As queimadas urbanas no município de Angico -TO e a qualidade de vida de seus moradores.

Abstract

Fires cause environmental and social degradation and its brings several consequences to population health. People practice this act without understanding the harm that it can cause and in some cases for not knowing the consequences they end up igniting fire dangerously causing damage to environment as a whole. The methodology used to conduct the research work consisted on literature, field research through interviews with residents of Angico-TO, using photographic records of the areas that had fire outbreaks. It is important to work with the theme: Urban fires in the city of Angico-TO and the population life quality by the fact that this practice is widely used by its residents thus affecting their own life quality. This work main objectives: getting to know the opinions of residents of Angico regarding the practice of domestic waste disposal and tree prunning disposal through firing; be aware of the knowledge that city residents have about the dangers of using fire as domestic waste and other kinds of waste disposal.