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Wild Fire
An unplanned, unwanted wildland fire including unauthorized human-caused fires, escaped wildland fire use events, escaped prescribed fire projects, and all other wildland fires where the objective is to put the fire out. source: GFMC
Namibia's satellite centre to warn of disaster threats
27 Jul 2011, SciDevNet
A new satellite data centre in Namibia will help farmers prepare for droughts, floods, bushfires and pests, reports SciDevNet. 'We can predict where problems are popping up' said said Marina Coetzee, a researcher at EOSA-RTC and a senior lecturer at the polytechnic...
- Wild fire prevention01-05 Aug 2011 (tentative), Australia (Sydney)
- International conference on responses of forests and adaptation management to climate change08-10 Aug 2011, China (Yichun, Heilongjiang)
- III Encontro internacional de bombeiros civis e voluntarios20 Aug 2011, Brazil (Guarulhos)
- Disaster Management and Humanitarian AssistanceUH, Honolulu, Hawaii
- Disaster and Emergency ManagementRoyal Roads University, Victoria, Canada.
Disaster preparedness planning toolkit2010, Y CARE
Women leadership in disaster risk management2011, NIRAPAD; Oxfam Intl
TorqAid diagrammatic framework for disaster risk management2011, TorqAid
Greece: Forest fires 1983-20082011, NAGREF; WWF
Natural loss events January – June 2011Jul 2011, Munich Re
Les communes françaises exposées aux risques feux de forêtsMar 2010, MEDDTL, France - gov
| Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database |
External Online Resources on Wild Fire
- AfterShock-CEM
- Firewise communities
- Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC)
- Institute for Business and Home Safety: disaster safety portal
- International Charter: Space and major disaster activation maps
- inTERRAgate
- Natural disaster awareness tool catalogue
- Only you can prevent forest fires: SmokeyBear.com
- PREVIEW Global Risk Data Platform
- Swedish Natural Hazards Information System
- [EDU MAT] AFAC: SES Natural Hazards Children's Program
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