How does Australia manage bush fires? The Australian Department for the Environment and Conservation (DEC) manages wildfires by: Before the event During the the event Fire Prevention: uses activities to *The DEC has a dedicated telephone *The DEC will evaluate the response educate and train people about how to report wildfires on. It is a free made and will look to improve how it to reduce the likelihood of wildfires. service and you dial from any deals with wildfires next time. “000” phone. *The DEC will people how to manage wildfires and prepare their home through advertisements on the TV. Spotting fires: during the hot season *the DEC uses planes to “dromeda” the DEC encourages all light aircraft to drop water on the fires to try and slow report fires and their locations. It also them down and stop their progress. has built tall towers which can be used to spot wildfires. Manage the land: *The DEC has dedicated water tankers *The DEC will maintain and repair *they use bulldozers to create large that are ready to move to any machinery and continue to manage fire breaks. location. high risk areas. *they clear areas at high risk of sparks eg, around telegraph poles, near machinery or train lines. Communication: the DEC will send Communication: the DEC will send Communication: the DEC will send radio messages and inform people messages to inform people what radio messages to inform people what who may need to evacuate. is happening and if it is safe to return is happening and if it is safe to return home. home. Poster showing what to do in the event of a wildfire Australian DEC Educational Poster. More wildfires to come? It is not known whether significant changes to wildfire patterns are changing. Long term global records on wildfire do not exist. We only have records from 1960 to analyse. Scientists have identified evidence that wildfire patterns are changing. For example: *Becoming more intense the average sizes of wildfires and the areas they destroyed have been steadily increasing – between 1960 to 2005 in the USA. *The wildfire season has increased by 78 days compared to 1970 data in the USA. *Costs of dealing with wildfires are increasing.
How does Australia manage bush fires? The Australian Department for the Environment and Conservation (DEC) manages wildfires by: Before the event During the the event Fire Prevention: uses activities to educate and train people about how to reduce the likelihood of wildfires. *The DEC will people how to manage wildfires and prepare their home through advertisements on the TV. *The DEC has a dedicated telephone to report wildfires on. It is a free service and you dial “000” from any phone. *The DEC will evaluate the response made and will look to improve how it deals with wildfires next time. Spotting fires: during the hot season the DEC encourages all light aircraft to report fires and their locations. It also has built tall towers which can be used to spot wildfires. *the DEC uses “dromeda” planes to drop water on the fires to try and slow them down and stop their progress. Manage the land: *they use bulldozers to create large fire breaks. *they clear areas at high risk of sparks eg, around telegraph poles, near machinery or train lines. *The DEC has dedicated water tankers that are ready to move to any location. *The DEC will maintain and repair machinery and continue to manage high risk areas. Communication: the DEC will send radio messages and inform people who may need to evacuate. Communication: the DEC will send messages to inform people what is happening and if it is safe to return home. Communication: the DEC will send radio messages to inform people what is happening and if it is safe to return home. Poster showing what to do in the event of a wildfire Australian DEC Educational Poster. More wildfires to come? It is not known whether significant changes to wildfire patterns are changing. Long term global records on wildfire do not exist. We only have records from 1960 to analyse. Scientists have identified evidence that wildfire patterns are changing. For example: *Becoming more intense – the average sizes of wildfires and the areas they destroyed have been steadily increasing between 1960 to 2005 in the USA. *The wildfire season has increased by 78 days compared to 1970 data in the USA. *Costs of dealing with wildfires are increasing.
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