Uncontrolled blazes fueled by weather, wind, and dry underbrush, wildfires can burn acres of land—and consume everything in their paths—in mere minutes. On average, more than 100,000 wildfires, also called wildland fires or forest fires, clear 4 million to 5 million acres (1.6 million to 2 million hectares) of land in the U.S. every year. In recent years, wildfires have burned up to 9 million acres (3.6 million hectares) of land. A wildfire moves at speeds of up to 14 miles an hour (23 kilometers
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Wildfires have become a major problem over the last several years all across the United States. According to National Geographic, they can be all over the United States, but the western part of the country is the most susceptible. They estimate that just last year we lost between four to five million acres of land to wildfires all over the United States. They also estimate that some wildfires can move up to fourteen miles per hour. What people do not often realize is when you throw a cigarette butt
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Q: Explain the fire principals of wildland fires. And how their behavior differs from structure fires. The basic fire principals consist of five principals that go into fire behavior. Principal one is the fire triangle or Tetrahedron. The fire triangle consists of having heat, fuel, and oxygen. Removing one of these elements from the triangle and the fire will eventually die out. Principal two is method of heat transfer. Therefore, if heat is transfer from direct contact, liquid or air. A fire of
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Charcoal deposits in soil samples provides evidence of bushfires as far back as one hundred thousand years ago. This charcoal allows scientists to analyse the frequency of bushfires in Australia, and speculate about main causes for change. In the absence of human interference, the most common instigator of bushfires are lightning strikes which we can trace back to the beginning of time. For this fact bushfires were common but few such years ago. However, since the arrival of Aboriginal Australians
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Why the Ventura Wildfire Is So Explosive Summary: “Why the Ventura Wildfire Is So Explosive” is an article on the Scientific American’s website, and was written by Andrea Thompson on December 6, 2017. She explained that, “A disastrous combination of tinder-dry vegetation, the strongest Santa Ana winds . . . and a spark caused wildfire to explode.” Thompson also stated how unusual wildfires were at this time of the year, as they would at least get some precipitation to lower the fire risk, but due
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I am a Goddess of Arson. I work to inspire others to light their creative fires and shine as lights to the rest of the world. I am incomplete without this fire, and it stands even til this day, as many have tried to extinguish it. I take this creative duty seriously, because someone, along the way, lit my fire and inspired me to do theatre. Ever since, I have immersed myself in the world of theatre, and I never knew it would impact me the way that it has. These last few years, under the instruction
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Unit 9 final project CJ 230-02 Criminal Law for Criminal Justice Prof. Sara Block July 15, 2013
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Criminal Law in Action Final Project: Arson Michigan v. Tyler, 436 U.S. 499 Arson: Michigan v. Tyler, 436 U.S. 499 Michigan v. Tyler was decided in 1978. This was the first arson case to go to the Supreme Court. Only a few defense attorneys read the case briefs which made the fire investigator’s job easier. Before this decision search warrant at a fire was unheard of. Loren Tyler and Robert Tompkins leased a furniture store, Tyler’s Action, in Oakland County, Michigan. On January 21st
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larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson. These two crimes are committed all over the united states, at random times and random places. These are the most popular crimes in the database. Property crime includes the offenses of burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson. The object of the theft-type offenses is the taking of money or property, but there is no force or threat of force against the victims. The property crime category includes arson because the offense involves the destruction
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