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01824aam a2200373 i 4500 001 C9F2DBD8EDAA11EA9A34A78C36ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20200903010031 007 n 008 190311s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 010 $a 2019009929 020 $a 1725347873 (pbk.) 020 $a 9781725347878 (pbk.) 020 $a 1725347881 (library bound) 020 $a 9781725347885 (library bound) 040 $d TxAuBib $e rda $d SILO 100 1 $a Hand, Carol, $d 1945- 245 1 $a Engineering solutions for wildfires / $c Carol Hand. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Rosen Publishing, $c 2020. 300 $a 48 pages : $b color photographs ; $c 21 cm. 490 1 $a Preparing for disaster 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 $a Wildfire causes and effects -- Predicting wildfires -- Preventing and preparing for wildfires -- Fighting wildfires -- Staying ahead of wildfires. 520 $a "Wildfire destruction is worse than it should be. In the 2017 fires, robocalls and digital alerts came too late to help many people. Warnings reached only a small percentage of the population. A better understanding of wildfires is badly needed. STEM concepts--ideas from the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math--can provide a foundation for developing new solutions for dealing with wildfires."-- $c Provided by publisher. 521 2 $a Grades 5 to 8. 541 $d 20200608. 650 $a Emergency management $v Juvenile literature. 650 $a Wildfire forecasting $v Juvenile literature. 650 $a Wildfires $x Prevention and control $v Juvenile literature. 830 $a Preparing for disaster. 941 $a 1 952 $l HOPC845 $d 20200903010419.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C9F2DBD8EDAA11EA9A34A78C36ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search