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5722819 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildfire%20suppression | Wildfire suppression | Wildfire suppression is a range of firefighting tactics used to suppress wildfires. Firefighting efforts in wild land areas require different techniques, equipment, and training from the more familiar structure fire fighting found in populated areas. Working in conjunction with specially designed aerial firefighting ai... |
5833062 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Wildfire%20Coordinating%20Group | National Wildfire Coordinating Group | The National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) was formed in the United States as a result of the aftermath of a major wildfire season in 1970, including the Laguna Fire.
The 1970 fire season underscored the need for a national set of training and equipment standards which would be standardized across the different a... |
7264556 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildfire%20%28Carol%20Vance%20Martin%29 | Wildfire (Carol Vance Martin) | Wildfire (Carol Vance Martin) is a fictional superhero in the DC Comics universe. One of the first female superheroes, she was originally published by Quality Comics during what comics historians and fans called the Golden Age of comic books. With her luxurious mane of red hair and revealing costume, she has been calle... |
7704284 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildfire%20%28Silver%20Dollar%20City%29 | Wildfire (Silver Dollar City) | Wildfire is a steel roller coaster located at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri. Manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard, the $14-million ride opened to the public on April 4, 2001. It is themed as a flying machine developed by a fictional 1880s Ozark inventor.
Wildfire stands tall with a drop of and features a m... |
8810003 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volunteer%20Wildfire%20Services | Volunteer Wildfire Services | The Volunteer Wildfire Services is a group of volunteers in Cape Town, South Africa who assist local fire fighting agencies to suppress wildfires. Affiliated to the Table Mountain National Park, the VWS is the only unit of its kind in South Africa.
The VWS has three main functions:
assist landowners with wildland fi... |
9425557 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Wildfire%20%282000%20shore%20establishment%29 | HMS Wildfire (2000 shore establishment) | HMS Wildfire is a Royal Naval Reserve unit in Northwood, North West London. Training over 100 reservists, HMS Wildfire is located within a purpose built training facility inside the national military tri-service HQ and NATO base.
History
Descended from a long a line of HMS Wildfires since the 1760s, the current unit w... |
11770764 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spreadin%27%20Like%20Wildfire | Spreadin' Like Wildfire | Spreadin’ Like Wildfire (see 1981 in music) was The Archers' only album released on MCA.
At the Grammy Awards of 1981, Spreadin' Like Wildfire was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary. The Archers performed George Ratzlaff's "Everyday I've Got To Sing Some" on the Grammy Awards.
Ti... |
13861074 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007%20California%20wildfires | 2007 California wildfires | The 2007 California wildfire season saw at least 9,093 separate wildfires that charred of land. Thirty of those wildfires were part of the Fall 2007 California firestorm, which burned approximately 972,147 acres (about 3,934 km2, or 1,520 mi2) of land from Santa Barbara County to the U.S.–Mexico border. At the peak of... |
13905531 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%20Diego%20wildfires | San Diego wildfires | The term San Diego fires or San Diego wildfires may refer to:
Cedar Fire (2003)
2005 Labor Day brush fire
October 2007 California wildfires#San Diego County, which includes the Witch Creek Fire and the Harris Fire
Witch Fire
Harris Fire
May 2014 San Diego County wildfires
May 2016 4S Ranch brush fire
San Diego... |
13961020 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20California%20wildfires | List of California wildfires | This is a partial and incomplete list of California wildfires. California has dry, windy, and often hot weather conditions from spring through late autumn that can produce moderate to severe wildfires. Pre-1800, when the area was much more forested and the ecology much more resilient, 4.4 million acres (1.8 million he... |
14602243 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1921%20Mari%20wildfires | 1921 Mari wildfires | Wildfires in the Mari Autonomous Oblast, in the east of European Russia, occurred in the summer of 1921. Damage included 2,660 square kilometres of pine forest burned off, with serious repercussions for industry in the area, already paralyzed by the Povolzhye famine. The wildfires led to 35 human and 1,000 cattle death... |
15636845 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West%20Virginia%20Wildfire | West Virginia Wildfire | The West Virginia Wildfire is a women's American football team in the Women's Spring Football League since 2011. The first women's football team in West Virginia, the Wildfire is based in the city of Belle.
