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Australia fires: Power controlled burn really work?

Feb 16,2020 9:56 am

such As Australia, example battles, lots of fires this year, a debate is underway about what is called "controlled burning" to stop as a means to spread fires.

This includes deliberately starting a fire under controlled conditions to deep-seated combustible materials - sometimes prescribed as "the" or "hazard reduction burning".

It is not the same as "back burning" that is, as a last resort, to try to slow down an approaching fire by Stripping the ground of vegetation.

Some politicians in Australia to the environment have accused activism for the stop controlled fires because of their impact on the wildlife and fauna.

So, what is The Truth behind these claims, and makes a controlled burn really work?

What is said about the controlled burn?

The Problem is part of a dispute between the Australian Greens and some other Political Parties .

The Greens say The Major parties must do more to combat Climate Change .

Other politicians have taken, as the National Party MP Barnaby Joyce , who has pointed out what he says, the Green " burn the opposition-controlled.

He believes that The Practice was supposed to happen more often, to stop Forest fires, and that you need to burn flammable vegetation, otherwise you increase The Risk of fires spreading.

GettyIt will not burn because they are burned - it does not burn, because they burn. Barnaby Joyce
National Party of Australia

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said, those "who say they want action on Climate Change " could be "the same people who do not have the same urgency of dealing with risk reduction".

But the Australian Greens - not in the government at the national or state Level - made it clear that they support the controlled burn, if it is carried out under expert guidance.

Green told the BBC that these allegations have been made, for a number of years.

"We have never done anything to prevent or even restriction of hazard-reduction burning," they said.

Power-controlled internal combustion works?

Done correctly, it can help to bring the spread of fire and make it easier to out.

But, of Swansea University, professor Stefan Doerr, an expert on Forest fires, and believes that The Practice is less effective, as it is due to the increasingly extreme weather conditions Australia has begun to experience.

"It can make a difference, for a couple of years, but I'm doubtful it would make a difference in the current extreme drought," he said.

This year, fire is especially hot and intense

He adds that a special feature of the recent fires in Australia, that you don't have to worry about The Crown , or upper part of The Forest - growth on the ground to remove that much of a difference.

the fires were hot and intense enough to burn through areas that burned were, with embers able to travel through the air and ignite in areas Far Away from an active fire.

How much the controlled burn are there?

Australian firefighters have to reduce a long history of performing this type of combustion a fire hazard. "They are some of The Most experienced and well-trained in The World ," says Prof Doerr.

Burn, fires is to prevent to be governed and carried out by state authorities such as The Fire Department, park authority or the environment of the body.

In areas of particular ecological value or in the vicinity of world heritage sites, national-Level permission is required

An analysis by Abc News shows that, while some controlled burning of the goals in Queensland and New South Wales have not been fulfilled, others yet, because The Weather conditions were not right.

The NSW Rural Fire Service-report for the year 2018-19 shows that, although they exceeded the targets for the reduction of fire risk in parks and wooded areas,

Getty prolonged drought, the ability to complete hazard affected-reduction work. Rural Fire Service
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a Controlled burn in the cooler, damper weather with low wind speeds, to avoid The Fire got out of control.

In the year 2015, a fire started to burn from the Victoria state authorities to a dangerous under-wood, the destruction of four houses and More Than 3,000 hectares of delivery from the rudder, arable land and Forest .

Some experts argue that it needs to be checked, how money is spent, dealing with fire risks in a hotter, drier climate.

Rod Keenan from the University of Melbourne, has called for a more integrated approach to land management, says: "A lot of resources have gone into new fire-fighting vehicles, hoses, and first volunteers. We do not have enough resources in land management. "

So, while the controlled combustion has its place, it is just a part of a wider strategy to eradicate extreme Australia fires now.



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Source of news: bbc.com

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