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Wildfire = Large, destructive fire that spreads quickly over woodland or brush // Incendio grande y destructivo que se propaga rápidamente sobre bosques o matorrales
Also see: Bushfires
Headlines
Canada’s wildfire crisis: By the numbers
Number of Wildfires to Rise by 50% by 2100 and Governments are not Prepared, Experts Warn
Study: Climate change main cause of wildfire weather in U.S. West
Amazon.com
Wildfire: The Culture, Science, and Future of Fire
Ferin Davis Anderson and Stephanie Sammartino McPherson
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youtu.be/qipDGyeEYu8
Apps
watchduty.org
Canada
sopfeu.qc.ca
Elsewhere on the Web
wildfirerisk.org
alertwildfire.org
nifc.gov – Flickr
Fire Information for Resource Management System US/Canada
Headlines (2018)
California fire map: Updates and expected dates of full containment
Videos
Pacific USA, 2017
Wildfires Bingo
Air Quality – Ash – Ashes – Breathing – Burning – Catastrophe – Catastrophic – Contain – Devastation – Disaster – Disruption – Drought – Emergency – Evacuation – Evacuees – Extreme Fire – Fire – Firestorm – First Responders – Flames – Insurance – Mandatory Evacuation – Oxygen – Smoke – Spark – Spread – Water – Wildfires – Wildland Urban Interface (WUI)
The Fire Behavior Analyst (FBAN) is responsible for collecting weather data, developing strategic and tactical fire behavior information.
Features
Planeta.com