61. AllAfrica.com: Nigeria: Season Of Fire Disasters Season of Fire disasters. Email This Page Print This Page. PM News (Lagos).March 22, 2004 Posted to the web March 22, 2004. ADEWALE BUSARI. http://allafrica.com/stories/200403221075.html

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62. Top Stories -The Olympian Top Stories, Thursday, May 13, 2004. With guardsmen in Iraq, states fearfires, disasters. REBECCA COOK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Olympian Online. http://www.theolympian.com/home/news/20040513/topstories/48932.shtml

Olympia, Washington 7 day archive: S M T W ... S or News South Sound Communities Northwest ... Read for Life News for your wireless device Email this story Printable version Subscribe Today Top Stories Thursday, May 13, 2004 var pageName="" var server="" var channel="" var pageType="" var pageValue="" var prop1="Top Stories" var prop2="" var prop3="With guardsmen in Iraq, states fear fires, disasters" var prop4="" var prop5="" var prop6="news" var prop7="local_news" var prop8="" var prop9="" var prop10="" var s_code=' ' With guardsmen in Iraq, states fear fires, disasters REBECCA COOK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Olympian Online Military Family News Send a letter to the troops IRAQ WAR: One Year Later With so many National Guard troops deployed in Iraq, officials in some states are worried they could be caught short-handed if an emergency occurs at home. More Guard members are deployed now than have been since the Korean War, and they're playing an unprecedented role in Iraq. But they're still needed at home: Governors rely on the Guard to serve as a last line of defense during natural disasters and civil emergencies. And as the hurricane and wildfire seasons begin, states are scrambling to make other plans. Washington state already has spent $200,000 to train firefighting replacements for National Guard troops now in Iraq.

63. FIRE DISASTERS IN CYPRUS IN THE LAST DECADE - MANAGEMENT AND CONSEQUENCES FIRE disasters IN CYPRUS IN THE LAST DECADE MANAGEMENT AND CONSEQUENCES. MantasN. Fortunately the number of burn victims in these fire disasters was low. http://www.medbc.com/annals/review/vol_14/num_4/text/vol14n4p200.asp

Annals of Burns and Fire Disasters - vol. XIV - n. 4 - December 2001 FIRE DISASTERS IN CYPRUS IN THE LAST DECADE - MANAGEMENT AND CONSEQUENCES Mantas N. Apollonion Private Hospital, Strovolos, Cyprus SUMMARY. This article reports on the incidence and severity of fire disasters in Cyprus, the third largest island in the Mediterranean, in the last decade. Various aspects are considered: the location of forest fires, their frequency, fire-fighting facilities, burn centres, etc. The medical service in Cyprus is equipped to handle all burn victims, even in cases of mass burns. The aim of this article is to present the incidence and severity of fire disasters in Cyprus. Plastic surgeons in general are aware of the dramatic consequences of burn injury and they have the ability to inform people and authorities about them. Our interest in fire disaster statistics will help us to understand how these disasters happen and will contribute to public efforts to introduce prevention programmes. Burn prevention is a must and should be the first step in burn management. AREA 9300 km POPULATION Fig 1 - Cyprus - statistic.

64. THE ORGANIZATION OF MEDICAL AID IN FIRE DISASTERS THE ORGANIZATION OF MEDICAL AID IN FIRE disasters. Volpini A. Return to MeditLineReturn to Home page of Mediterranean Council for Burns and Fire disasters. http://www.medbc.com/meditline/articles/vol_5/num_1/005/text/vol5n1p005.asp

Annals of Burns and Fire Disasters (ISSN 1592-9566) - Pending Publications THE ORGANIZATION OF MEDICAL AID IN FIRE DISASTERS Volpini A. Department of Civil Defence, Emergency Health Service, Prime Minister's Office, Rome, Italy SUMMARY. The main features of the organization of medical aid after a fire disaster are described, and related problems are considered. The situation in Italy is presented, with reference to recent plans for rescue intervention. The importance of preparedness is stressed - only careful planning can reduce the problems that any fire disaster inevitably entails. Introduction The correct management of a fire disaster requires the application of well-planned and well-tested rescue methods, in view of the wide variety of events in which thermal trauma can be present either alone or more frequently in association with other pathologies. There is also a need for immediate treatment that will closely affect the victims’ prognosis. A fire disaster inevitably presents a disproportion between immediate requirements and available means, and requires the employment of personnel with particular operational capacities and the availability of specific medical materials and facilities. Also, even when the number of injured persons is not very high, a maxi-emergency situation arises, since it is necessary to arrange for the transfer of burn victims outside their local area, which requires the co-ordination of means of transport and of specialized centres for the localization of hospital beds.

