61. Burnet Project - Mediterranean Burn Centres Network - Eumedis Programme Initiati The Mediterranean Council for Burns and Fire disasters (MBC) The MBC strivesto create a permanent dialogue on burns and fire disasters, a forum for the http://www.burnet.org/bc.asp?cod=21

62. Eastern's Fire Programs Aim To Prevent Future Fire Disasters - The Daily Eastern Eastern s fire programs aim to prevent future fire disasters, Safety precautionsmay avert further campus damage, The Daily Eastern News, a newspaper of http://www.thedailyeasternnews.com/news/2005/04/28/News/Easterns.Fire.Programs.A

document.write(''+''); The Daily Eastern News Extras: Student Resources Scholarships Movies Travel ... GradZone document.write(currentissuedayname + ', ' + currentissuemonthname + ' ' + currentissueday + ', ' + currentissueyear); Sections Front Page News Page Two Opinions ... Sports LINKS EIU Homepage Student Govt. Athletics FEATURES Login Register About Us Campus Calendar ... Publishing Policy showNetworkBanner(1); var story_id = 942772; Home News Eastern's fire programs aim to prevent future fire disasters Safety precautions may avert further campus damage By Nicole Milstead/ Activities Editor Published: Thursday, April 28, 2005 Officials have been reviewing campus' risk of burning with the first anniversary of the Blair Hall fire. The Illinois General Assembly put a new law into effect last August requiring that all Illinois colleges and universities install sprinkler systems in their residence halls by 2013. Eastern has been installing sprinklers since long before they were mandated by law. "Sprinklers have been going in before the turn of the century," said Mark Hudson, director of Housing and Dining. The sprinklers installed in 1999 first went into wooden buildings such as Pemberton Hall, Greek Court and University Court. These buildings do not have steel doors to help contain the fire, so they were the largest risk, said Jody Stone, assistant director of Housing and Dining.

63. Learned From Fire Disaster Fire disasters What Have We Learned? By Francis L. Brannigan, SPFE and Harry R.Carter, Ph.D. Every once in awhile, we need to pause and reflect on who we http://www.firefightercentral.com/history/learned_from_fire_disaster.htm

Home I Antique Fire Photos I Benjamin Franklin I Breathing Apparatus I Colonial Firefighting I Dalmatian Fire Apparatus Past And Present I Fire Hydrant Evolution I Fire Hose I Fire Warden I Firefighters In Space Fireground Command I Maltese Cross I Smokey Bear I Old Movies I Woman Firefighters I Contact Us Fire Disasters: What Have We Learned? By Francis L. Brannigan, SPFE and Harry R. Carter, Ph.D. Every once in awhile, we need to pause and reflect on who we are and what we stand for. As the American Fire Service pauses to celebrate an illustrious history dating back 350 years, let us reflect for a moment on some of the great lessons learned from fire. Some of our greatest progress has occurred just after someone's town was devastated or many lives were lost. This is not a recent phenomenon. The earliest recorded fire prevention efforts come from ancient Rome. It was surely noted after a major fire that something should have been done to prevent the disaster or at least, have somebody to protect the citizens. This may also be the earliest recorded uttering of the phrase, "How long has this thing been going on?" Rome continued to tinker with its fire forces. When the slaves who were serving as the firefighting force became unruly, the response was to form the equivalent of what we now term a fire department. Once again, this was a reaction to a problem.

64. Insurance For Fire Disasters Fire Insurance, Specialty Insurance, Insurance, Financial Services, fire damage,fire damage insurance. http://www.electronicsee.com/Finance/Insurance_for_fire_disasters.htm

Insurance for fire disasters and Insurance Guide - Finance Review Japanese insurer providing coverage for cargo and fires. Verlan Fire Insurance Company An fire insurance provider focused on high hazard facilities and the chemical industry. Located in Silver Spring, MD. New York Central Mutual Fire Insurance Company A property and casualty insurance company located in central New York State. Products include automobile, homeowners, commercial, mobile home, and umbrella insurance. Nb of rev=

65. The Disaster Finder: Type : Fire Banner reads Disaster Finder A search service provided by the NASA Solid blue rightpointing arrow Petroleum Oil Fire disasters in Nigeria s Niger http://disasterfinder.gsfc.nasa.gov/Type/Fire/

