Wildfire Damages to Homes and Resources: Understanding Causes and Reducing Losses

Bracmort, Kelsi

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Fire prevention;    Emergency management;    Natural resources;    Fires;   

RP-ID  :  RL34517
RP-ID  :  RL34517_2012Mar12

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

Wildfires are getting more severe, with more acres and houses burned and more people at risk. This results from excess biomass in the forests, due to past logging and grazing and a century of fire suppression, combined with an expanding wild land-urban interface-more people and houses in and near the forests-and climate change, exacerbating drought and insect and disease problems. This report looks at the causes of wildfires, and the pros and cons of their treatment.