Jim Wright of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention explains how they prevent and fight wild forest fires in California.
The 1910 Fire was the largest forest fire in American history, perhaps in the history of the world. Now, almost one hundred years later, the blackened ghosts of giant cedars stand in silent witness to the devastation and death that rode the wild winds of August....
August 6, 2009 Burqin County in Altay, joe batt\'s arm Chonghuer rural hydropower construction area about two kilometers west of a forest fire in pasture, 91 acres of burned area...
In the past, San Diego homes weren\'t fire proof because of the lack of companies providing sprinklers....
It seems hard to believe that, with the freezing conditions, snow and ice that we are seeing here, that anywhere else in the world would be any different....
As guardian of the fire forest fire prevention new member on the team, following on to find out more this military Wei Ruite \"Warrior\" 901 new cross-country dual-use forest fire....
Many areas of Greece 21, a forest fire near Athens is also a serious fire. Greek government declared a state of emergency that day. Rescue Fire Sector organizations in the affected areas to evacuate, while fire-fighting efforts. Fierce fire Athens, about 40 kilometers northeast of the mountain that day pendeli lit the fire by strong winds quickly spread to the surrounding plains, 12 km within a few hours the fire spread. 22 afternoon, the fire approaching two suburbs of Athens...
The fire at the Las Padres National Forest in California is the longest running fire in California since the state was founded. All of this, of course, was noted by Spanish Explorers, so obviously these things occurred naturally before the state ever got so populated....
Although helicopters are not so innovative as other aircraft like jets or shuttles, they are considered the most efficient aerial way for rescue missions for the purpose of firefighting. They are known as the most effective way to deal with any insurgency in rescue missions....
For wild animals, showing teeth does not mean smiles to the camera and photographers. The only explanation for their exposing teeth is they face up with brutal situation leading to battles for food, dating mate and territory. These fightings are always very intense but it shows how nature occasionally works and indicates the reality of cruel life. This sparrow rudely shuts the noisy partner\'s beak up by his tiny talons in Sherz, Switzerland. The hen-pecked bird makes a move that was “too fast for the human eye”. The bizarre fight was captured by Urs Schmidli at the moment these sparrows were flying around his garden....
One of the most common natural disasters in the United States is wildfires or forest fires. They can cause panic even when being merely mentioned. Studies recently have showed an uptrend of this over the past decade....