In their inaugural season, the WildKats were known as the West Virginia Wonders and played in the National Wome... |
16709469 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Wildfire%20episodes | List of Wildfire episodes | The following is a list of the episodes for the ABC Family drama Wildfire. Episode summaries are from Genevieve Cortese Fan.com
Series overview
Episodes
Season 1 (2005)
Season 2 (2006)
Season 3 (2007)
Season 4 (2008)
External links
Wildfire |
17973959 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Washington%20wildfires | List of Washington wildfires | This is an incomplete list of major wildfires in Washington state history.
Washington wildfires ordered by size
This list only includes "major fires" that destroyed over , incurred fatalities or damaged a significant amount of property. With a lag of 1 to 2 years, more or less complete data is available from 2002 on ... |
18412883 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%20California%20wildfires | 2008 California wildfires | The 2008 California wildfire season was one of the most devastating in the state of the 21st century. While 6,255 fires occurred, about two-thirds as many as in 2007, the total area burned— —far exceeded that of previous years.
By July 5, 2008, 328 wildfires were burning, and those fires were only 81% contained. For t... |
18569396 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildfire%20%28motor%20company%29 | Wildfire (motor company) | Wildfire Motors was a company based in Steubenville, Ohio, specializing in the sales of scooters, motorcycles, ATVs, cyclecars, and electric vehicles. The vehicles are manufactured in China and are distributed throughout the United States.
This distributor has ten cases under review with the Ohio Attorney General and... |
18695611 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildfire%20%28Michael%20Martin%20Murphey%20song%29 | Wildfire (Michael Martin Murphey song) | "Wildfire" is a song written by Michael Murphey and Larry Cansler. It was originally recorded by Murphey, who had yet to add his middle name to his recorded work, and appears on his gold-plus 1975 album Blue Sky – Night Thunder.
Released in February 1975 as the album's lead single, "Wildfire" became Murphey's highest-... |
18722896 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary%20Wildfire | Calgary Wildfire | Calgary Wildfire were a W-League club based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Year-by-year
Women's soccer clubs in Canada
W
United Soccer League teams based in Canada
Defunct USL W-League (1995–2015) teams |
18790395 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildfire%20history%20of%20Cape%20Cod | Wildfire history of Cape Cod | The wildfire potential of the forests of Cape Cod, located in southeastern Massachusetts, has been described as being the third most flammable area in the nation, behind southern California and the New Jersey Pine Barrens. With the development of the Cape from the 1960s to the present, the wildfire danger has diminishe... |
18992614 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%20Borjomi%20Wildfire | 2008 Borjomi Wildfire | The 2008 Borjomi wildfires started in the Borjomi Gorge, Georgia on August 15, 2008 and lasted for several days to come, destroying of the Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park, one of the largest national parks in Europe.
The fire started in the concluding days of the hostilities during the 2008 Russo-Georgian War, some... |
19269543 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996%20Pat%20Sin%20Leng%20wildfire | 1996 Pat Sin Leng wildfire | The 1996 Pat Sin Leng wildfire took place in Pat Sin Leng, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong on 10February, 1996 (Saturday). It was the worst wildfire in local history. The disaster killed three students and two teachers at the Hong Kong Chinese Women's Club Fung Yiu King Memorial Secondary School and injured a furthe... |
19326649 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Wildfire | HMS Wildfire | Five ships and a number of shore establishments of the British Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Wildfire:
Ships
was a fireship, previously the civilian vessel John, built 1766. She was purchased in 1804 and sold in 1807.
was a wood paddle packet, previously the GPO ship Watersprite. She was launched in 1826, tra... |
19626445 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildfire%20Wildfire | Wildfire Wildfire | Wildfire Wildfire Records is an American independent record label based in Baltimore, Maryland.
History
The Wildfire Wildfire project was founded in 2005 by Devon Deimler, Matthew Papich, and Michael Petruzzo while students at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, MD. While there, Deimler and Papich bec... |
20115268 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildfire%20modeling | Wildfire modeling | Wildfire modeling is concerned with numerical simulation of wildfires to comprehend and predict fire behavior. Wildfire modeling aims to aid wildfire suppression, increase the safety of firefighters and the public, and minimize damage. Wildfire modeling can also aid in protecting ecosystems, watersheds, and air quality... |
21457861 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildfire%20Games | Wildfire Games | Wildfire Games is an independent free software video game developer, originally founded as a modding team in 2001. The logo is the Chinese character "火" (fire). Wildfire Games is currently developing 0 A.D., a real-time strategy game. In addition to game development, Wildfire Games has developed the Pyrogenesis game en... |
21468851 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004%20Alaska%20wildfires | 2004 Alaska wildfires | The 2004 Alaska fire season was the worst wildfire season on record in the U.S. state of Alaska in terms of area burned. Though the 1989 fire season recorded more fires, nearly 1,000, the 2004 season burned more than 6,600,000 acres (10,300 sq mi; 27,000 km2) in just 701 fires. The largest of these fires was the Taylor... |
21912100 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evans%20Road%20Wildfire | Evans Road Wildfire | The Evans Road Wildfire was a smoldering peat fire in Eastern North Carolina that started on June 1, 2008 by lightning strike during North Carolina's drought - the worst on record.
