Fires
Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products. Fire is hot because the conversion of the weak double bond in molecular oxygen, O2, to the stronger bonds in the combustion products carbon dioxide and water releases energy (418 kJ per 32 g of O2); the bond energies of the fuel play only a minor role here. At a certain point in the combustion reaction, called the ignition point, flames are produced. The flame is the visible portion of the fire. Flames consist primarily of carbon dioxide, …
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DDN: Dundurn Press · 12 November 2024 English
The political life of Dene leader Georges Erasmus — a radical Native rights crusader widely regarded as one of the most important Indigenous leaders of the past fifty years. For …
provided backpack pumps to fight any additional fires. This would be Georges’s first but not last round … later, when he would spend his summers fighting fires with the forestry department. When Georges was … as survival gear and being taught how to make fires with dry wood from willows, 15 Young georgesdried … worked at the forestry department fighting forest fires. I loved all my jobs and look back on them fondly … round firefighters. Anyone wanting to fight forest fires would gather early in the morning at the forestry …
DDN: Dundurn Press · 29 October 2024 English
“Honest and insightful, a testament to Japanese Canadian resilience.” — KERRI SAKAMOTO, author of Floating CityWhen the North American dream meets traditional Japanese conformity, two cultures collide. Does the past …
living and many mouths to feed helped stoke the fires of a warrior spirit infused with incredible endurance …
UCP: University of Calgary Press · 20 October 2024 English
Essential for understanding and mobilizing public health efforts.
Preparedness, Response and Recovery: Lessons from Trains, Fires, Tornados and Floods Donald W.M. Juzwishin 12 Social …
IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 9 October 2024 English
Governments are increasingly recognizing the need for sustainability standards in global value chains (GVCs), as pressures from consumers and due diligence regulations in the Global North require businesses to address …
Hub5 uses satellite technology to detect potential fires, enabling risk assessment related to deforestation …
ICP: Institute for Community Prosperity · 24 September 2024 English
Other major supporters through the of community, pulsing transition of the Institute from Nonprofit to with original thinkers Community Prosperity included the McConnell and life-changing teach- Foundation, The Calgary Foundation, …
aspirations or inspiring visions. The ferocious fires that ravaged Fort McMurray in 2016, returning to …
Office of the Ombudsperson, Province of British Columbia · 18 September 2024 English
Our office is located on the traditional lands of the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Lekwungen) People and ancestors and our work extends across the traditional territories of the First Nations peoples within what …
concerns, to be heard from behind response to the 2021 fires and floods that closed doors. displaced thousands … 2021 The report also emphasized that the delivery fires and floods that displaced thousands of of disaster …
FNEC: First Nations Education Council · 16 September 2024 English
With the help of the FNEC secreAtTaIKrAMiaEKtW, it D C S Manawan develops policy strategy, represents the inteOpirtceiwanWemotascits of LEARNERS AT the communities and keeps the chiefs info THE HEARTILrNmU …
year’s challenges were compounded by historic forest fires, the loss of a band council, and the government's …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 September 2024 English
In lush and vivid poems, Cynthia Woodman Kerkham ponders the urgent question, What does water want? Whether as the body of a beloved lake, where people wrestle with the concerns …
rivulet of seed.15 SPill Smoke from distant forest fires gauzes a red sun, tints the morning lake. Before …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 September 2024 English
Pakistan has been a priority country for international development assistance since the early years of its creation. Though Pakistan celebrates National Women’s Day on 12 February each year to commemorate …
mud-coloured ground. Smoke from wood-burning cook-fires nearby hung in the air. Our heads were not covered …
EAC: Centre d'action écologique · 11 September 2024 English
Affordable housing is primarily the responsibility of the provincial government, and municipal planners are restricted by the Municipal Government Act, but municipalities still have many tools they can and should …
intense storms, increased risk of flooding and forest fires, warmer temperatures and sea level rise – all impacts … extreme weather events such as floods, storms and fires. Protecting these natural assets, particularly in …