Top Type : Fire Home Search Links Tree Add Link ... NDRD Links: Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC) - The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC) provides operational fire-control services, as well as management and information services to its Member Agencies. In addition to coordinating services for all of the provinces and territories, CIFFC often coordinates the sharing of resources with the United States and other countries. (Added: 12-Nov-1998 Hits: 532) [Spider URL]" Firewise (Added: 1-May-2000 Hits: 680) [Spider URL]" Petroleum Oil Fire Disasters in Nigeria's Niger Delta, 1998-2000 - Petroleum oil fire disasters, arising from ageing oil pipelines, killed thousands of people, burnt homes and farmlands, destroyed fishing resources, and laid waste to the ecology of the Urhobo areas of the Niger Delta in several major incidents of petroleum oil fires. (Added: 6-Aug-2001 Hits: 533) [Spider URL]" Research on Coal Fires - Anupma Prakash, an assistant professor in the Geological Survey Division of the International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences (ITC) in the Netherlands, has assembled this web site covering coal fires, a natural hazard that threatens coal mining areas around the world. The site describes the risks associated with coal fires, examines ongoing fires in India and China, answers frequently asked questions (FAQs), and provides a fascinating photo gallery of the phenomenon.

66. STUDY SHOWS SMOKING IS A LEADING CAUSE OF FIRE DISASTER AND DEATH WORLDWIDE, COS Based on a worldwide study of smokingrelated fire and disaster data, UC Davisepidemiologists show Fire disasters destroy cities, families, workplaces, http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/news/smokingdisaster_costs.html

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 4, 2000 CONTACT: Carole Gan STUDY SHOWS SMOKING IS A LEADING CAUSE OF FIRE DISASTER AND DEATH WORLDWIDE, COSTING OVER $27 BILLION YEARLY (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) Based on a worldwide study of smoking-related fire and disaster data, UC Davis epidemiologists show smoking is a leading cause of fires and death from fires globally, resulting in an estimated cost of nearly $7 billion in the United States and $27.2 billion worldwide in 1998. The study is published in the August issue of Preventive Medicine. Fires cause 1 percent of the global burden of disease and 300,000 deaths per year worldwide. Fire disasters destroy cities, families, workplaces, workers and wildlands and have an enormous impact on human health, the environment and society. Smoking causes an estimated 30 percent of fire deaths in the United States and 10 percent of fire deaths worldwide. Each year, over one billion smokers throughout the world light over 6 trillion cigarettes, creating a potential source of ignition from cigarette butts and from cigarette lighters and matches that fall into the hands of young children. In France, a single lighted cigarette thrown from a moving car in 1999 ignited a fire in the Mont Blanc Tunnel, a major thoroughfare between France and Italy, causing 39 deaths and over $1 billion in losses to the region. The Oakland Hills fire in California, in which a lit cigarette remains a suspected cause, left 10,000 homeless, destroyed nearly 4,000 dwellings and cost more than $1.5 billion. And in Texas City, Texas, the Federal Bureau of Investigation blamed a cigarette for probably igniting an ammonium nitrate explosion in 1947, causing the worst industrial disaster death toll in U.S. history. The explosion caused nearly 600 deaths, 380 hospitalizations longer than two months, 4,100 casualties, and damage to more than 90 percent of the cityÕs buildings at a cost of more than $4 billion.

67. Study Shows Smoking Is A Leading Cause Of Fire Disaster And Death Worldwide, Cos Based on a worldwide study of smokingrelated fire and disaster data, UC Davisepidemiologists show smoking is a leading cause of fires and death from fires http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/08/000807064005.htm

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68. RGU Fire Simulation Advanced Composites to Prevent Fire disasters. Reza Looyeh. School of EngineeringThe Robert Gordon University. Schoolhill, Aberdeen, AB10 1FR http://www.rgu.ac.uk/eng/mrg/page.cfm?pge=3627

69. Planning And Management In Regional Development For The Prevention And Mitigatio “Planning and Management in Regional Development for the Prevention and Mitigationfrom Fire disasters in Rangoon.” In Planning for Crisis Relief Towards http://www.virtualref.com/uncrd/1709.htm