65. Details For Management Of Burns And Fire Disasters: Perspectives 2000 The Management of Burns and Fire disasters Perspectives 2000 Proceedings of the2nd International Conference on Burns and Fire disasters Masellis, M. £151.00 http://www.bmjbookshop.com/shop/product_display.asp?productid=0792388879&product

66. Details For Management Of Mass Burn Casualities And Fire Disasters The Management of Mass Burn Casualities and Fire disasters Gunn, SWA; Masellis, M.£147.00 0792388046 Add to Basket, Publisher Kluwer Academic Publishers. Pub. http://www.bmjbookshop.com/shop/product_display.asp?productid=0792388046&product

67. Fire Disasters Show We Need Government For The People :: The Black Voice News :: Fire disasters Show We Need Government for the People Posted on Dec08, 2003 1227 AM by blackvoice. Editorials by Hardy Brown http://www.blackvoicenews.com/modules.php?file=article&name=News&op=modload&sid=

68. MSN Encarta - Related Items - Fire humans and fire – clearing land. humans and fire – disasters. burning of theBranch Davidian compound. London subway fire. major US mining disasters since 1900. http://encarta.msn.com/related_761563809_8/humans_and_fire_–_disasters.html

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70. The Management Of Mass Burn Casualties And Fire Disasters|KLUWER Academic Publis Books » The Management of Mass Burn Casualties and Fire disasters. TheManagement of Mass Burn Casualties and Fire disasters. Add to cart. http://www.wkap.nl/prod/b/0-7923-8804-6

Title Authors Affiliation ISBN ISSN advanced search search tips Books The Management of Mass Burn Casualties and Fire Disasters The Management of Mass Burn Casualties and Fire Disasters Add to cart edited by M. Masellis Division of Plastic Surgery and Burns Center, Civic Hospital, Palermo, Italy S.W.A. Gunn Scientific Coordinator, Vice President, European Centre for Disaster Medicine; formerly Head, Emergency Relief Operations, World Health Organization The health professionals are continually developing effective techniques of burns and mass casualty management. In parallel, fire prevention and fire-fighting techniques have developed considerably in most communities. It is therefore surprising that, while aiming at the same objective, the two sectors have rarely come together. The Mediterranean Burns Club is a professional organization that brings together persons concerned with burns therapy and with fire safety in all forms. Identified by the United Nations as a premier scientific body in its field within the programme of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, it initiated the first international gathering of specialists in burns as a surgical, clinical problem, and of counterparts dealing with fires as a social, disaster problem. This novel approach and symbiosis proved timely and succesful. This, the resulting book, reflects the commitment of all concerned to the reduction of fire disasters and the improvement of burns therapy.

71. NAFI |Media Release, Media Releases. Carr forest deals threaten more fire disasters. 10Feb 2003. NSW Premier Bob Carr must reveal whether he will break http://www.nafi.com.au/media/view.php3?id=171

72. More Resources Needed To Avert Fire Disasters 6 June 2003 More Resources Needed to Avert Fire disasters. The VictorianAssociation of Forest Industries says Victorian’s risks http://www.vafi.org.au/news-releases/2003060600.html

6 June 2003 More Resources Needed to Avert Fire Disasters The Victorian Association of Forest Industries says Victorian’s risks more serious conflagrations of our forests in future unless we properly resource forest management. In its submission to the Victorian Bushfire Inquiry, VAFI says the proper management of fire is fundamental and crucial to the protection and enhancement of all environmental and socio economic values of our forests. It’s proposed Government should develop and fully resource comprehensive, transparent fire management plans for all forests and annually table reports against those plans in Parliament. It is also concerned that, as indicated by the State auditor, The Department of Sustainability and Environment risks losing its current fire fighting expertise, because of lack of training opportunities and a staff succession plan. VAFI says that continued downsizing of the timber industry undermined both ongoing forest management and the ability to fight fires. VAFI Director Public Affairs, Pat Wilson said: “We believe that the ability to fight the fires of 2003 was hampered by unnecessarily high fuel loads, lack of access roads, and a reduced availability of personnel with appropriate fire fighting experience. “All these elements need to be incorporated into fire management plans.

