Wildfire

Citation

(2002), "Wildfire", Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 11 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/dpm.2002.07311aag.002

Wildfire

Wildfire

Secretaries of Agriculturehttp://www.fireplan.gov

In August 2000, the president directed the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to develop a response to severe wild-land fires, reduce fire impacts on rural communities, and ensure sufficient fire-fighting capacity in the future. Congress in turn mandated implementation of a National Fire Plan (NFP) through its legislation and appropriations. The resultant NFP addresses conditions that have evolved over many decades and cannot be reversed in a single year. Thus, it is a long-term commitment based on cooperation and communication among federal agencies, states, local governments, tribes and other interested parties. The new NFP Web site, hosted by the National Forest Service, Department of Interior and National Association of State Foresters, documents how the federal government and state partners manage wildfire and wildfire impacts and focuses on preparedness and mitigation activities that can significantly reduce property and natural resource loss, as well as improve public safety. The site lists NFP activities in each state, provides current fire information, offers several background reports and publications, and provides individual sections covering the key points of the NFP: firefighting, rehabilitation/restoration, hazardous fuel reduction, community assistance and accountability.

Tsunamis

Tsunami Community

http://www.tsunamicommunity.org

Created by an ad hoc committee of 14 tsunami researchers, this Web site is intended to be a stage for the presentation of research in progress and a forum for data exchange. As listed on its introductory page, the site's goals are to:

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  describe tsunami generation;

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  facilitate tsunami hazard mitigation,;

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  document historical tsunamis;

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  provide tsunami benchmark problems;

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  distribute seafloor bathymetry;

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  showcase community models;

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  provide tsunami case studies;

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  simulate future tsunami scenarios; and

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  gather tsunami links and tsongs [sic].

International Tsunami Information Centre (ITIC) International Coordinating Group for the Tsunami Warning System in the Pacific (ICG/ITSU)

http://www.tgsv5.nws.noaa.gov/pr/hq/itic.htm http://www.shoa.cl/oceano/iticlfrontpage.html

These two Web pages provide information from and about the International Tsunami Information Centre (ITIC) and the International Coordinating Group for the Tsunami Warning System in the Pacific (ICG/ITSU). The first includes a "Tsunami reading list" and a history of the organizations. The second provides updated information on recent tsunamis and earthquakes, details about upcoming conferences, the ITIC newsletter, field reports, conference proceedings, full-text documents (including post-tsunami survey handbooks in various languages and the warning system's communication plan), and recent tsunami watches or warnings. Further information on ITIC and the Tsunami Warning System in the Pacific are available from the International Tsunami Information Centre, Grosvenor Center, Mauka Tower, 737 Bishop Street, Suite 2200, Honolulu, H196813. Tel: (808) 532-6422; Fax: (808) 532-5576; E-mail: itic@moana.itic.noaa.gov

George Pararas-Carayannis

http://www.geocities.com/capecanaveral/lab/1029

Long-time tsunami researcher George Pararas-Carayannis has assembled this colourful site, which includes bulletins about recent events, conference announcements and reviews, tsunami frequently asked questions (FAQs), a section on societal effects of tsunamis, a section on physical properties, a database of historical tsunamis, bibliographies, descriptions of tsunami warning systems, a section on prediction and evaluation, a glossary, and links to other tsunami information on the Web.

Michael Paine

wwwl.tpgi.com.au/users/tps-seti/spacegd7.html

This site, prepared by Australian Michael Paine, offers a treatise on potential tsunamis generated by asteroid or comet impacts. Besides attractive graphics and animation, the site is well documented and includes links to numerous other scholarly works on this hazard. Earthquakes

Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/acoustics/seismicity/nepac/gordaridge01.html

Want to hear an earthquake? From this Web site, you can listen to seismic rumblings that followed an 3 April volcanic eruption off the coast of Oregon – brought to you by NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory. (This is but a small corner of the excellent PMEL Web site, which hosts much information about earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, and other hazards of the Pacific Rim.)

Gujarat, Indiahttp://www.booth-seismic.co.uk/Gujarat

Sponsored by the Indian National Trust for Arts and Cultural Heritage, Edmund Booth, a British seismic engineer, and Rabindra Vasavada, an architect from Ahmedabad, India, toured the earthquake-affected region of Gujarat, India, in March of this year to determine the effects of January's massive quake on the palaces and other heritage buildings in the area. Their findings are available from this Web site.