Home Bibliography and Index of United Nations Centre for Regional Development Publications Citation Planning for Crisis Relief: Towards Comprehensive Resource Management and Planning for Natural Disaster Prevention. Papers Presented at the International Seminar, 24-28 September 1986. Vol. 3: Planning and Management for the Prevention and Mitigation from Disasters in Metropolis , 147-155. Nagoya, Japan: Organizing Committee of the International Seminar on Regional Development Planning for Disaster Prevention and United Nations Centre for Regional Development, 1988. Title Planning and Management in Regional Development for the Prevention and Mitigation from Fire Disasters in Rangoon Year Author Lwin, Thaung Deputy Director, Urban and Regional Planning Division, Housing Department, Ministry of Construction, Burma Material Type Book Chapter Features 4 tables Pages p. 147-155 Relationships Part of 161 p. Planning for Crisis Relief: Towards Comprehensive Resource Management and Planning for Natural Disaster Prevention. Papers Presented at the International Seminar, 24-28 September 1986. Vol. 3 Subjects DISASTER MANAGEMENT DISASTER PREVENTION FIRES MYANMAR ... URBAN DEVELOPMENT Abstract Control No.

70. UNCRD Bibliography. Subject:   FIRES Effects of Disaster Prevention Laws Seen in Fire Statistics Book Chapter 1988View Bibliographic Record. Planning and Management in Regional Development for http://www.virtualref.com/uncrd/_sub/s84.htm

Home FIRES 16 ENVIRONMENT. NATURAL RESOURCES 16.03 DISASTERS. POLLUTION 16.03.02 DISASTERS Analysis on Damage Areas of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake by Using GIS Conference Paper 1996 View Bibliographic Record Monitoring of Fire Using Data from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Conference Paper 1996 View Bibliographic Record Comprehensive Study of the Great Hanshin Earthquake Edited Book 1995 View Bibliographic Record Consider the Firesafety Situation of the Megacities of China from the Analysis of Conflagrations of Recent Years Conference Paper 1994 View Bibliographic Record Fire Protection Engineering: Employing Scientific Principles to Design for Firesafety Conference Paper 1994 View Bibliographic Record Fire Tests and Hazard Evaluation Conference Paper 1994 View Bibliographic Record The Firesafety Management in the Sao Paulo Metropolitan Area: Its Past, Present and Future Conference Paper 1994 View Bibliographic Record Improved Firesafety Systems in Developing Countries. 7th International Research and Training Seminar on Regional Development Planning for Disaster Prevention. 17 October 1994, Tokyo, Japan

71. FEMA: Fires Fire Safety During or After a Disaster. • Quicktime Icon Holiday Tree FireHazards Quick Time Movie. Mitigation (Risk Management Activities) http://www.fema.gov/hazards/fires/

Hazards Assistance Flood Maps NPSC ... Hazards Fires Search FEMA Hazards Dam Safety Earthquakes Extreme Heat ... Mitigation Division Fires Home and Building Fires Fire (Factsheet and Backgrounder) 112 KB House and Building Fires: Factsheet Fire Safety During or After a Disaster Holiday Tree Fire Hazards Quick Time Movie Mitigation (Risk Management Activities) The Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) provides grants to States and local governments to implement long-term hazard mitigation measures after a major disaster declaration. The purpose of the program is to reduce the loss of life and property due to natural disasters and to enable mitigation measures to be implemented during the immediate recovery from a disaster. Information about Wildfires Last Updated: Monday, 01-Nov-2004 00:00:00 EST DHS.gov Important Notices Site Help Site Index ... FEMA Home FEMA 500 C Street, SW Washington, D.C. 20472 Phone: (202) 566-1600

72. Curriculum Topic: Natural Disasters Books Spilsbury, Louise; Alcraft, Rob 2000, Fire disasters world s worst fire The great fire disasters dealt with in this book are The Great Fire of London http://education.qld.gov.au/information/service/libraries/resource/currtopics/na

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73. WADEM Insight Volume 3 Number 2 The 4th International Congress on Burns and Fire disasters took place in Kosice,Slovakia, last September, with WADEM as a collaborating organization. http://wadem.medicine.wisc.edu/insight32.htm

