'Wild land fire' presentation slideshows

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Managing Catastrophic Risk: Developments in Capital Market Alternatives to Reinsurance

Managing Catastrophic Risk: Developments in Capital Market Alternatives to Reinsurance. Sylvie Bouriaux, Ph.D. Richard MacMinn , Ph.D. College of Business Illinois State University Presentation for the Third Annual Illinois State University Actuarial Research Event April 19 th , 2007.

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DISASTER PREVENTION & MITIGATION COORDINATION MEETING OF WMO PROGRAMMES AND CONSTITUENT BODIES

DISASTER PREVENTION & MITIGATION COORDINATION MEETING OF WMO PROGRAMMES AND CONSTITUENT BODIES GENEVA, 4- 6 DECEMBER 2006 Regional capacities, opportunities, gaps and needs RA IV Dr Carlos Costa-Posada, Chairman of RA IV Working Group on DPM. Impacts of hazards in Central and North America.

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Forecasting the Impacts of Wildland Fires

Forecasting the Impacts of Wildland Fires. Yongtao Hu 1 , William Jackson 2 , M. Talat Odman 1 and Armistead G. Russell 1 1 School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 2 USDA Forest Service, Asheville, North Carolina.

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Wild fires

Wild fires. A wildfire is an unplanned , unwanted wild land fire, including unauthorized human-caused fires. Wildfires. The main causes of wildfires are: Hot temperatures Farming Lightning Arson Campfires Volcanic eruptions Discarding lit cigarettes Sparks from trains Drought.

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