What are the hazards of forest fires?

The loss of forest resources is the most important direct loss in forest fire losses, which mainly refers to the loss of all standing trees and dead trees that can be used for production and life in natural forests or artificial forests caused by fires. The loss of stumpage resources is mainly related to the fire area, the burning degree of stumpage, tree species and tree age.

2. Loss of current assets

Refers to the loss of current assets in the burning area caused by forest fire. Including forest by-products, agricultural products, inventory and other economic losses. Among them, the loss of forest by-products refers to the loss of Nehrig by-products (such as mushrooms, fungus, Chinese herbal medicines and other by-products with collection and processing value) in the burning area; Loss of agricultural products (such as grain, cotton, oil, etc.). ) and livestock products (livestock, poultry, etc. ) in the combustion zone; Inventory loss refers to the economic loss of raw materials, in-process products and finished products in the burning area.

3, fire cost loss

Refers to the manpower, material resources, financial resources and additional losses invested in the process of fighting forest fires. Specifically, it includes the consumption of materials (fire fighting equipment, hand tools, oil and fuel, etc.) consumed in the fire fighting process. ) and the salary expenses of the fire-fighting personnel (employee salary subsidies, social employment wages, military and police fire-fighting expenses subsidies, temporary food subsidies); Rental costs of aircraft, ships and vehicles; The expenses for after-treatment include the expenses for cleaning up the burn area and burn site, pensions for casualties and medical expenses.

4. Loss of tourism

With the rapid development of economy and society, people have turned their eyes from the commodity function of forests to the functions of tourism, health care and recuperation. People go into the forest, embrace the green, eliminate fatigue, recuperate and spend their summer holidays in the forest. Once a fire breaks out, this function of the forest will be lost, resulting in the loss of tourism.

5. Impact on soil

Forests can reduce wind speed, prevent sand from being fixed, and prevent soil desertification and sandstorms. After forest fire, the original green barrier no longer exists, the forest environment changes rapidly, and the forest ecology such as weather, water and soil is disturbed and out of balance. Land desertification, desert migration and drought will cause irreversible damage to the whole ecosystem.

Baidu Encyclopedia _ Forest Fire