Sentence examples for likelihood of fire from inspiring English sources
Dr. Jolly's research shows that the season, measured by how many days are hot and dry enough to increase the likelihood of fire, has lengthened by 30 to 45 days across big patches of the United States, notably the West.
If the tobacco companies stopped adding the chemicals to the tobacco that cause cigarettes to keep burning, dropped or mislaid cigarettes would go out quickly, reducing the likelihood of fire.
"You would sort of get a map that depicts a likelihood of fire occurrence," said Elizabeth Reinhardt, an assistant director of fire ecology and fuels for the Forest Service.
The introduction of a weighted probability factor for aspect, whereby south-facing slopes have a higher likelihood of fire initiation, was not found to significantly affect patterns of fire age in the landscape.
Simulations with moderate levels of competition coupled with a relatively high fire frequency (once every 4 years) and a relatively high likelihood of fire spread across five-meter grid cells (dependent on litter fuel loads) were shown to create patterns that closely mimic the quasi three-dimensional remotely-sensed measures of this open canopy system.
In our statistical models, the likelihood of fire increased with vegetation productivity.
But that is becoming more and more difficult as global warming raises the likelihood of fires, especially in Western forests.
There's no definitive list of the world's most fire-prone cities, mostly because of the many and often compounding factors that can increase the likelihood of fires.
The company also recently announced that after a decade of research it had developed a new type of cigarette paper that would reduce the likelihood of fires being started by dropped cigarettes.
Successful invasion and establishment of woody individuals in open-canopied systems increases the likelihood of fire-deterrence and further woody encroachment, threatening ecosystem integrity.
Fire hazards following an earthquake can be significant due to increased likelihood of fires igniting, increased demands on firefighting resources, and potential obstacles to timely response.
