Sentence examples for wildland from inspiring English sources
noun
Land that is unfit for, or has not been modified by, cultivation or other human activity; a natural area.
The role your newspaper plays in fostering a sustainable and scientific view of wildfires cannot be overstated.Regardless, the tragedy in Greece, the deadly Southern California firestorm of 2003, and countless other publicised wildfire catastrophes have the capacity to again cast wildland fire as only a menace and an ill, just as it was at the turn of the 20th century in the United States.
Heat and wind also fed the flames in the California fires.So far, fire managers in Boise, Idaho where the National Interagency Fire Centre acts as sort of a wildland fire Pentagon, dispatching firefighters, fire engines and aircraft to the hottest spots—have held their "readiness measure" at Level 3. At the highest, Level 5, fire crews are stretched to their absolute limit.
They also describe the leadership courses that have been developed specifically for wildland firefighters in the wake of the fatal Colorado fire.
Fire danger in a wildland setting varies with weather conditions: drought, heat, and wind participate in drying out the timber or other fuel, making it easier to ignite.
Wildfire, also called wildland fire, uncontrolled fire in a forest, grassland, brushland, or land sown to crops.
About 32 percent of the homes in the United States sit in what experts call the wildland-urban interface, high-risk areas where development and nature overlap.
Nationwide, Oregon and Wisconsin researchers found, 98.5 million people lived in 43.7 million homes in what is known as the wildland-urban interface or WUI (pronounced woo-ee) in 2010.
8 25 p.m. | Updates below | There's an enormous financial cost attending the expansion of America's "wildland-urban interface" — the term for areas where communities have sprouted in forested areas — in parts of the country prone to wildfires.
He can insure that federal agencies responsible for developing codes for construction and materials move ahead with plans for national codes and standards for building in what's called the "wildland-urban interface".
It's what researchers and foresters call the wildland-urban interface: areas where naturally fire-prone wilderness areas such as forests and shrublands are close to, or even intermingled with, housing developments, neighbourhoods or even – as in the case of Fort McMurray – entire cities.