WADEM Insight: Biannual Membership Newsletter VOLUME 3, NUMBER 2 (Fall/Winter 1995) Table of Contents: Success in Jerusalem: A Note from the President Kudos For WADEMers NEW MEMBERS WADEM Provides Faculty ... Return to WADEM Home Success in Jerusalem: A Note from the President In the afterglow of a convention it is always pleasant to recall its successes and to absorb the lessons that will drive the organization further with renewed vigor and dedication. This has been the case with our 9th World Congress, the results of which give us every confidence to look ahead to more years or meaningful work in favor or the disaster stricken and the acutely ill. While our scientific forum, Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, has been providing the professional community with technical and humanitarian information, the more mundane but no less important news can be gleaned in the columns of Insight. Both belong to you, and I would make a plea to all members to use these valuable media more often and with pride in one's contribution to our young science. Contributors also likely to become members, and here I again invite all those who are a part of WADEM to recruit new members, for, having assured quality we can enhance it with quantity. While not wishing to single out individuals, it is with some satisfaction that we welcome the Ministers of Health of two countries as new members.

74. IRE Resources And Data journalists find even more resources, already published stories about previousfire disasters and Web sites to help journalists make their deadlines. http://www.ire.org/inthenews_archive/wildfires.html

www.ire.org Search IRE: Member sign-in History How we started, Bylaws, The Arizona Project Membership Benefits, How to Join, Find an Investigative Journalist, Listservs, Update Your Address Training Conferences, Seminars, Fellowships, Training Materials Resource Center 20,000-plus investigative stories, 2,000 Tipsheets, Reporting Guides, Beat Sources IRE Awards Latest contest, Past winners, How to enter Endowment Funding IRE's future Broadcast Center Videostreamed clips, IRE feeds, IRE videos Database Library Government database collection, Data analysis Campaign Finance Information Center Campaign Finance Database, Stories FOI Center Columns, Awards, FOIA Database, Tipsheets The IRE Store Books, Audio tapes, Databases, Periodicals, IRE Logo Goods Job Center Hot jobs in journalism, latest fellowships and grants Educators IRE Journalism Educators' Center IRE Board Elected members, Committees IRE Staff Staff members, Contacting us IN THE NEWS: IRE and NICAR offer data, stories and tipsheets to help cover the latest Other resources for covering the news Resources for covering wildfires (July 11, 2005)

75. The Ministry Of The Interior safe security supervisors to develop relevant firefighting and disaster preventionplan and Enhancing Statistical Functions Concerning Fire disasters http://www.moi.gov.tw/outline/NationalFire.asp

Home I. Fire Fighting Organization II. Disaster Management Administration 1. Disaster Prevention and Response System Operation After the ¡§Disaster Prevention and Protection Act¡¨ was proclaimed, various government departments at different levels set up their ¡§Disaster Prevention and Response Council¡¨ to plan and supervise the execution of various tasks of disaster prevention. Moreover, when disasters happen, the main government officer at each level must establish its Emergency Operation Center, and convoke all relevant units to take necessary emergency actions and to perform integrated functions of disaster preparedness, response while building a complete disaster prevention and response system. 2. Strengthened Disaster Emergency Response System 3. Preventative Actions Executed during the SARS Epidemic Home Isolation Disease Prevention/Controlling Measures In 2003, NFA utilized civilian resources in order to implement the tracing and controlling of isolated contaminants at home. In this assignment, NFA totally finished video-tracing and controlling 3,125 Level-A quarantined objects and issued 64 warning tickets. This assignment also involved 110,827 tracing calls to Level-A quarantined subjects, the issuing of 48 warning tickets; and 541,274 calls to Level-B quarantined people with the issuance of 344 warning tickets. 4. Fulfilling Propaganda and Education Tasks of Disaster Prevention

76. Unnatural Disasters: San Bernardino Sun Special Report •In Arizona Prescott, AZ, fire officals handle natural disasters •Tahoe Tahoeofficals at work •Midwest Moving out of flood plains http://lang.sbsun.com/projects/fireflood/

