Thousands forced to evacuate parts of Reno, Nevada, as new wildfire rages
NPR →Officials say the fire, which has now burned more than 15,000 acres and is zero percent contained, was human caused. Nearly 90,000 people have been told to evacuate or prepare to leave.
Men Flee Forest Fire
VANCOUVER, B.C., July 31 Sixty men at Higgins camp, 40 miles up the coast from here, were forced to flee for their lives when flames swept through the dry timber and licked up the camp buildings.
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National Park Service Organic Act
The National Park Service Organic Act is a United States federal law that established the National Park Service (NPS), an agency of the United States Department of the Interior. The Act was signed into law on August 25, 1916, by President Woodrow Wilson. The National Park Service established by the Act 'shall promote and regulate the use of the Federal areas known as national parks, monuments, and reservations hereinafter specified by such means and measures as conform to the fundamental purpose of the said parks, monuments, and reservation...'
Wikipedia →Cloquet Fire
The Cloquet Fire was an immense forest fire in northern Minnesota, United States, in October 1918, caused by sparks on the local railroads amid dry conditions. Cloquet was hardest hit by the fires; it was the worst natural disaster in Minnesota history in terms of the number of casualties in a single day. It is also the third-deadliest wildfire in recorded history, behind the Peshtigo fire of 1871 and a 1936 wildfire... In total, 453 people died.
Wikipedia →History of wildfire suppression in the United States
Suppression as a rule
Before the middle of the 20th century, most forest managers believed that fires should be suppressed at all times. By 1935, the U.S. Forest Service's fire management policy stipulated that all wildfires were to be suppressed by 10 am the morning after they were first spotted. By 1940, firefighters known as smokejumpers would parachute out of airplanes to extinguish flames in remote locations.
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