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Fires in nature
Online Lesson | 05 Feb 2027 | Start: 16:00 | DURATION: 4 HOURS
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Course Module: Hazards (Spring 1) | Lesson Fires in nature:
Online Lesson | 05 Feb 2027 | Start: 16:00 | DURATION: 4 HOURS
Title: Nature & causes of Wildfires
Learning outcomes:
- To describe the nature of wildfires
- To understand the conditions favouring intense wild fires
- To evaluate the importance of natural and human causes of wildfires in different places
Specification content: Nature of wildfires. Conditions favouring intense wild fires: vegetation type, fuel characteristics, climate and recent weather and fire behaviour. Causes of fires: natural and human agency.
Title: Impacts of Wildfires
Learning outcomes:
- To know examples of primary and secondary impacts of wildfires
- To understand how these impacts can be classified as environmental, social, economic and political.
Title: Responses to Wildfires
Learning outcomes:
- To know examples of short and long term responses to wildfires
- To understand how the impacts of wildfires can be managed
Specification content: Short and long-term responses; risk management designed to reduce the impacts of the hazard through preparedness, mitigation, prevention and adaptation.
Title: Case Study of a Wildfire
Learning outcomes:
- To explore impacts and human responses to a recent wild fire event.
Specification content: Impact and human responses as evidenced by a recent wild fire event.
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