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    FOREST FIRE

    SUB BY :- ARYAN
    ROLL NO :- 1836181004
    INTRODUCTION

     During summer, when there is no rain for months, the forests become
    littered with dry senescent leaves and twinges, which could burst into
    flames ignited by the slightest spark
     Forest fire may be defined as an unclosed and freely spreading
    combustion that consumes the natural fuels.
     When a fire burns out of control it is known as wild fire
     It is a chemical reaction of any substance that will ignite and burn to
    release a lot of energy in the form of heat and light.
    CAUSES OF FOREST FIRE

     Causes of forest fires can be divided into two broad categories


    1. Environmental (which are beyond control)
    2. Human related (which are controllable)

    Environmental Human related


    Environmental

     Many forest fires start from natural causes such as lightning which set
    trees on fire. However, rain extinguishes such fires without causing
    much damage.
     High atmospheric temperatures and dryness (low humidity) offer
    favorable circumstance for a fire to start.
     Environmental causes are largely related to climatic conditions such as
    temperature, wind speed and direction, level of moisture in soil and
    atmosphere and duration of dry spells
    HUMAN RELATED

     HUMAN RELATED Fire is caused when a source of fire like flame,


    cigarette, electric spark or any source of ignition comes into contact with
    inflammable material.
     Human related causes result from human activity as well as methods of
    forest management. These can be intentional or unintentional
     the use of fires by villagers to ward off wild animals
     The causes of forest fire have been increasing rapidly. The problem has
    been accentuated by the growing human and cattle population. People
    enter forests ever more frequently to graze cattle, collect fuelwood,
    timber and other minorforest produce. It has been estimated that 90% of
    forest fires in India are man-made
    TYPES OF FOREST FIRE

     There are two types of forest fire


    1. Surface Fire Surface Fire
    2. Crown Fire

    Crown Fire
    SURFACE FIRE

     A forest fire may burn primarily as a surface fire, spreading along the
    ground as the surface litter on the forest floor and is engulfed by the
    spreading flames.

    CROWN FIRE :-
     The other type of forest fire is a crown fire in which the crown of trees and
    shrubs burn, often sustained by a surface fire. A crown fire is particularly very
    dangerous in a coniferous forest because resinous material given off burning
    logs burn furiously. On hill slopes, if the fire starts downhill, it spreads up fast
    as heated air adjacent to a slope tends to flow up the slope spreading flames
    along with it. If the fire starts uphill
    EFFECT OF FOREST FIRE

     loss of valuable timber resources


     loss of biodiversity and extinction of plants and animals
     loss of wildlife habitat and depletion of wildlife
     global warming
     loss of carbon sink resource and increase in percentage of CO2 in
    atmosphere
     change in the microclimate of the area with unhealthy living conditions
     ozone layer depletion
     health problems leading to diseases
    RECENT FIRE

     Uttarakhand has witnessed over 1,000 incidents of forest fire over the last six
    months, including 45 in the last 24 hours alone , and has reached out to the
    centre for helicopters and personnel from the national disaster response force
    (ndrf). At least five persons and seven animals have been reported killed.
     The season between winter and monsoon, referred to as the ‘forest
    fire season’, is now increasing. Climate change and consequently
    scarce rainfall in the Himalayan regions plays a huge role.
     Uttarkhand ranked second in the country after Madhya Pradesh in
    terms of active instances of fire on April 5, 2021 according to the
    Forest Survey of India. There were 93 active instances of fire in
    Madhya Pradesh and 71 in Uttarakhand.
    RECENT FIRE

     Uttarkhand received only 10.9 millimetres of rainfall from January-


    March 2021 against the usual 54.9 mm, a deficit of nearly 80 per cent.
    The district of Pauri, which has been most affected by fires, received
    the least amount of rain, a measly 3.1 mm, against the usual 36.6 mm.
    The deficit in Pauri has been 92 per cent.
     There were 989 fire incidents in the forests of the state from October
    1,2020-April 4, 2021, according to forest department figures. Some
    1,297.43 hectares of forest got burned down in the fires, according to
    the estimates

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