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Danny Orlis makes friends with a couple of new kids named Tip and Trixie Blanshard. As Danny leads them in exploring the islands, they come across a forest fire that is just starting. They are able to get it put out, but there doesn't seem to be a good explanation for why it started in the first place. A strange accident, being followed and another fire's starting add to the mystery.Will they arrive in time to save the man who started the fires and who is now in danger? ... Read more

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How do forest fires start? How do firefighters put out forest fires? How can we prevent forest fires? Read this book to discover the answers! ... Read more

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What is a bush fire? How do people fight bush and forest fires? Can bush and forest fires be prevented? This book examines case studies of recent disastrous fires in the United States, Australia, and Indonesia to answer these questions and more.

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This digital document is an article from E, published by Earth Action Network, Inc. on November 1, 1996. The length of the article is 903 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: The US experienced its worst forest fire season in 1996 since the 1950s. Most fires occurred in Urban-Rural Interfaces or forest acres located on the fringes of cities and towns. Fires led to the destruction of over six million acres of forest as well as the loss of homes and lives.

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Title: Fighting forest fires.
Author: Peter Stekel
Publication: E (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 1996
Publisher: Earth Action Network, Inc.
Volume: v7Issue: n6Page: p14(2)

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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The books gives a personal look at problems the ranger deals with from forest fires to administration, amusing incidents, unusual characters, a few tragedies, and some 200 true accounts, many quite humorous and most informative events that happened in the author's 34 years of Forest Service work. ... Read more

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Brilliant Concept, Considerably Closer To Brilliant Execution, Bk. 4
"Governor," the head of the State Forestry Service said, "we have severe drought conditions all over the state.Forest fire danger is extremely high. I'd like your permission to temporarily close the forests to all hiking, fishing, camping--just about everything."

The governor frowned.

"Is it really that bad?" he asked.

"Yes, sir, it is. In my 18 years in the department, I've never seen it this dry."

"Will closing the woods ensure that we won't have a fire, Peter?"

"No, sir, it won't do that.The Barclay family is camping near Lodge Pole Lake so some sort of disaster is absolutely guaranteed!"

OK, I made up that last part, but regular readers know what to expect when the Barclay family is on the scene!

Ed Hanson and Saddleback Educational Publishing have come up with a brilliant concept for solving a very serious problem: the great decline in reading among today's students. Their solution? Put out readers that are essentially suspense-filled or mystery-filled juvenile series books like the famous Tom Swift, Nancy Drew, and Hardy Boys series of old.

This confronts both of the major problems with more traditional readers: if they are not mind-numbingly dull, they are excruciatingly didactic, cramming some important "teachings" whether moral, religious, or (these days) politically correct down the throats of children so hard as to turn them off of reading for good.

In this volume Ed Hanson builds upon his good work in the previous volume.In particular I thought that his descriptions of the natural beauty on display (until the fire burned it all up of course) were quite good.

Defects? One is simply length. 64 pages just doesn't allow for much if any character development or anything much beyond cardboard cutouts: brave father, devoted mother, the athlete, the science wizard, and the baby of the family.

Still, for what they are intended to be, reading textbooks, they are wonderful. The fact that children who learn to read better and to love reading from these books will quickly find them skimpy fare for pleasure reading is not entirely bad, assuming their teachers quickly move them on to bigger and better things in the school library or the bookstore if necessary.

The previous book in the series is Desert Ordeal (Barclay Family Adventure Ser., Bk. 3), and the next book in the series is Hostages (Barclay Family Adventure Ser., Bk. 5). ... Read more

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"Raintree Freestyle" is a range of colourful non-fiction books for the less able or reluctant reader aged between 11 and 14 with a reading age of 8 and 9 years old. They offer curriculum-linked topics at an appropriate reading level. Featuring dramatic examples from all over the world, "Turbulent Planet" looks at extreme, dangerous or problematic aspects of the shaping of the earth's surface. Each title examines the causes and effects of each event, how the damage could have been reduced or even prevented, and the precautions to take in one of these situations. ... Read more

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This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: J. Daniels, state printer and binder in 1895 in 81 pages; Subjects: Forest fires; Nature / Trees & Forests; Science / Earth Sciences / Geology; Technology & Engineering / Agriculture / Forestry; Technology & Engineering / Fire Science; ... Read more

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At present there is insufficient knowledge of the behavior of fires and how they propagate. This lack of
information makes it very hard to control these phenomena and is one of the biggest obstacles to the development of a reliable decision support system. Public concern regarding this topic is increasing as uncontrolled fires may lead to major ecological disasters, and usually result in negative economic and health
implications for the region.

Containing papers presented at the First International Conference on Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Forest Fires, this book addresses the latest research and applications of available computational tools to analyze and predict the spread of forest fires in order to prevent or reduce major loss of life and property
as well as damage to the environment. Such tools must be able to take into consideration a large number of different parameters. The book thus deals with all aspects of forest fires, from fire propagation in different scenarios to the optimum strategies for
fire-fighting. It also covers issues related to economic, ecological,
social and health effects.

Featured topics include: Computer Models for Fire Propagation; Risk
and Vulnerability Assessment; Fire Combustion Models; Computational
Methods and Experiments; Case Studies; Emergency Response Systems; Optimization Models for Fire Mitigation; Environmental Impact Models; Air Pollution and Health Risk; Interaction between Meteorological and Forest Fires Models; Economic Impact Models; Forest Material
Characterisation; Eco Remediation Models; Decision Support Systems;
Monitoring Systems and Data Acquisition and Analysis. ... Read more

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