A combustible world: "Any city can burn now. "
21st-century fires

"The intensity of the fire ...burned basically the same way as the ones in LA. You had the drought, you had the fuel, you had the wind and that’s all you need. That can be recreated anywhere in the world. Any city can burn now. "

"Don’t look at the fire, look at the wind. If the wind is blowing over you, it means the embers are, too. The fire could be 2 miles away, but if the wind is toward you, the embers are, too, and act accordingly."
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/11/wildfires-los-angeles-climate-crisis-john-vaillant

"Fire fuel "used to be thought of as "the bush" leaf litter, grasses, shrubs, trees, in short Australian biodiversity. Now it is also houses, all the stuff and the petrol derived products and infrastructure.

Bushfire fuel classification overview >>
https://www.afac.com.au/docs/default-source/burning/bushfire-fuel-classification-overview.pdf?sfvrsn=8&download=false
#fires #bushfires #Fossilfuels #combustion #wind #cars #HomoFagrans #energy #petrotopia #plastic #housing #cities #sprawl #flammable #fuel #chemicals #trauma #vegetation #biodiversity #TheBush #HazardReduction #ClimateBreakdown

Severe bushfire risk increased by hazard reduction burns, report finds

"Logging or prescribed burning can prevent a forest maturing and becoming less flammable."

"Traditional fire management strategies such as hazard reduction burns, logging, and the thinning of undergrowth have increased the flammability of forests....Our history of forest management, including past logging and past thinning, has actually added to the fire burn."

"Professor Lindenmayer said periodic hazard reduction burns could leave a forest in a higher state of flammability indefinitely."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-01/hazard-reduction-burns-increase-bushfire-severity-report-finds/103394038

Report>
Identifying and managing disturbance-stimulated flammability in woody ecosystems
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/brv.13041
#NativeForests #fires #FireManagement #HazardReduction #burns #NSWLogging #LoggingImpacts

The Shire has the worst air quality in Sydney this morning. I believe it.

#Sydney #HazardReduction #fire #FireSeason

https://map.purpleair.com/1/mAQI/a10/p604800/cC0#9.02/-33.8621/151.3731

Apocalyptic vibes and the first magpie swoop of the season. Spring is here. Probably wouldn't have ridden if I knew the smoke would be quite this bad...

#Sydney #commute #prescribedBurn #HazardReduction

The Rural Fire Service suspects up to a dozen weekend bushfires deliberately lit in northern NSW
"RFS crews worked to contain more than 170 bushfires across the state, with 12 suspected of being deliberately lit."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-23/rfs-suspects-weekend-bushfires-northern-nsw-deliberately-lit/102758390

Australians urged to prepare for most significant bushfire season since black summer
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/23/australian-bushfire-season-how-to-prepare

#bushfires #smoke #arson #crime #AntisocialBehaviour #NSW #MidNorthCoast #HazardReduction #PileBurning #oops #climate #GHG

Sydney might have a big ass fire, but ours is prettier.

#HazardReduction #NationalPark #SydneyFire #Fire

#Forests reduce their own #bushfire risk if they are left alone.
"Scientists say WA government's prescribed burns targets have no scientific basis.#HazardReduction burning may actually enhance the propagation of wildfire by promoting shrub regeneration. By prescribed burning at a regular cycle, we are actually increasing fire risk, not reducing it."
"Wood smoke is toxic to the heart, the lungs, the brain and blood vessels, and humans exposed to wood smoke have an increased risk of death, heart attacks, stroke, pneumonia, asthma attacks and birth complications."
"The WA government's FireManagement strategies are outdated and damaging to the bushland burned and the surrounding communities, according to a range of scientists, medical experts and Indigenous leaders"

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-11/dbca-prescribed-burns-targets-questioned-air-fire-forum/102327200
#PrescribedBurns #Biodiversity #Bushfires #Smoke #Pollution #OneHealth #climate