forest fi r e s

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Definition
A forest fire is the fire that spreads without control over trees, shrubs, scrub, provided they are not agricultural crop characteristics or are the subject of it and have no urban land rating, affecting this vegetation was not intended to burning .

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causes

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Fire has three distinct phases:

initiation, propagation and termination. $nitiation" the beginning of fire or natural causes mostly by human action. %ropagation is an e&tension of the fire by nearby vegetation. '&tinction" the completion of the fire of natural causes (rain or lac! of vegetation) or human activity (wor! of e&tinction)

Types of fires

Floor

or basement fire" *he fire spreads decaying organic matter and roots. Almost always burn slowly and glowing combustion in the absence of sufficient o&ygen. +urface Fire" *he fire spread through fuel found on the ground, including litter, grasses, shrubs and fallen timber but not immersed in the decomposing litter.

Antorcheo" +tep surface fire to crown fire, but only to a point in some feet. ,ups passive fire is advancing through the treetops attached and dependent on a surface fire, e&tinguished if it stops the cups. Active ,ups" *he fire that advances through the crowns of trees regardless of the surface. -nly you can attac! indirectly and often re.uires a wind greater than /0 !m 0 h near glasses.

According spreads where:

Crown fire:

prevention Fire prevention is based, on the one hand, to try avoid causing forest fires, and partly to minimize its consequences once declared

types of measures:
+ocial awareness, in order to educate the population on rational use of fire, avoiding ris!. $t can be done through information campaigns and penalty payments. *he care and planning of forests and woods, by performing planned firewalls and e&tensive networ! of forest trac!s and reservoirs. %eriodic cleaning of forests through appropriate silvicultural wor! and the wor! of clearing. *he bounding stripes introduction of species with low power fuel. ,onducting preventive burning (prescribed burning) during periods of low fire ris!. *he adoption of legislative measures aimed at preventing that there are people or groups who may profit from the fires. +trengthen police and judicial prosecution of arsonists to prevent them go unpunished.

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