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How to combat the fire efficiently?
Constantinos Vrontis, Group A, YRE Misson.
Missão Serra da Estrela 200914/04/2009

Resumo

 It is generally accepted that forests have a significant value for our lives. Although knowing that they are able to decrease the dioxide levels of the atmosphere, human beings keep impacting negatively on the environment.

Artigo

 It is generally accepted that forests have a significant value for our lives. Although knowing that they are able to decrease the dioxide levels of the atmosphere, human beings keep impacting negatively on the environment.

So, in order to protect the forest from fires, forest associations and firemen have developed some techniques. One of them, which has already won a prize for its innovation, consists of using fire in restricted areas to fight the fire. It means that they burn a piece of land to control the fire's direction and to prevent it from passing to the surrounding area. This is performed once a month.

From our point of view forest associations must create artificial lakes to save the rain water and to use it in case of fire.

Constantinos Vrontis, Group A, YRE Misson.