WildFire/ Forest Fire Types of WildFire Causes of WildFire WildFire in America Precautions after WildFire Presentation Credits: Ummaimah

1. Wild Fire In America
Presented By:
Ummaimah

2. Content
Preventions
Impacts of Wild Fire
Case Study (The Kincade Fire)
History
Causes
Introduction

3. Unplanned and
uncontrolled fire that
burn natural areas of
land like forests,
grassland or wild lands.
Wild Fire

4. Causes
 Forest fires always start by any of these
two ways:
1. Naturally caused (15 %)
2. Human caused (80-85 %)

6.  The earliest wildfire was recorded
approximately 419 million years ago
during the Silurian period, when oxygen
levels may have been higher than todays.
History

8.  On October 8, 1871
 In north-eastern Wisconsin, including much of the
Door Peninsula, and adjacent parts of the Upper
Peninsula of Michigan.
 It burned approximately 1,200,000 acres (490,000 ha)
 Estimated deaths of around 1,500 people, and
possibly as many as 2,500.
Peshtigo Fire

9.  Also called
 Big Blowup, Big Burn, or Devil's Broom fire
 On August 20–23, 1910
 In western Montana and northern Idaho
 Burned 3 million acres (1.2 million hectares)
 Of the fire’s 85 victims, 78 were fire fighters.
Big Blowup Fire

11.  On October 19, 1991
 In the hills of Oakland, California.
 In two days, the blaze spread across 1,520 acres and
destroyed more than 3,000 homes and infastructure.
 The fire killed 25 people and injured at least 150
others.
The Oakland Hills Fire

14.  On June 28, 2013
 In Yarnell, Arizona
 It burned more than 8,000 acres of land.
 19 fire fighters lost their life too.
The Yarnell Hill Fire

16. Tubbs Fire
•Northern
California
•October 2017
•36,800 acres
•Killed 22 people
Thomas Fire
• Southern
California
• December 2017
• 281,893 acres
• 2 Deaths

17. Carr Fire
•Northern California
•July 23, 2018
•229,651 acres
Camp Fire
•Northern California
•November 2018
•153,336 acres
•85 Deaths

18. Case Study
The Kincade Fire

19.  Wildfire in California, United States.
 From October 23, 2019
 Burned 77,758 acres (31,468 ha)
 Till November 6, 2019.
The Kincade Fire

21.  The cause of the fire has not been determined. But according to
PG&E, a jumper on a tower, a metal connector between an
incoming and outgoing electrical line, broke seven minutes
before the fire was reported.
Cause of Fire

22.  Thousands of animals displaced in California wildfires
 Allison Cardona, a deputy director of operations for
Los Angeles County Animal Care & Control, said about
700 animals — including 550 horses, nine cows and at
least one tortoise — are now in her agency’s care.
Impact on Animals

23. Officers attempt to transfer a potbelly pig

24. A horse ruining away as the Fire
moves through Hills, California,

25. A dog after fire is treated by members of emergency
vet response team for burned paws

26. A deer explores a residential area
destroyed by the fire

27. Half Burnt Cat under observation,
after Fire

28.  Burned 77,750 acres
 Destroyed 174 homes
 Damaged 139 other structures
 Prompted the evacuation of nearly 200,000 people.
 More than 5,000 firefighters and support staff
battled the blaze.
 No deaths had been reported
Impact on Human

29. Climate

31. Firefighters have been struggling to contain
the Kincade wildfire

32.  Wine grapes
 Cannabis
 Various Fruits
 Mixed vegetables
Impact on Agriculture

33.  Damages from the Kincade fire ripping across
California is as high as $10.6 billion.
Impact on Economy

34. Satellite image of deadly Kincade Fire

41.  https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46178230
 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-
28/california-fire-damages-already-at-25-4-billion-and-counting
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdFFRPsUpU4
 https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-
50252520/hero-horses-of-california-wildfires
 https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2019/10/29/hundred
s-pets-were-lost-california-fires-their-furry-faces-will-break-your-
heart/
 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/california-wildfires-
thousands-animals-displaced-fires-tear-through-communities-
n935251
 http://calclimateag.org/wildfire-and-its-painful-lessons/
References