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Natural Disasters - Fires
Ana Maria Rodriguez
Library Binding (Lucent Books, Sept. 12, 2003)Fires can be dangerous, destructive, and deadly, but they are also an essential natural component of healthy ecosystems. The greatest challenge for present and future generations is not to learn the impossible task of preventing all wildfires, but to learn to manage them while protecting people and property.
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Great Disasters - Fires
Ana Maria Rodriguez
Hardcover (Greenhaven Press, Jan. 16, 2004)They have the power to transform hundred-year-old forests and magnificent cities into ashes. Today, experts are concerned with the increasing numbers of massive fires in natural areas, and arson in urban developments. This volume explores the causes and characteristics of fires, famous fire disasters, and how man faces the challenges of fire prediction, control, and rebuilding after a fire.
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Great Disasters - Fires
Ana Maria Rodriguez
Hardcover (Greenhaven Press, Jan. 16, 2004)They have the power to transform hundred-year-old forests and magnificent cities into ashes. Today, experts are concerned with the increasing numbers of massive fires in natural areas, and arson in urban developments. This volume explores the causes and characteristics of fires, famous fire disasters, and how man faces the challenges of fire prediction, control, and rebuilding after a fire.