Posted by Ranger Janet (165.83.6.33) on September 12, 2002 at 14:58:02:
In Reply to: fire ecology part 2 posted by jake and eli on September 12, 2002 at 14:10:31:
: how many fireman people dose it take to put out a huge
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: sorry abuot our writting
Hi Jake and Eli,
Good to hear from you. Great question. Can you believe it--25,000 people were
employed in efforts to control the Yellowstone fires of 1988. Now that was a
HUGE fire. Keep in mind that those fires burned 36% of the park's 2,221,766
acres. The number of people it takes to put out a fire depends not only on the
number of acres burning, but other factors like terrain, wind, humidity, rain
fall, snow fall, type of equipment, temperatures, etc.