Inside the Series: Part One: Look back to see forward Part Two: Follow the money Part Three: Residential accountability Part Four: Problem solving Documents and graphics Foothill Communities Protective Greenbelt Program [PDF] Protecting your home. How fires start Technology for fire protection. ... How an alluvial fan works Slideshow Each part summarized by ICTN reporter Roger Cooper. [download flash] To watch his full broadcasts, View listings. Behind the camera On the frontline of fire and flood, photographers share their experiences. [download flash] Eric Reed's brush with flames. Brett Snow recounts his experience with wildfires. introduction Right click to download this file to disk. You can preview the video by clicking here video The Panorama Fire burned across 23,600 during November of 1980 and destroyed 325 structures. Windows Media: Quicktime: The Old Fire started on 10-25-03 and burned 91,281 acres. Windows Media: Watch Clip Quicktime: Watch Clip A blizzard of ash and smoke covered the corner of Del Rosa Avenue and Marshall Boulevard. Windows Media: Watch Clip Quicktime: Watch Clip Windows Media: Watch Clip Quicktime: Watch Clip danger zone Are you safe?

77. Unnatural Disasters: San Bernardino Sun Special Report How Arizona fire officials handle the hot issue of natural disasters. By GeorgeWatson •In Arizona Prescott, AZ, fire officals handle natural disasters http://lang.sbsun.com/projects/fireflood/P4/BN30PRESCOTT.asp

Inside the Series: Part One: Look back to see forward Part Two: Follow the money Part Three: Residential accountability Part Four: Problem solving Article Published: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 - 12:10:03 AM PST EMAIL ARTICLE PRINT ARTICLE How Arizona fire officials handle the hot issue of natural disasters By George Watson Staff writer Don Leech's home borders the edge of the Prescott National Forest and would likely be one of the first to encounter a fire that would threaten all of Prescott, AZ. Leech has cleared at least 50 feet of the vegitation but wonders if it is enough. (George Watson / Staff photographer) Tony Sciacca, fire managment officer in Prescott National Forest, stands on a treated side of the forest. The woods on the far side of the road have yet to be cut or burned. (George Watson / Staff photographer) PRESCOTT, Az. Here in the dying pinon (snake over first N or PINYON) pines just south of this ever-growing community of retirees and the wealthy, a teeth-rattling dirt road slices (cuts) a horizontal path (between) dividing the woods into two starkly different worlds. Clotted stands of trees and clumpy brush obscure the view north, where Prescott lies only a few miles away.

78. International Strategy For Disaster Reduction (ISDR) Climate change, drought and wildland fire disasters. 13. Global warming mortalityestimated at upwards of 150000 per year http://www.unisdr.org/eng/risk-reduction/climate-change/rd-cch-infolink2-03-eng.

International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Risk reduction and: Climate change Education Early warning Gender ... Sustainable development Issue Issue 4 - May 2005 Issue 3 - November 2004 Issue 2 - December 2003 Issue 1 - August 2003 Coordinated by: International Red Cross / Red Crescent Centre on Climate Change and Disaster Preparedness, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Inter-Agency Secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR) DRCCinfolink@un.org IN THIS ISSUE More dialogue on disaster risk management and climate change adaptation UNFCC - COP 9 1-12 December, Milan, Italy Pre-COP Workshops held 26-28 November, FIELD, UNDP, IIED, Milan, Italy Preparedness for Climate Change ... DR+CC infolink partners 1. More dialogue on disaster risk management and climate change adaptation This second edition of the DR+CC infolink, is produced based on positive feedback on the pilot edition. The three initiating partners feel encouraged by the comments received which address both the format and the scope of this newsletter.

79. Introduction As the roles of forestry agencies in nonfire disasters have changed, so havethe working relationships among forestry and the traditional emergency http://www.stateforesters.org/reports/Fire&Ice/introduction.htm

Fire and Ice: The Roles of State and Federal Forestry Agencies in Disaster Management and Response Fire and Ice: Acknowledgments Foreword Executive Summary Introduction Improving Responses to Emergencies and Disasters Issues, Findings, and Recommendations Legal Authorities Other Related Authorities and Programs ... NASF Home Page Introduction Most forestry agencies want to continue their involvement in non-wildfire management and response but believe better communication and delegation of responsibility would help them balance their primary missions with the demands of all-risk response.

80. Living On Earth: May 19, 2000 Although many of us have fond memories of the fireconscious bear, we can expectto see more fire disasters when federal land management agencies embrace http://www.loe.org/shows/shows.htm?programID=00-P13-00020

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