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In order to exercise efficient emergency management, states susceptible to wildfires have collaborated to develop the Firewise Communities USA Recognition Program.The Firewise Communities Program focuses on reducing the loss of life and property, in terms of wildfires, by providing resources to allow communities to build responsibly in natural surroundings and assist one another in preparing ...
The Miller’s Reach Fire, also known as the Big Lake Fire, was a wildfire that began on June 2, 1996 in an area around Miller’s Reach Road near Houston, Alaska, approximately 33 miles (53 km) north of Anchorage, Alaska. The fire burned over 37,000 acres (15,000 ha), destroyed at least 344 structures, [3] and caused more than $10 million in ...
A Wildland fire module (WFM), formerly fire use module (FUM), is a 7–10 person team of firefighting personnel dedicated to planning, monitoring and starting fires. They may be deployed anywhere in the United States for resource benefits (fire use), prescribed fire and hazard fuel reduction projects.
Nov. 2—Lake County is in the process of updating its Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) — a document that helps identify and address the local threats of wildfire. After a summer when ...
Fire-resistive plants that are not maintained can desiccate, die, or amass deadwood debris, and become fire assistive. Irrigation systems and pruning can help maintain a plant's fire resistance. Maintaining access roads and driveways clear of side and low-hanging vegetation can allow large fire equipment to reach properties and structures.
Pages in category "Wildfires in Alaska" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. 2004 Alaska wildfires; D.
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Delete or comment-out the time, time-begin, time-end and timezone parameters for a multi-day wildfire after the fire is extinguished, as leaving those parameters just causes the template to become cluttered. If the start time and end time are significant, these may instead be described in the body of the article.