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Camp fire- Paridise lost (2018 California Wild fire) Flashcards

1
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What date did the fire happen?

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November 8th 2018

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Where did the fire happen?

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Paradise, California

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What areas were effected?

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Paradise, Concow, Pulga and several other towns in the area

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4
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What type of winds influenced the fire?

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Santa Ana hot dry winds from the Mojare desert (canyoning)

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What does Canyoning mean?

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When winds sped through gaps between mountains increasing in speed

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What’s the rainfall like in paradise?

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Up to 40 inches annually ( in the desert there is less than 5 inches annually )

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What’s the temperature like in Paradise?

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70-80°F

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What type of fire was camp fire?

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A crown fire

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What vegetation type is there in paradise and surrounding areas?

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Mixed conifer woodland with some grassland (very fast burning)

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How many firefighters helped to try to put the fire out?

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5,000 (CAL five)

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How long did it take to contain the fire?

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17 days

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How many people were evacuated?

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52,000

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How big was the search and rescue operation?

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The largest ever in California

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How did law enforcement officers help?

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Searching through debris for missing people

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15
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How much of the homes destroyed in 2018 are now rebuilt?

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21%

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16
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How many buildings were destroyed?

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19,000 (businesses and homes)

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17
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How many people were burned to death?

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85

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18
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How many total deaths were there including respiratory illnesses caused by the fire?

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91

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19
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What we’re the flame lengths?

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200ft

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20
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How fast did the fire burn in seconds?

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1 acre of land burnt per second

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21
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how many acres burnt in 1 hour of the fire starting?

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5-10,000 acres

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22
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What we’re the issues with traffic?

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Extreme traffic jams as all exits were ‘death traps’

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23
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How much land was burnt by the fire?

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153,300 acres

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How many people were unaccounted for (missing) immediately after the fire?

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1300

25
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Which towns both lost 95% of their structures?

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Paradise and Concow

26
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How many injuries were there?

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12 civilians and 5 fire fighters

27
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How many total fire fighters got involved?

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5,600 fighting the blaze

28
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What did rescue workers say due to the lack of people they had helping?

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People calling 911 were told to get out on their own, as there weren’t enough rescue workers

29
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How many schools were destroyed?

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8/9

30
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How many students were effected by school closures?

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3,800

31
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How much money did the total damages amount to?

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$16.7 billion

32
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How many people were displaced and made homeless?

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30,000 homeless, 40,000 at least displaced

33
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How much money was property damages?

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£18 billion

34
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How many homes were destroyed?

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14,000

35
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How many applicants were accepted for rebuilds?

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8,000

36
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How many people were displaced in Denver and Salt Lake City?

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50,000 people

37
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Where is paradise in relation to the hills?

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It is a foot hill town

38
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Where did the fire start?

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At the bottom of the hills and was carried up by wind up the hills (meaning embers fell from within the ash cloud across paradise)

39
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What was the terrain like?

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Dry mountainous terrain

40
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What acted as fuel for the fire?

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dry grass, leaves, pine needles, twigs, and other dead brush

41
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What started the fire?

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A faulty electric transmission line

42
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How many years was paradise and surrounding areas in drought?

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5 years, meaning vegetation was incredibly dry

43
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How fast were the winds that day?

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60-70mph

44
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What is El Niño?

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When the California current is dominating (trade winds), there is a cool current carrying colder winds. However when currents change direction, this causes a warmer current aiding higher temperatures .

45
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How fast can canyoning wind speeds reach?

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Hurricane speed

46
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What was the population in Paradise?

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27,000

47
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What’s the frequency of wind fires in California?

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Almost 1 major fire occurs every year

48
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What we’re the issues with search and rescue for remains?

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The debris burnt so quickly that remains were difficult to find due to such severe burns

49
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What was Paradises plans for evacuation?

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Evacuation zoning with 14 zones, each evacuated separately

50
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What we’re people told they would be if they evacuated too quickly?

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A ‘burden to traffic systems’ which made no sense as every evacuation route was a death trap and traffic was stand still

51
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What do Paradise need to improve on to help ensure people’s safety?

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More education in warnings and evacuation systems

52
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Why could FEMA not help with evacuations?

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FEMA received no emergency messages from California which meant that emergency and wireless alert systems couldn’t be used by FEMA, as they were aware what was happening.

53
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What did Code red entail?

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Automated cell phone call, which were overwhelmed due to power lines being down and so only 1/3 of the messages went out.

54
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Why did some people not get the code red notification?

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Code red notifications needed to be signed up for in advance and only 1/8th of population were signed up.

55
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How many fatalities were found in their homes?

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2/3

56
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What is the risk for wildfires in Paradise?

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11,454 properties in paradise are constantly at risk from wildfires, which includes all homes in paradise

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