About Wildfires
Organizations
100

An uncontrolled fire that burns in the wildland vegetation, often in rural areas.

What are wildfires?

100

nonprofit humanitarian organization that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief, and disaster preparedness

What is the Red Cross?

200

Lightning and human activity.

What cause wildfires?

200

An international charitable organization

What is the Salvation Army?

300

An area with a lot of plants.

What is a vegetation?

300

Awarded $336,000 to: 1) deploy emergency teams to support evacuations, relief centers and training and 2) provide emergency grants for people whose homes were destroyed.

How did the Australian Red Cross Society help the Australian wildfires of 2019-2020?

400

Ignites in soil thick with organic matter that can feed the flames

What is a ground fire?

400

received $500,000 to support community-initiated and community-led projects that support the medium- to long-term recovery of wildfire-affected communities across rural, regional and remote Australia

How did the Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal (FRRR) help the Australian wildfires of 2019-2020?

500

Burns in dead or dry vegetation that is lying or growing just above the ground.

What is a surface fire?

500

Prepare for, protect and mitigate against, respond to, and recover from the impacts of natural disasters and man-made incidents or terrorist events

What is FEMA?

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