It burned inside the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge and burned for three months. The wildlife refuge is located in the Albemarle-... |
23424510 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodill%20Wildfire | Woodill Wildfire | The Woodill Wildfire was an American sports car built by Dodge and Willys dealer Blanchard Robert "Woody" Woodill from 1952 to 1958 in Downey, California. The Wildfire used a Glasspar fiberglass body and is credited with being the first complete fiberglass car available with approximately 15 produced and another 285 so... |
23564464 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20wildfire%20suppression%20in%20the%20United%20States | History of wildfire suppression in the United States | Wildfire suppression in the United States has had a long and varied history. For most of the 20th century, any form of wildland fire, whether it was naturally caused or otherwise, was quickly suppressed for fear of uncontrollable and destructive conflagrations such as the Peshtigo Fire in 1871 and the Great Fire of 19... |
23615631 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildfire%20suppression%20equipment%20and%20personnel | Wildfire suppression equipment and personnel | Wildfire suppression equipment and personnel is part of the science of fire fighting focusing on the use of specialized equipment, training and tactics to effectively control, surround and eventually extinguish a natural cover fire. There are several specially designed tools that through their function and user traini... |
23668742 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanta%20Creek%20Wildfire | Shanta Creek Wildfire | The Shanta Creek Wildfire was a lightning caused forest fire that started on June 29, 2009 in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge on the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska. More than were burned and over 400 personnel were involved in the firefighting effort.
Background
During the late 1990s, the Kenai Peninsula was infested b... |
23743079 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009%20Mediterranean%20wildfires | 2009 Mediterranean wildfires | The 2009 Mediterranean wildfires were a series of wildfires that broke out across France, Greece, Italy, Spain, and Turkey in July 2009. Strong winds spread the fire during a hot, dry period of weather killing at least eight people, six of whom were in Spain. Some of the wildfires were caused by lightning, along with a... |
24170568 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009%20California%20wildfires | 2009 California wildfires | The 2009 California wildfires were a series of 9,159 wildfires that were active in the US state of California, during the year 2009. The fires burned more than of land from early February through late November, due to Red Flag conditions, destroying hundreds of structures, injuring 134 people, and killing four. The wi... |
26289828 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildfire%20%281945%20film%29 | Wildfire (1945 film) | Wildfire, also known as Wildfire: The Story of a Horse in the United Kingdom, is a 1945 American Cinecolor Western film directed by Robert Emmett Tansey and starring Bob Steele.
It was an early film production from Robert L. Lippert.
Cast
Bob Steele as "Happy" Haye
Sterling Holloway as "Alkali" Jones
John Miljan as ... |
26467522 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010%20Guangxi%20Wildfire | 2010 Guangxi Wildfire | The 2010 Guangxi Wildfire occurred in western Guangxi, China during that year's spring season.
Background
On Thursday, March 3, 2010, a wildfire ignited in the mountainous county of Longlin in Guangxi, China. Drought had already begun to impact the area previously, and the dry weather and lack of water contributed to ... |
27447482 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC%20Wildfire | HTC Wildfire | The HTC Wildfire (also known as HTC Buzz) is a smartphone developed by the HTC Corporation, that was announced on 17 May 2010 and released in Europe in June of the same year. It is powered by a 528 MHz Qualcomm processor and runs the Android operating system, version 2.2. It includes a TFT LCD capacitive touchscreen an... |
27557107 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%202010%20Quebec%20wildfires | May 2010 Quebec wildfires | The May 2010 Quebec wildfires were a series of wildfires that affected over from late May to June 2010. Over 120 fires broke out in one week, with most near La Tuque, northeast of Montreal. Smoke from the wildfires caused smog warnings and resulted in heightened air quality indices throughout southern Quebec, includ... |
28206247 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010%20California%20wildfires | 2010 California wildfires | The 2010 California wildfires were a series of wildfires that were active in the state of California during the year 2010. During the year, a total of 6,554 wildfires burned of land.
