History's Worst Fire Disasters | Code Red | Earth Stories

[@angusosborne3151]

I spent almost ten years answering the call as a volunteer firefighter and I've had to deal with mostly structure fires which is bad enough. I can't imagine having to deal with a wildfire of that proportion. Love, respect and thoughts to all.

[@Healitnow]

My daughter works for the forest service and her job is figuring these things out.

[@GOODNOIGHT]

I was in the Tubbs Fire in 2017. Scariest time of my life.

[@aprilsmith3683]

Four hundred litres of water a minute... Wow... Grateful for all fire fighters across the globe... 🇿🇦

[@Serenityfor1]

How can you predict lightning strikes, meteors and human caused fires?! You can’t face it! Fires are unpredictable.

[@pbshumanity8977]

We can see what locations will actually ignite and take off by looking at the underbrush and forest conditions.

[@beegeefan4ever]

2023 one of the most mild fire seasons in the United States 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@cdfdesantis699]

Most recent yr. mentioned in this doc was 2017. Globally, wildfires have gotten much worse since.

[@mattyk82]

based on what data? i ask because i do not think this is true at all, according the data i have researched.

[@cdfdesantis699]

@@mattyk82 According to a report dated Aug. 29, 2023: wildfires account for twice as much tree cover loss annually as they did 20 yrs. ago. Three million more hectares (approx. 7.5 million acres) are lost to wildfires each yr. than there were in 2001. Wildfires have caused 1/4 of global tree cover over the past 20 yrs. - World Resources Institute

[@mattyk82]

@@cdfdesantis699according to the us fire service, you are correct about 7million acres burnt in 2022. In 2017 it was about 10 million in USA, in 2007 it was 8 million. I don’t have the data on hand but can tell you in Australia we had larger bushfires recorded earlier last century than we have had in the past 20 years. I know that doesn’t cover the globe but Australia and USA are two of the largest areas prone to bushfires.

[@cdfdesantis699]

@@mattyk82 Indeed, & it IS important to consider the numbers over extended periods of time. Recall, as well, that in 2023, Canada experienced the worst wildfires ever on record, & Hawaii suffered the deadliest wildfire in USA history. Also last yr., Spain, Greece, Portugal, Russia, & N. Africa saw extremely devastating wildfires, which spread rapidly, due to heat & drought caused by climate change. Thanks for your reply.

[@mattyk82]

@@cdfdesantis699 no problems, and i apprciate you being respectful even though we dissagree. I have not seen any evidence that climate change has caused heat or drought, and furthermore even if it has, then it doesn't explain longer heatwaves and droughts previously recorded. I dont expect you to agree with me, I'm only saying what I understand to be true. Most of my research over the past 25 years has been localized to australia, as thats where i have always lived, but i do also consider the rest of the world when looking in to these things.

[@LastAvailableAlias]

Stop building homes in wilderness areas, on slopes, etc. They build into these areas then expect people to risk their lives to save them. I've seen enough fire studies where one of the first things I do at a show is look where all the other exits are and think how I'd leave.

[@Nirrrina]

Or if you absolutely have to build in that spot do it in a way that is fireproof. Things like partially underground & domed buildings where fire can just go right over. Also landscaping that is fire resistant. Goats can really help in eating down invasive vines that machinery has a hard time dealing with. They've saved some pretty important buildings including a presidential library if I remember right. Also they need to do more prescribed fires/control burns. It produces some smoke but it's incredibly beneficial to the land & animals. Just don't ask me to do it. I'm up for starting it but otherwise I have no clue what I'm doing.

[@jp-um2fr]

I will give you just ONE guess as to the country where the cladding was developed and I assume made, a hint, it wasn't the UK.

[@andrethegiant3035]

This is a great channel!

[@leanneadams2549]

Never been a fatality in a sprinkler building ??? REALLY? The World Trade Center had them !!!!

[@robert9046]

Sprinkler design does not address passenger jets crashing into a high rise. I think your analysis is way off.

[@DaveedaLoca]

​@@robert9046he is correct though. WTC 1 and 2 were the only mass casualties of a building fire that had sprinklers installed. Understandably the guy in the video meant "typical building fire"

[@LastAvailableAlias]

You are explaining how fire works? lol

[@jp-um2fr]

Caused by a Hotpoint owned by Whirlpool and guess what country that's owned by.

[@trollinirl]

It was social murder caused by an incompetent local council trying to save a couple hundred thousand pounds and general disregard for the lives of mainly working class, immigrant tenants. Blame China if you want but the blame is squarely on the government and its austerity policies imho.

[@Grizzly907LA]

This what happens when you don't clear underbrush, and remove dead wood, and dead trees. Donald Trump was 1000% right when he said "you got to sweep your floors."

[@kylereese4822]

The 2019 in OZ fire was bigger than the UK.... how do you clear in weeks ???? only a delusional mind would say things like that.......................

[@beegeefan4ever]

That’s why that, here in the United States, 2023 is one of the most mild fire seasons; our wild land firefighters have been constantly doing the forest cleanup( prescribed burns)

[@markdanz7039]

Lmao 🤣

[@tracymann3005]

Do you live in the United States? Do you take advantage of our beautiful national parks and forests? I’m in Glacier right now, one million acres, for context, New York City is less than 200,000 acres. The former president couldn’t get his hometown’s floors swept, how on earth can we clean over 400 national parks? There are also designated areas managed by the federal government like the badlands, national forests, national seashores, etc. there are also lands not managed by the federal government, the reservations, privately owned land and ranches. Think about the staff requirements to oversee these untold numbers of workers needed to start sweeping, not counting the equipment costs. There may be a solution in our future, but simply vacuuming is impossible, impractical and impotent.