cause a large amounts of casualties.
What is a Wildfire?
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The answer to that is that we don’t have a scale used to measure wildfires. We just see how much it burned.
How do we measure it?
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Wildfires usually happen during early spring or summer. However, wildfires can happen at any time conditions are right.
When it happens
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People start most wildfiresContact local fire department to learn fire
safety lawsCreate a 30-100 ft safety zone around your
yardAlways listen to local fire officials
How can you stay safe?
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Wildfires can happen anywhere that there is low moisture and has lots of flammable grass or wood.
Common places for wildfires
fire
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An average of 1.2 million acres of U.S woodland burn every year
4 out of every 5 wildfires are caused by people
Surface fires-most common type of wildfire, move slowly across land
Ground fire-usually caused by lightning, burn through root system
Crown fire-spread by winds along tops of trees
Facts about wildfires
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Meteorologists study wildfires only for right conditions.Scientists cannot predict when wildfires will happen because most wildfires are caused by a person’s actions.
Studying wildfires
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June 3rd, 2007 Sequoia National Park in California
September 5th, 1881 Lower peninsula of Michigan
June 22nd, 1988 Yellowstone National ParkApril 16th, 2007 Georgia and Florida1983 Victoria, Australia
Past wildfires
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Ask.comGoogle.comCliparthttp://www.usfa.dhs.gov/citizens/home_fire_pr
ev/wildfire/http://www.weather.com/ready/fire/facts.html
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