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Wildfires GE 4150 Natural Hazards Fire Uses Warmth Cooking Agriculture Creation of pottery cookware and weapons Burn oil and coal Heat homes Power Airplanes Bombs Fire Triangle Fuel Grasses shrub trees slash and homes Oxygen makes up 21 of the atmosphere Slash organic debris left after logging or windstorms Heat during summers and droughts dries vegetation making it easier to ignite by lightening Wildfire Styles Style 1 Move slowly along ground Advance as a wall of fire along a flaming combustion front Crown Fire which spreads along tree tops Fire Types Type 1 Tall column weak winds moderate speed Type 2 Tall column moves rapidly upslope Type 3 Column pushed by surface winds fire tornadoes occur Type 4 Column distorted by strong winds glowing embers dropped Type 5 Column bent upwards by winds of differing speed Type 6 Wind driven spreads rapidly Type 7 Fire and column move upslope Natural Disasters 6th edition By Patrick L Abbott 0012 5 3412 300 6 7 04 00 04 8 9 1 0 4 0 A 111 7 1 1 0 A 3 3 B 1 C 8 A A D 8 1 Taken from Natural Disasters 6th edition Patrick L Abbott Source National Interagency Fire Center http geology com news images united states wildfire map gif E 6 F BGG G F G G Stucco Walls Tile Roofs No trees or shrubs next to house At least 10 meters away No litter 7 8 9 BGG 2 G 0 E BGG G 9 BGG G G 7 8 9 BGG G G G G H A H BGG F G G


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