Return to. Join Smokey for some forest and campfire fun. And, along the way, discover Smokey's rules for forest fire safety and prevention so that you can become a member of Smokey's team. www. smokeybear. com/. Fires, both man-made and natural, contribute to forest loss. Wildfires are a natural occurrance and serve important ecosystem functions. Forest landscapes are dynamic and change in response to variations in climate and to disturbances from natural sources, such as fires caused by lightning strikes. www. enviroliteracy. org/article. php/46. html. Canada's forest fire season usually starts as early as April, with grass fires that scorch the landscape. Then the season moves into high gear with the first round of forest fires in May and June, with more to come in the dry summer months. www. cbc. ca/news/background/forcesofnature/forestfires. h. www. cbc. ca/news/background/forcesofnature/forestfires. html. Logistical and support center for U. S. wildland firefighting. Coordinates efforts of DOI agencies, Forest Service, National Weather Service, and state/local/tribal/volunteer entities engaged in wildland fire response and prevention. Timeline/Significant Fires. www. nifc. gov/. Forest Fires: Millions of acres are being consumed each year, so what's being done to save them? Of all nature's disasters, forest fires are often considered the most frightening. Moving at lightning speed, giant walls of flames can burn acres of land in just a few minutes. www. infoplease. com/spot/forestfire1. html www. infoplease. com/spot/forestfire1. html. There are five main causes to forest fires that should be acknowledged. These five causes include the following: www. tc. umn. edu/~deos0001/what_causes_forest_fires. htm www. tc. umn. edu/~deos0001/what_causes_forest_fires. htm. var wikiImage = new Image(); wikiImage. onload = function() &ob;if(this. height A wildfire, also known as a wildland fire, forest fire, brush fire, vegetation fire, grass fire, peat fire, bushfire (in Australasia), or hill fire, is an uncontrolled fire often occurring in wildlan. en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Wildfire. Remote Sensing of Land/Forest Fires The 1997/98 forest fire episode in Southeast Asia has attracted international attention. The fires which occurred primarily in the Sumatra and Borneo islands and aggravated by the drought due to the El Nino Southern Oscillation phenomenon, www. crisp. nus. edu. sg/forest_fire/fire. html www. crisp. nus. edu. sg/forest_fire/fire. html. Embed URL. bb&ob; border-bottom : 1px solid #E2ECF5; &cb;.