Conditions Quote by John Holdren

Due to climate change, wildfires are growing in size, frequency, and intensity, and wildfire seasons are becoming longer.

— Mikie Sherrill

It is known that wildfires behave unpredictably - this is fundamental - but it is my experience that humans in the presence of wildfire…

— Michael Leunig

Wildfires can leave the land with burn scars that last for years.

— Faith Salie

The lumberers rarely trouble themselves to put out their fires, such is the dampness of the primitive forest; and this is one cause, no…

— Henry David Thoreau

Preparing to fight wild fires is only part of the solution, we must be more pro-active and prevent the fires before they start, or…

— Rick Renzi

In open range fires it is about picking a spot and hoping it is the right location. At the head of the fire you…

— John Glover

Many fires burn below the surface.

— Empedocles

“In Canada, a little over half the wildfires are started by humans. In the United States, human-started wildfires account for 84 percent of all…

— Edward Struzik

Of the over 100,000 wildfires that happen in the U.S. each year, not a single one would get started without the fire triangle: Oxygen,…

— Stephen Colbert

Big fires flare up in a wind, but little ones are blown out unless they are carried in under cover.

— Saint Francis de Sales

It is difficult to determine the cause of grass fires. There is usually nothing left behind when we get there, like a cigarette or…

— John Glover

A fire scene is very fragile, especially in a tropical environment. You've got to get to the evidence before the heat, wind and rain…

— Robert J Creighton