Fires
Below is a list of all fires that exceeded during the 2010 fire season. The list is taken from CAL FIRE's list of large fires.
... |
28224526 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010%20Russian%20wildfires | 2010 Russian wildfires | The 2010 Russian wildfires were several hundred wildfires that broke out across Russia, primarily in the west in summer 2010. They started burning in late July and lasted until early September 2010. The fires were associated with record-high temperatures, which were attributed to climate change—the summer had been the ... |
30907060 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildfire%20at%20Midnight | Wildfire at Midnight | Wildfire at Midnight is a novel by Mary Stewart which was first published in 1956. Stewart herself described the book as "an attempt at something different, the classic closed-room detective story with restricted action, a biggish cast, and a closely circular plot".
Synopsis
Fashion model Gianetta Brooke leaves her ... |
56106 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildfire | Wildfire | A wildfire, forest fire, bushfire, wildland fire or rural fire is an unplanned, uncontrolled and unpredictable fire in an area of combustible vegetation. Depending on the type of vegetation present, a wildfire may be more specifically identified as a bushfire (in Australia), desert fire, grass fire, hill fire, peat fir... |
31511523 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC%20Wildfire%20S | HTC Wildfire S | The HTC Wildfire S is a smartphone developed by the HTC Corporation. The model was announced on 15 February 2011 at the Mobile World Congress and released in Europe three months later.
On 14 August 2019, it was announced that the "HTC Wildfire" name had been licensed for use on the HTC Wildfire X, a phone manufactured... |
31528575 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%20Texas%20wildfires | 2011 Texas wildfires | The 2011 Texas wildfires were a series of destructive wildfires in Texas that occurred in the 2011 fire season. During 2011 in Texas, around 31,453 fires had burned (about double the previous record), 2,947 homes (1,939 of which were destroyed over the Labor Day weekend), and over 2,700 other structures. 47.3% of all ... |
31881728 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%20Slave%20Lake%20wildfire | 2011 Slave Lake wildfire | A large wildfire burned through Slave Lake, Alberta, Canada and its surrounding area from May 14 to 16, 2011. The conflagration, which originated outside of town as a forest fire, was quickly pushed past fire barriers designed to protect the town by winds. The fire forced the complete evacuation of Slave Lake's 7,00... |
32045629 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Arizona%20wildfires | List of Arizona wildfires | This is a list of known wildfires in Arizona.
Statistics
Notable fires
Lesser known fires
References
External links
National Interagency Fire Center
InciWeb - Arizona Incidents
Southwest Coordination Center
Arizona Interagency Wildfire Prevention
US Forest Service
Fire Restrictions - Arizona
Public Lands ... |
33272882 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildfire%20%28The%20Walking%20Dead%29 | Wildfire (The Walking Dead) | "Wildfire" is the fifth and penultimate episode of the first season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series The Walking Dead. It originally aired on AMC in the United States on November 28, 2010. The episode was written by Glen Mazzara and directed by Ernest Dickerson.
In the episode, the survivors deal with ... |
33917473 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildfire%20%281915%20film%29 | Wildfire (1915 film) | Wildfire is a 1915 silent drama film produced by the Shuberts and distributed by World Pictures. It is based on the 1908 Broadway play Wildfire by George V. Hobart and George Broadhurst. The play had starred the famous Lillian Russell, who, in a rare screen appearance, reprised her role here. It was remade in 1925 with... |
33938064 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildfire%20%281925%20film%29 | Wildfire (1925 film) | Wildfire is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by T. Hayes Hunter. It was produced by Distinctive Productions, a company founded by George Arliss, and distributed by the Vitagraph Company of America. The film stars Aileen Pringle.
The film is based on the successful 1908 play Wildfire that had starred Lillian ... |
34688101 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildfire%20emergency%20management | Wildfire emergency management | Wildfires are outdoor fires that occur in the wilderness or other vast spaces. Other common names associated with wildfires are brushfire and forest fire. Since wildfires can occur anywhere on the planet, except for Antarctica, they pose a threat to civilizations and wildlife alike. In terms of emergency management, wi... |
36260963 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012%20Colorado%20wildfires | 2012 Colorado wildfires | The 2012 Colorado wildfires were an unusually devastating series of Colorado wildfires, including several separate fires that occurred throughout June, July, and August 2012. At least 34,500 residents were evacuated in June.
