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Wildfire smoke can drift, creating issues for people who live far away from the source of the fire. “The particulates travel hundreds of miles and can cause sinus and upper airway irritation ...
Wildfires burn millions of acres of land across the United States every year, but the communities around a fire may feel the impacts long after it has been extinguished. Wildfires of every size ...
Since multiple fires ignited across various communities in Los Angeles County last week, tens of thousands were forced to evacuate, more than 12,000 homes were destroyed or damaged and at least 24 ...
Wildfire prevention programs around the world may employ techniques such as wildland fire use (WFU) and prescribed or controlled burns. [121] [122] Wildland fire use refers to any fire of natural causes that is monitored but allowed to burn. Controlled burns are fires ignited by government agencies under less dangerous weather conditions. [123]
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 for as well as recovering from wildfire. Communities enrolled in the Firewise Communities Program are bound to ...
“We’re still going to have climate change. We’ve had an industrial world since the early 1900s, so this has been going on for 100-plus years into our atmosphere, and we’re dealing with it now.
On May 11, fires in the northwest forced the evacuations of Cranberry Portage (a community of about 650 people), several nearby cottage subdivisions, and Bakers Narrows Provincial Park. Likely sparked by lightning and fueled by high winds and dry conditions, [ 51 ] the fires spread to 37,000 hectares and destroyed two residences, five cottages ...
How do you keep it together for them? As an adult, you have the ability to regulate your tone, your voice, and your own sense of grounding and presence. That helps model calmness for your child.