CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -These strategies include defensible space, planting of fire resistant vegetation, fire-retardant building materials, and sprinklers to slow the progression of the fire. While these measures will help the homeowners to prepare for wildfires, not all homeowners in the U.S. use all of these methods for the properties.

Detailed explanation-2: -1) National Action Plan on wild fires The objective of this plan is to minimize forest fires by informing, enabling and empowering forest fringe communities and incentivizing them to work in tandem with the State Forest Departments.

Detailed explanation-3: -Based on the forest inventory records, 54.40% of forests in India are exposed to occasional fires, 7.49% to moderately frequent fires and 2.40% to high incidence levels while 35.71% of India’s forests have not yet been exposed to fires of any real significance.

Detailed explanation-4: -The 2021 Simplipal forest fires is an ongoing forest fire, occurring in the Indian state of Odisha in March and April 2021.