Causes
Conditions were favorable for the wildfires.
In 2011-2012, Colorado had an extremely d... |
36279632 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Colorado%20wildfires | List of Colorado wildfires | This is a partial list of wildfires in the U.S. State of Colorado which have occurred periodically throughout its recorded history.
One of the most significant fires in United States history was The Big Blowup of 1910. In that fire, 3 million acres burned and 78 firefighters were killed in the northern Rocky Mountains... |
36430124 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Michigan%20wildfires | List of Michigan wildfires | The U.S. state of Michigan has been the site of several major wildfires. The worst of these were in the lumbering era of the late-1800s when lumbering practices permitted the buildup of large slash piles and altered forest growth patterns which may have contributed to size of the wildfires. The scattered nature of sett... |
36639687 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012%20Oklahoma%20wildfires | 2012 Oklahoma wildfires | The 2012 Oklahoma wildfires were a series of wildfires which impacted areas throughout the state of Oklahoma. Starting earlier in the year, a widespread drought caused many areas to be exposed to wildfires.
Starting in late July and early August, the wildfires burned at least 52,000 acres, and destroyed at least 121 h... |
37262093 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012%20Washington%20wildfires | 2012 Washington wildfires | The 2012 Washington wildfires were a series of 1,342 wildfires that burned over the course of 2012. The fires primarily occurred in the Okanogan and Wenatchee National Forests during September and October 2012. A severe lightning storm on September 8 caused hundreds of fires across the east side of Cascade Range. Smo... |
38148619 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012%20Araucan%C3%ADa%20wildfires | 2012 Araucanía wildfires | A series of forest fires occurred in January 2012 mainly in the communes of Carahue and Lumaco. The first fire in Araucanía Region appeared in the estate Casa Piedra in Carahue and preceded other summer wildfires in Chile in the Biobío Region and Torres del Paine National Park. By 6 January 2012 seven firefighters had ... |
39321807 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013%20California%20wildfires | 2013 California wildfires | 9,907 wildfires burned at least of land in the state of California during 2013. The wildfires injured at least 125 people and killed at least 1. They also caused over $218.15 million (2013 USD) in damage. These included several large, notable wildfires, including the Rim Fire, which became California's 3rd largest wil... |
39656496 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013%20Colorado%20wildfires | 2013 Colorado wildfires | In the summer of 2013, there were several major wildfires in Colorado in the United States. During June and July, record high temperatures and dry conditions fueled the fires all across the state. By July 24, 570 structures had been destroyed and 2 people died. Below is a list of the major fires of the year.
West Fork... |
41665399 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014%20California%20wildfires | 2014 California wildfires | 2014 saw several notable wildfires igniting in California, especially during the month of May, when multiple fires were ablaze concurrently in Southern California, and during September, when several massive wildfires were burning in Northern California. In the context of the 2012–13 North American drought (especially t... |
43338506 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014%20Washington%20wildfires | 2014 Washington wildfires | The 2014 Washington wildfires were a series of 1,480 wildfires that burned over the course of 2014. The first occurred primarily on the east side of the Cascade Range in Chelan and Okanogan counties. The fires burned private land, state land, and within the Okanogan and Wenatchee National Forests, ultimately covering... |
43475235 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014%20V%C3%A4stmanland%20wildfire | 2014 Västmanland wildfire | The 2014 Västmanland wildfire was a wildfire that broke out on the afternoon of 31 July 2014 on the border between Sala Municipality and Surahammar Municipality in Västmanland, Sweden. It is Sweden's largest wildfire in 40 years. After an EU appeal, Italy and France provided firefighting aircraft.
On 4 August 2014, th... |
43498775 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildfire%20Communications | Wildfire Communications | Wildfire Communications, Inc. was an American company founded in 1992 that developed and sold software and equipment to enhance telephone communications. It created a speech-based electronic secretary in October 1994, pioneering the field of intelligent software assistance accessed completely through the use of natural... |
43817499 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redwood%20and%20Wildfire | Redwood and Wildfire | Redwood and Wildfire is Andrea Hairston's second novel. It centers on the main characters Redwood and Aidan and their travel from Georgia to Chicago at the turn of the 20th century. It was published in 2011 by Aqueduct Press.
