Forest fires: Interactive Midway - Canadian Geographic In Depth

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Canada's burning bush

Contents
Feature - Forest fires
Let it burn!
The forest of fire
Smoke Jumper
Canada's incendiary past
GIS

Safe campfire
Facts
Cartographer's table
Games
CG vault
Re:sources

The burning quiz

1. Which Canadian province or territory has the greatest number of forest fires on average:
British Columbia
Alberta
Northwest Territories

2. The word "pyrophyte" refers to:
the technique of using back-burning to fight fires
the fear of being caught in a forest fire
plants that have fire-traits

3. What is the name of the geographic information system used by the IFFC to predict fires?
F.I.R.E.S. (Fire Information Response Emergency System)
Prometheus
Pheonix

4. Of these listed, which province had over 1,200 forest fires in 1989 alone?
Ontario
Manitoba
Quebec

5. When building a campfire, the minimum recommended space between the top of the flames and any overhanging branches is:
2 metres
3 metres
4 metres

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