Effects on Elderly
Elderly that are relocated from their rehabilitation programs/homes are more likely to experience a ____ in mental and physical health.
What is a decline?
Transportation out of _______ zones may be challenging for those without access to a vehicle or in high-density populated areas.
What is Evacuation?
Long term exposure to wildfire smoke can cause ____ to occur later in life.
What is asthma?
The Healthy Forest Restoration Act was designed to ______ the ecological benefits of wildfires through thinning, prescribed burning, and replanting.
What is restore?
The burning of wildfires can _______ levels of toxic air pollutants.
What is increase?
What health risk do the elderly face from wildfire smoke?
What is cardiovascular and respiratory problems?
Native Americans rely on the land to protect themselves from wildfires. They use _________ burns to prevent the spread of wildfires.
What is Controlled?
How long can school be cancelled for a wildfire?
What is as long as needed?
California's Fire Safety Laws state that new homes built in wildfire zones be built with ________ material.
What is fire-resistance?
Multi-source satellite products are used to analyze crucial _____-effects on our ecosystem.
What is the most important thing for the elderly to do when wildfires quickly approach?
What is evacuating quickly and safely?
Native Americans, Blacks, and Hispanics are ___% more vulnerable to wildfire.
What is 50%?
There is a 14% increase in ______ in children exposed to frequent wildfires.
What is depression?
In 2009, the FLAME Act was established to revise the _________ wildfire budget to better reflect recent wildfire events.
What is federal?
Smoke exposure from wildfires consists of high concentrations of fine particulate matter, which causes risk of what types of illnesses to humans?
What is respiratory and cardiovascular?
Elderly 85 years or older are 4 times more likely to ________ in a wildfire than the total population.
What is die?
Rebuilding or relocating is more difficult for those of this socio-economic status.
What is low-income?
According to Article 26 of the UDHR, children are entitled to a right to learning and an ___________.
What is an education?
The government deemed this method as the most effective way to control wildfires.
What is controlled burning?
The second-largest Caribbean country holds policies within its constitution to promote and research sustainable development and preservation of the environment
What is the Dominican Republic?
How do the elderly face environmental injustice during wildfires?
What is the inability to access medical care and change lifestyles?
What barrier most impacts residents from receiving emergency evacuation information?
What is the Language Barrier?
This united nation sustainable development goal is related to CO2 in the air that causes global warming.
What is Climate Change (13)?
The United States Department in charge of developing and reviewing the wildfire policies.
What is the U.S. Department of the Interior?
According to the United Nations Sustainable Developmental Goal 15, what percentage of Earth's surface has been altered by human activity?
What is 75%?