Awards
2011 James Tiptree, Jr. Award
2011 Carl Brandon Society Award
References
2011 Amer... |
44158643 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildfire%20%28Kolm%C3%A5rden%20Wildlife%20Park%29 | Wildfire (Kolmården Wildlife Park) | Wildfire is a wooden roller coaster at Kolmården Wildlife Park located in Kolmården, Sweden. Manufactured by Rocky Mountain Construction, the roller coaster is both the fastest wooden coaster in Europe, and second tallest wooden coaster in the world. Throughout the 2-minute ride, trains travel through three inversions ... |
46410812 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015%20Russian%20wildfires | 2015 Russian wildfires | From 12 to 16 April 2015, a series of wildfires spread across southern Siberia, Russia. In the Republic of Khakassia, 29 people were killed and 6,000 left homeless. Further east in Zabaykalsky Krai, four people died in wildfires near Chita. Damage was also reported in Inner Mongolia.
Wildfires
The series of wildfires... |
47108234 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015%20Washington%20wildfires | 2015 Washington wildfires | The 2015 wildfire season was the largest in Washington state history, with more than burning across the state from June to September. As many as 3,000 firefighters including 800 Washington National Guard members were deployed to fight the fires. The 17th Field Artillery Brigade of the United States Army also deployed ... |
47208747 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015%20Canadian%20wildfires | 2015 Canadian wildfires | 2015 Canadian wildfires were a series of wildfires across Canada and Alaska in July 2015 which spread smoke across most of North America. Over two hundred fires were ablaze across British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Alberta.
Tens of thousand of people had been evacuated and more than of forest had burned. Fire-fighte... |
47450388 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015%20California%20wildfires | 2015 California wildfires | The 2015 California wildfire season was a series of wildfires that burned across the state of California. By the end of 2015 a total of 8,745 fires were recorded, burning across the state. Approximately 3,159 structures were damaged or destroyed by wildfires, and at least 7 fatalities were recorded.
On September 11, ... |
47597675 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October%202007%20California%20wildfires | October 2007 California wildfires | The October 2007 California wildfires, also known as the Fall 2007 California firestorm, were a series of about thirty wildfires (17 of which became major wildfires) that began igniting across Southern California on October 20. At least 1,500 homes were destroyed and approximately 972,147 acres (about 3,934 km2, or 1,5... |
47613614 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015%20Oregon%20wildfires | 2015 Oregon wildfires | The 2015 Oregon wildfires were an ongoing series of wildfires affecting parts of the U.S. state of Oregon.
August fire
The August fire was reported on August 22, 2015, east of Banks. It was fully contained by August 24. It was suspected to be human-caused. One firefighter was injured. Three aircraft were used, taking... |
47623505 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012%20California%20wildfires | 2012 California wildfires | California's 2012 wildfire season saw 7,950 wildfires burn a total of ; these included the massive Rush Fire, which was the tenth-largest wildfire recorded in California in modern times, and the Ponderosa Fire, which destroyed 133 structures. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) incurred... |
47634859 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%20California%20wildfires | 2011 California wildfires | The 2011 California wildfires were a series of wildfires that were active in the state of California during the year 2011. In total, there were 7,989 fires that burned of land.
Fires
Below is a list of all fires that exceeded during the 2011 fire season. The list is, and all data herein, is taken from CAL FIRE's li... |
47654790 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004%20California%20wildfires | 2004 California wildfires | The 2004 California wildfires were a series of wildfires that were active in the state of California during the year 2004. In total, 7,898 fires burned .
Fires
Below is a list of all fires that exceeded during the 2004 fire season. The list is taken from CAL FIRE's list of large fires.
References
Wildfires 2004
... |
47656021 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20California%20wildfires | 2006 California wildfires | The 2006 California wildfires were a series of wildfires that were active in the state of California during the year 2006. In total, there were 8,202 fires that burned of land.
Fires
Below is a list of all fires that exceeded during the 2006 fire season. The list is taken from CAL FIRE's list of large fires.
