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Description of a Bushfire Bushfires can be divided into three parts the head, the flank and the backfire. Each part is related to the orientation on the edge of the fires. Each part of the burning fire has a perimeter that has characteristic behaviour so it is used to define the types of fires most frequently observed. In some parts of Australia, weather patterns will accrue so that strong hot winds will blow from the centre of the continent. After the fire has been preconditions by drought. 

Causes Fires need fuel, Oxygen and heat to survive and a stagging ninety-four present of bushfires are started by humans. Increasing numbers of fires are started by arson fire bugs. Lightning is another one of the causes of bushfires.  



Effect The effect of bushfires can cause people to lose their homes and loved ones also their jobs. The animals that are in the fires get seriously hurt or in the worst way they die.



How the Disaster is forecasted When the weather is very hot, dry and windy.There are also warning signs around to let people know if it is low to extreme fire danger. When you see these signs please do not make bom fires or burn anything around you.



Preventative Measures To prevent things like this from happening try some of these tips. v Cleaning leaves from gutters roofs and drains regularly and fit quality leaf guards. v Clear away litter and long dry glasses as well as any undergrowth near your home. v Cover your roof vents with wire mesh. v Remove flammable items from around your home like doormats ,firer wood and garden furnisher.

Interesting facts <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">v <span style="font-family: 'Albertus','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">When wood reaches 5720 C it gives off a gas which reacts with the oxygen to make a flame. The flame will heat the remaining wood making the fire grow stronger. <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">v <span style="font-family: 'Albertus','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Smoke from fire is bad for your body. <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">v <span style="font-family: 'Albertus','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">On the 16th of November 1983 seventy two people died and over two thousand homes were destroyed.

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