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The control of fire by early humans was a critical technology enabling the evolution of humans. Fire provided a source of warmth and lighting, protection from predators (especially at night), a way to create more advanced hunting tools, and a method for cooking food. These cultural advances allowed human geographic dispersal, cultural ...
While these options cannot completely replace fire suppression as a fire management tool, other options can play an important role in overall fire management and can therefore affect the costs of fire suppression. [10] Short-term fire suppression can, in the long term, result in larger, more intense wildfire events.
Pyrocene is a proposed term for a new geologic epoch or age characterized by the influence of human-caused fire activity on Earth. The concept focuses on the many ways humans have applied and removed fire from the Earth, including the burning of fossil fuels and the technologies that have enabled people to leverage their influence and become the dominant species on the planet.
It's unclear how the LA fires started - but most wildfires are caused by humans [Getty Images] We still don't know why they started, however. It might have been a lightning strike, downed power ...
HOW DID THE FIRES START? The causes of the fires, which started on Tuesday night, have not yet been determined. ... Nearly 85% of U.S. wildfires are caused by humans, according to the U.S. Forest ...
The Oakland Hills Fire of 1991 started as a brush fire and was fueled by strong winds. Over the course of the two-day blaze, the brush fire became a firestorm, spreading across more than 1,500 ...
Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material (the fuel) in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products. [1] [a] At a certain point in the combustion reaction, called the ignition point, flames are produced.
Controlled burns have a long history in wildland management. Fire has been used by humans to clear land since the Neolithic period. [48] Fire history studies have documented regular wildland fires ignited by indigenous peoples in North America and Australia [49] [50] prior to the establishment of colonial law and fire suppression. Native ...