Refer... |
50007975 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project%20Wildfire | Project Wildfire | Project Wildfire was a nationwide, multi-agency investigation of various transnational criminal gangs in 2015 that resulted in the arrests of 976 individuals, representing 239 different organizations, in 282 cities in the United States mainland and Puerto Rico. Eighty-two firearms, 5.2 kilograms of methamphetamine, 7.8... |
50415178 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016%20Fort%20McMurray%20wildfire | 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire | On May 1, 2016, a wildfire began southwest of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. On May 3, it swept through the community, forcing the largest wildfire evacuation in Alberta's history, with upwards of 88,000 people forced from their homes. Firefighters were assisted by personnel from both the Canadian Armed Forces and Roy... |
50882797 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016%20California%20wildfires | 2016 California wildfires | In 2016, a total of 7,349 fires had burned an area in California, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
Climatologists had predicted an extreme version of El Niño, known as a Super El Niño, to occur during the winter of 2015–16. Although the Pacific Ocean’s warming water had been exp... |
51240997 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold%20Fire%20%28wildfire%29 | Cold Fire (wildfire) | The Cold Fire was a wildfire that started on August 2, 2016 in the Vaca Mountains, near Lake Berryessa and just west of the city of Winters, in Yolo County, northern California. The fire was contained by 6 PM on August 11 after burning a total of , including two buildings, causing an estimated $100,000 in damage.
Even... |
51244736 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August%202016%20Western%20United%20States%20wildfires | August 2016 Western United States wildfires | The August 2016 Western United States Wildfires is a natural disaster in the United States with flames engulfing California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming. Evacuations took place in Oregon, Nevada and Wyoming.
See also
2016 California wildfires
References
2016 in Nevada
2016 wildfires in t... |
51287984 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016%20Portugal%20wildfires | 2016 Portugal wildfires | The 2016 Portugal wildfires are a series of wildfires that burned across mainland Portugal and the Madeira archipelago in the north Atlantic Ocean during August 2016 that prompted the evacuation of more than one thousand people and destroyed at least 37 homes near Funchal on Madeira island. Flights were also disrupted ... |
51397478 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016%20Washington%20wildfires | 2016 Washington wildfires | The 2016 Washington wildfires season were a series of wildfires in the U.S. state of Washington, notable because of brush fires near the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, and because of brush fires near Spokane, Washington.
During the summer of 2016 (in July and August particularly during the Range 12 fire), there was grav... |
52018850 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003%20California%20wildfires | 2003 California wildfires | The 2003 California wildfires were a series of wildfires that burned throughout the state of California during the year 2003. In total, 9,116 fires burned . In October, a major wildfire outbreak in Southern California burned more than 750,000 acres, destroyed thousands of homes, and killed two dozen people. Many of the... |
52299102 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016%20Southeastern%20United%20States%20wildfires | 2016 Southeastern United States wildfires | The 2016 Southeastern United States wildfires were a series of wildfires in the Southeastern United States in October and November 2016. , the U.S. Forest Service reported tracking 33 wildfires that had burned about .
Context
Firefighters from 21 states including Washington and Oregon were part of the effort to fight... |
52469754 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016%20Great%20Smoky%20Mountains%20wildfires | 2016 Great Smoky Mountains wildfires | The 2016 Great Smoky Mountains wildfires, also known as the Gatlinburg wildfires, were a complex of wildfires which began in late November 2016. Some of the towns most impacted were Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg, both near Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The fires claimed at least 14 lives, injured 190, and is one o... |
53020729 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017%20Chile%20wildfires | 2017 Chile wildfires | A series of wildfires burned across Chile during January 2017.
Impact
On January 27–28, a wildfire described as the worst in Chile's modern history killed at least 11 people, including five firefighters and destroyed the town of Santa Olga in the central Maule Region, displacing thousands of people.
Reactions
On Janu... |
53931534 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017%20California%20wildfires | 2017 California wildfires | In terms of property damage, 2017 was the most destructive wildfire season on record in California at the time, surpassed by only the 2018 season and the 2020 season, with a total of 9,560 fires burning of land, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, including five of the 20 most destr... |
54332021 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June%202017%20Portugal%20wildfires | June 2017 Portugal wildfires | A series of four initial deadly wildfires erupted across central Portugal in the afternoon of 17 June 2017 within minutes of each other, resulting in at least 66 deaths and 204 injured people.
