wildfires in california. index of contents causes of wildfires how to fight against wildfires...

wildfires

In

California

Index of contents

• Causes of wildfires

• How to fight against wildfires

• Wildfires in California– Facts about wildfires in California– Causes of wildfires in California Card of endangered areas for wildfires in

california

• Pictures

Causes of wildfires

• Only 4 per cent of wildfires can be caused by natural causes. (flashes of ligthing)

• The other fires are artificial

• Many people throw cigarret stubs in the forest

• Many people let their cars standing in the woods. Then the exhaust gas inflames grass or the dry ground.

How to fight against wildfires

• There are many ways of fighting against a wildfire

• Small wildfire = normal firefighters

• Big wildfire = special machines (planes, helicopters and tanks)

Wildfires in CaliforniaFacts

• 22 wildfires every year!!!• To turn off a wildfire costs about15.000.000$

(13.013555€).• During each wildfire there are about 15 injuries.• Every year about 38 people die in wildfires• After each wildfire the state has to buy more than

10 new fire trucks because the others were destroid

Causes of wildfires in california

• High temperatures• Santa-Ana winds• Big populations = many cigarrets• Very dry ground• Many business people inflame huge forest

areas so that they can buy those areas to build there firms or supermarkets.

• Sometimes there are people who make small fires which turn into big wildfires.

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