Bushfire

3. one family of trees that benefit from bushfires
6. if these are clear properties are more likely to survive
10. changes in wind _______ made fires hard to predict
11. this is low when a bushfire forms
14. a type of bushfire that burns in grass and low shrubs. They travel at high speed and are easy to control
15. aerially burning fuel blowing ahead of a fire front
18. ____ bushfires occur when heat and flames from a surface fire ignite the tops of trees

1. _____ do most of the fighting of bushfires
2. the edge of a fire that spreads fastest
4. the single largest cause of bushfires
5. these accompanied the Black Saturday fires
7. a warming of the temperature of the Pacific Ocean that causes drier air
8. quadrant of Australia most prone to bushfires
9. an intense fire that may generate strong convection currents and violent winds
12. the cause of some of the worst bushfires
13. one way the most prone area to bushfires is going to change due to climate change
16. this preceded the Black Saturday Fires
17. this provides oxygen to the fire