The majority of deaths took place in the Pedrógão Grande municipality, when a fire swept across a road filled with evacuees es... |
54885374 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017%20British%20Columbia%20wildfires | 2017 British Columbia wildfires | On July 6, 2017, a two-hectare wildfire began west of 100 Mile House, British Columbia, Canada marking the beginning of the record-breaking 2017 wildfire season in British Columbia. On July 7, 56 new fires started throughout British Columbia (BC) leading to several evacuation alerts, orders and the declaration of a pro... |
55134292 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017%20Washington%20wildfires | 2017 Washington wildfires | The 2017 Washington wildfires were a series of wildfires that burned over the course of 2017, a year that set weather records for heat and aridity in both Western Washington and Eastern Washington.
Timeline of events
Fire season officially began on April 15. Training of state fire crews was conducted in May, as well a... |
55153230 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017%20Oregon%20wildfires | 2017 Oregon wildfires | The 2017 Oregon wildfires were a series of wildfires that burned over the course of 2017.
The 2017 fire season in the state of Oregon was a particularly notable one. There has been a trend for the last three decades that shows an increase in the overall number of wildfires as well as the fire season length in the stat... |
55182777 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildfires%20in%202017 | Wildfires in 2017 | The 2017 wildfire season involved wildfires on multiple continents. On Greenland, which is mostly covered by ice and permafrost, multiple fires occurred in melted peat bogs, described as "unusual, and possibly unprecedented". Popular media asked whether the wildfires were related to global warming. Research published b... |
55207799 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017%20Montana%20wildfires | 2017 Montana wildfires | The 2017 Montana wildfires were a series of wildfires that burned over the course of 2017.
Overview
The 2017 fire season in Montana was exacerbated by drought conditions and , there were 21 large, active fires that had consumed over . By September 20, after rain and snow had significantly slowed most fire growth, the ... |
55224234 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildfires%20in%20the%20United%20States | Wildfires in the United States | Wildfires can happen in many places in the United States, especially during droughts, but are most common in the Western United States and Florida. They may be triggered naturally, most commonly by lightning, or by human activity like unextinguished smoking materials, faulty electrical equipment, overheating automobile... |
55428895 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BC%20Wildfire%20Service | BC Wildfire Service | BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) is the wildfire suppression service of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is an element of the Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development.
Operations
For suppression purposes, the BCWS divides the province of British Columbia into six regional f... |
55496400 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October%202017%20Northern%20California%20wildfires | October 2017 Northern California wildfires | The October 2017 Northern California wildfires, also known as the Northern California firestorm, North Bay Fires, and the Wine Country Fires were a series of 250 wildfires that started burning across the state of California, United States, beginning in early October. Twenty-one became major fires that burned at least... |
55555345 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October%202017%20Iberian%20wildfires | October 2017 Iberian wildfires | The October 2017 Iberian wildfires were a series of more than 7,900 forest fires affecting Northern Portugal and Northwestern Spain between 13 and 18 October. The wildfires claimed the lives of at least 49 individuals, including 45 in Portugal and four in Spain, and dozens more were injured.
The first fires started on... |
55612099 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017%20Portugal%20wildfires | 2017 Portugal wildfires | 2017 Portugal wildfires may refer to:
June 2017 Portugal wildfires
October 2017 Iberian wildfires |
55990726 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December%202017%20Southern%20California%20wildfires | December 2017 Southern California wildfires | A series of 29 wildfires ignited across Southern California in December 2017. Six of the fires became significant wildfires, and led to widespread evacuations and property losses. The wildfires burned over , and caused traffic disruptions, school closures, hazardous air conditions, and power outages; over 230,000 peopl... |
56014471 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002%20California%20wildfires | 2002 California wildfires | The 2002 California wildfires were a series of wildfires that were active in the state of California during the year 2002. In total, there were 8,328 fires that burned of land.
Fires
Below is a list of fires that exceeded or caused a notable amount of damage during the 2002 fire season. The list is taken from CAL FI... |
56601501 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Return%20of%20Wildfire | The Return of Wildfire | The Return of Wildfire, also known as Black Stallion, is a 1948 American Western film directed by Ray Taylor (director) and starring Richard Arlen.
Plot
Pop Marlowe owns a horse ranch and his daughters help maintain it. Judy Marlow runs the ranch, and sister Pat helps with the chores. When Pat is injured while trying... |
57450325 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018%20Washington%20wildfires | 2018 Washington wildfires | The 2018 Washington wildfire season officially began June 1, 2018. A statewide state of emergency was declared by Governor Jay Inslee on July 31.
Training and preparedness
State level planning for the fire season began at least as early as January, 2018.
A regional annual meeting was held at Yakima in March to prepar... |
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