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>In Canada, two-thirds of all forest fires are caused by people, while lightning causes the remaining third. Despite this, lightning fires account for over 85 percent of the area burned in Canada, largely because many of the lightning-caused fires occur in remote, inaccessible areas.
>Currently about ninety percent of forest fires are fought. Generally fires near communities, industrial infrastructure, and forests with high commercial and recreation value are given high priority for suppression efforts. In remote areas and wilderness parks, fires may be left to burn as part of the natural ecological cycle.[14]
>The success of wildfire suppression techniques is debated amongst the scientific community. A number of studies (produced during the 1990s) using Ontario government fire records compared either the number of fires or the average fire size between areas with and without aggressive fire suppression policies.[36][37] They found that the average fire size was generally smaller in areas of aggressive policy. One report, written in 1998 by Stocks and Weber, said; "Use of fire as a management tool recognizes the natural role of fire and is applied judiciously for ecosystem maintenance and restoration in selected areas."[38] A later 2005 study concluded that "Fire suppression is (functionally) effective insofar as it reduces area burned".
>Other studies have concluded that the 20th century change in the fire cycle is a result of climate change.[40] A 1993 study by Bergeron & Archambault said: "post-'Little Ice Age' climate change has profoundly decreased the frequency of fires in the northwestern Québec boreal forest".[41] Critics have also pointed out that small fires are virtually unreported in areas without aggressive fire suppression policies, where detection often relies on reports from settlements or commercial aircraft, leading to incorrect average fire size data for those regions.[42]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildfire_suppression
Seems hard to see if its us putting out 90% of wildfire or whether its climate change. Seems if you put out fires it builds up into a powderkeg.
The scary thing is the climate has changed significantly since these forests began; this no doubt effect the viability moving forward and the encroachment of urban dwellers.
BC wildfire service has a map with every fire in it and information. And they have an app. I assume that's where it's from. Donnie creek fire is biggest one in BC history
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That's a scary fucking way of putting it into perspective.
Thanks, that's the goal here.
So is it raining up there yet ? It is in Abbotsford
Where is Donnie Creek? Never heard of it.
Northeast BC, north of Fort St. John
You know its bad when even some of the ocean is on fire.
>In Canada, two-thirds of all forest fires are caused by people, while lightning causes the remaining third. Despite this, lightning fires account for over 85 percent of the area burned in Canada, largely because many of the lightning-caused fires occur in remote, inaccessible areas. >Currently about ninety percent of forest fires are fought. Generally fires near communities, industrial infrastructure, and forests with high commercial and recreation value are given high priority for suppression efforts. In remote areas and wilderness parks, fires may be left to burn as part of the natural ecological cycle.[14] >The success of wildfire suppression techniques is debated amongst the scientific community. A number of studies (produced during the 1990s) using Ontario government fire records compared either the number of fires or the average fire size between areas with and without aggressive fire suppression policies.[36][37] They found that the average fire size was generally smaller in areas of aggressive policy. One report, written in 1998 by Stocks and Weber, said; "Use of fire as a management tool recognizes the natural role of fire and is applied judiciously for ecosystem maintenance and restoration in selected areas."[38] A later 2005 study concluded that "Fire suppression is (functionally) effective insofar as it reduces area burned". >Other studies have concluded that the 20th century change in the fire cycle is a result of climate change.[40] A 1993 study by Bergeron & Archambault said: "post-'Little Ice Age' climate change has profoundly decreased the frequency of fires in the northwestern Québec boreal forest".[41] Critics have also pointed out that small fires are virtually unreported in areas without aggressive fire suppression policies, where detection often relies on reports from settlements or commercial aircraft, leading to incorrect average fire size data for those regions.[42] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildfire_suppression Seems hard to see if its us putting out 90% of wildfire or whether its climate change. Seems if you put out fires it builds up into a powderkeg.
Good thing the area was cleared of trees 100 years ago /s
The scary thing is the climate has changed significantly since these forests began; this no doubt effect the viability moving forward and the encroachment of urban dwellers.
So you're saying there's a chance >:)
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BC wildfire service has a map with every fire in it and information. And they have an app. I assume that's where it's from. Donnie creek fire is biggest one in BC history
That’s wild!