Fires
Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products. Fire is hot because the conversion of the weak double bond in molecular oxygen, O2, to the stronger bonds in the combustion products carbon dioxide and water releases energy (418 kJ per 32 g of O2); the bond energies of the fuel play only a minor role here. At a certain point in the combustion reaction, called the ignition point, flames are produced. The flame is the visible portion of the fire. Flames consist primarily of carbon dioxide, …
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Laws.Africa · 18 November 2022 English
post-fire habitats recovering rapidly, and even severe fires not disturbing bird communities significantly (Mills … as complete suppression or high frequency 'hot' fires, which alter habitat structure. It has been found … 2014). At the other extreme, frequent large fires prevent areas of heavy grazing from persisting in … favoured ground-hornbill habitat. In the long term, if fires were frequent, intense and widespread enough, then … associated biota. This holds for cattle rangelands where fires have long been used to manipulate animal movements …
Laws.Africa · 14 October 2022 English
barbecue or braai activities. (b) small controlled fires for the purposes of cooking and other domestic purposes; …
Laws.Africa · 30 September 2022 English
of surface and underground locations in which fires or explosions can occur owing to the presence of …
Laws.Africa · 1 September 2022 English
p/month (compulsory) 20.00 80.00 0% 80.00 Bush fires per hour rate Call out in Leonardville 100.00 …
Laws.Africa · 5 August 2022 English
........................36 1.5 Veld and forest fires and floods..................................... …
Laws.Africa · 11 July 2022 English
44. Applicable legislation 45. Certain fires prohibited 46. Storage and accumulation of combustible … Act, 73 of 1989, the National Veld and Forest Fires Act, 101 of 1998, and the regulations made under … provisions thereof in this part. 45. Certain fires prohibited (1) No person may make or allow any … of section 12 of the National Veld and Forest Fires Act, 101 of 1998, and who intends to prepare and …
Laws.Africa · 1 July 2022 English
application/Renewal).• All emergency call outs for grass/veld fires within the municipal Council of Windhoek area of …
Laws.Africa · 1 July 2022 English
DEPUTY CHIEF, STATION OFFICER per call for all fires and incidents 112.36 112.36 0.00% 1.2 FIRE CHIEF … MEM- BERS per half hour or part thereof for all fires and incidents 51.91 51.91 0.00% 2. PRACTICES: … Manpower 10. PENALITIES 0.00% 10.1 Illegal live fires in formalized areas (CBD) 500.00 500.00 44 Government …
Laws.Africa · 24 June 2022 English
(~10 years old) are furthermore vulnerable to fires (Holland, 1982), as are older plants without a protective … by a blaze (Bond, 1983), though high intensity fires can also kill plants with a protective skirt of …
Laws.Africa · 28 April 2022 English
Combustible materials and refuse 9. Making fires 10. Firebreaks 11. Inspection of properties … 32. Fire-fighting equipment 33. Reporting of fires, accidents and dumping 34. Sampling 35. Storage … or of other metals, coloured fires, and every other metal, coloured fires and every other substance, … section is guilty of an offence. 9. MAKING FIRES (1) No person may, subject to provision of the … is guilty of an offence. 33. REPORTING OF FIRES, ACCIDENTS AND DUMPING (1) The occupier of any …
