Climate change and increased human habitation across France's dry, forested region are pushing the limits of firefighters' tried and tested 'strike quick and hard' strategy.
Lethal blazes in France are now are but climate change is pushing the limits of its firefighting strategyMARSEILLE - Climate change and increased human habitation across France's dry, forested region are pushing the limits of firefighters' tried and tested"strike quick and hard" strategy.
"We monitor the situation and keep the public informed. And if a fire starts, we have 600 litres of water in the pickup," explains 74-year-old volunteer Paul Chanavas.Chanavas is one of 1,000 volunteers who work alongside forest rangers, the Forestry Commission and regional fire departments, criss-crossing the mountainsides in their vans all summer.
Behind him is a 5,000-square-metre terrain where trainees battle a massive blaze of trees made of metal and at the touch of a button, they make different"trees" burst into flames. In the northwest United States they say the average expanse of forest destroyed by wildfires annually doubled between 1984 and 2015 as a result of human-induced warming -- an area bigger than Switzerland.Despite the efficient strategy and a prevention campaign -- most forest blazes are sparked by humans -- massive wildfires still occasionally ravage the southeast."We went all out...
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