### process | oxidation | combustion | fire:

Fire insurance
* basic necessity for all home owners.
* covers losses resulting from fire.
* is insurance.
* protects against losses from fire.
* recognizes the contagion effect of hazardous building practices.

### process | oxidation | combustion | fire:

Forest fire
* Forest Fires cause wide ranging adverse ecological, economic and social impacts.
* Many forest fires are caused by the uncontrolled burning used in shifting cultivation.
* Most forest fire destroys habitats.
* Most forest fire occurs in areas
  - forest areas
* Some forest fire causes imbalances
  - creates patches
  - harms tarsiers
  - is caused by heat
  - kills orangutans
  - fires burn with low intensities where fuels are light or are moist
* appear to ravage what took years to build.
* are a major cause for concern, destroying resources and often threatening urban areas.
* are a natural part of our ecosystem and contribute to the health of our forests
  - the landscape
  - serious problem in the Sacramento Mountains
* are also expensive to control
  - inevitable natural disasters that sometimes erupt and endanger human life
  - bad for the environment
  - beneficial in the sense that they are one of nature s ways for dispersing seeds
  - easier to ignite, burn hotter once they get started and are harder to extinguish
  - examples of wildfires
* behave by their own set of rules.
* can denude the land of grass and underbrush that anchor soils
  - destroy wildlife habitats and also result in significant air emissions
  - put up enough material to affect seeing over a very wide area
  - result from personal and ownership conflicts
* cause grave damage to forests and destroy the ecology of the flora and fauna
  - the sun and moon over the Northeast to appear blue
* consume one-sixth of north Idaho's forests
  - thousands of park acres
* devour houses that sit on huge pieces of property.
* has low potential to produce flooding and eutrophication of streams and lakes.
* have both beneficial and detrimental effects on quaking aspens
  - many implications for biological diversity
* increase the likelihood of future forest fires.
* induce significantly more nutritious re-growth than that produced by a chain saw.
* is an important element in the establishment and maintenance of aspen stands
  - another cause of forest depletion which needs to be controlled effectively
  - natural hazards
* kill many plants and animals, burn down buildings, and can quickly kill people.
* occur annually in the dry season.
* play an important role in regulating the growth of plants in the Pine Barrens.
* pose a serious threat to homes throughout the country.
* predate humanity and the methods used to battle blazes are as old as mankind.
* provide a cleansing action, and allow for the growth and reappearance of life.
* rage out of control, and winds carry poison gas clouds.
* raging in Indonesia, for example, affect the health of the U.S. dollar.
* start easier during a drought.

Fratricide
* increases the risk of unacceptable losses and the risk of mission failure.
* is fire

Frequent fire
* Some frequent fire affects plants.
* alters habitats.
* have many ecological benefits for soil and plant fertility.
* help keep the forest from becoming too shaded.
* inhibit invasion of trees.
* is necessary to maintain bog habitats.
* occur during dry season.
* prevent fuel buildup and control woody shrub and tree invasion.
* prevents expansion.
* reduces tree and shrub cover in favor of prairie species.

Home fire
* More home fires occur during the winter than any other time.
* Most home fires begin with cooking equipment
  - involving a fatality happen at night when people are sleeping
* Most home fires occur at night when people are sleeping
  - in the kitchen
  - start in living areas - the den, family room or living room

Indirect fire
* is fire.
* means that the spotting unit and the firing unit are different.