- Wildfires - World Health Organization (WHO)
Wildfires are increasing around the globe in frequency, severity and duration, heightening the need to understand the health effects of wildfire exposure The risk of wildfires grows in extremely dry conditions, such as drought, heat waves and during high winds
- Los Angeles Wildfires FAQs - NFPA
As historically destructive wildfires continue to ravage the Los Angeles area, questions about how wildfires most often burn down homes, the best way communities can rebuild after a wildfire, and what building code requirements exist in California have surfaced in news reports, conversations on social media, and elsewhere
- How Do Wildfires Start? - NFPA
How wildfires start There are two main buckets to categorize how a wildfire starts: natural and human caused Naturally caused wildfires Lightning is the primary agent for naturally caused fires (There are some instances of volcanic activity starting wildfires, but that is limited )
- Public health advice during the wildfires: how to protect your health . . .
Keeping safe from wildfires is a joint effort of individuals, communities and relevant authorities, including the health sector Prolonged heat exposure can exacerbate existing conditions It is important that the following interventions are available for at-risk people to access: early information on wildfire hazards, including weather forecasts;
- Forest Fires vs Wildfires - NFPA
Wildfires occur around the globe, all times of year If we consider that definition, then the grass fires and brushfires that the people I speak with at conferences refer to are most likely wildfires They might be small and not occur that frequently, but they happen, and they have the potential to affect individuals and communities
- Wildfire Hazards Mitigation - NFPA
The LA Wildfires This past week, huge swaths of metro Los Angeles have been devastated by wildfires fueled by parched vegetation and hurricane force winds The images and videos of once vibrant neighborhoods reduced to smoldering ash are, in a word, horrifying
- Wildfire Mitigation Training | Assess Structure Ignition Potential - NFPA
This interactive, expert-led training—based on scientific research on how homes and other structures ignite during wildfires—covers wildfire behavior, structure exposure, and the concepts of the Home Ignition Zone and Structure Ignition Potential
- After the LA Wildfires - NFPA
TOP PHOTO: Getty B y now, we all know about the hell on earth that Southern California endured in January when two enormous wildfires, the Palisades Fire and the Eaton Fire, reduced large swaths of Los Angeles County to rubble and ash
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