Preperation / Prediction Flashcards
Name 5 ways to prepare ?
Manage the vegetation
Manage built environment
Education
Community action
Insured
Name 3 ways to predict ?
Modelling
Warning systems
Look out towers
Managing vegetation
Controlled burning to get rid of dry litter - under control
Creating firebreaks to stop spread ( spotting may occur)
Manage the built environment
Increasing gap between houses and vegetation
Fire resistant materials - stone / brick
Fire extinguisher in homes
Sprinklers to went areas surrounding home to stop spread of fire
Education
In areas susceptible , make people away on how to predict / protect / prepare
Emergency kits
Public awareness
For LICs this is important
Smokey bear - USA
Community action
In Victoria 1983 47 dudes
“community fireguard”
Whose purpose was to assist people in developing own fire survival strategies.
Assisted most vulnerable fire prone areas.
Local warning systems/ buffer zones/ plans
Insured
HICs important to pay for damage but it’s expensive so many LICs
7% of kobe had insurance in 1995
Modelling
Studying ways in which fires behave with computers stimulations to predict fire behaviour.
Warning systems - satellites monitors
Look out towers
Air patrols
What do rural communities have ?
Volunteer firefighting teams
How is the new of wildfires spread
Social media
Stimulate help aid
What happens when the weather for a wildfire is favourable ?
Red flag warnings
Fire weather watch
People make fire breaks around homes