73. CPL Chicago: 1871 October 8-10: Great Chicago Fire R. Joseph Medill s Story of the Great Chicago Fire, An address Deaths, Disturbances,disasters and Disorders in Chicago Compiled by Reference Librarians http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/disasters/great_fire.html

Chicago Fire Panorama Photograph. Panoramic view looking east along Randolph Street toward the shell of the Court House and City Hall. The nearest cross street is Franklin, while the street at the extreme right corner is Market (now Wacker). Reconstruction is just beginning: a contractor's shack is in the middle ground, and several larger temporary store structures are under construction. CCW 1.115. Post Cards. Second Pres. and Unity Churches. A description of the fire may be found in the Chicago History Timeline , so here we will deal with its cause. From Andreas, A.T. History of Chicago. vol.II, p.709 "After a protracted investigation, during which fifty-one witnesses were examined...the Board of Police and Fire Commissioners submitted the following report: Sources: Andreas, A.T. History of Chicago. Chicago: A.T. Andreas Pub. Co. 1884-1886. Chicago Historical Society. The Great Chicago Fire. Chicago: Rand McNally. 1971 Commission on Chicago Historical and Architectural Landmarks.

74. CPL Chicago: 1903, December 30: Iroquois Theater Fire 1903, December 30 Iroquois Theater Fire. Source Marshall Everett. The Great ChicagoDisaster The Complete Story Told by the Survivors. DB McCurdy, 1904. http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/disasters/iroquois_fire.html

Compiled by Ellen O'Brien and Lyle Benedict, Reference Librarians in CPL's Municipal Reference Collection 1903, December 30: Iroquois Theater Fire Source: Marshall Everett. "The Great Chicago Disaster: The Complete Story Told by the Survivors." D.B. McCurdy, 1904. Firemen helping the chorus girls out of the theater and diagram showing how people got out of the gallery. Chicago's most deadly fire occurred less than a month after the opening of the new, supposedly fireproof Iroquois Theater at 24-28 W. Randolph. It was standing room only for a holiday matinee of the popular musical "Mr. Blue Beard, Jr." Of the 1,900 people in the audience, mostly women and children, at least 600 perished. Among the 500 performers and backstage personnel, only the tightrope artist caught high above the stage died. Due to a long history of theater fires in the U.S. and Europe, by 1903 fire precautions were well developed, but not followed by the Iroquois Theater management. The primary danger came from the stage scenery consisting of many canvas backdrops painted with highly flammable oil paints and suspended in midair close to a large number of hot lights. In a number of fatal fires, including the Iroquois the scenery caught fire, then quickly reached almost explosive proportions. Standard precautions which had functioned well in other localities included firemen stationed near the stage with fire extinguishers, hoses and pikes for pulling down scenery. In case of fire, an asbestos or iron curtain would drop down cutting the audience off from the stage and its burning scenery. Adequate exits and trained ushers would prevent deaths from panic.

75. The Great Chicago Fire The fire burned more than 2000 acres, and the property loss was $200 million. Chicagoquickly rebuilt and by 1875 little evidence of the disaster remained. http://www.mce.k12tn.net/disasters/great_chicago.htm

The Great Chicago Fire In 1871 there were a drought in Illinois. Only an inch of rain fell all summer and fall. Chicago averaged about two fires a day the previous year, including twenty in the preceding week. On October 8 a fire broke out in a crowded Chicago neighborhood somewhere in or very near the O'Leary barn. No one knows the exact location where the fire began. Hot winds spread the flames. The fire, driven by a strong wind out of the southwest, headed straight for the center of the city. The streets, sidewalks, and bridges which were made of wood burned easily. By 1:30 the fire reached the Courthouse tower. When city officials realized that the building was itself doomed, they released the prisoners from the basement just in time. Thousands of people ran from the city to the shores of Lake Michigan. The Great Fire burned out of control for 24 hours. The flames were so hot that the wheels on streetcars melted. Train tracks turned into twisted steel snakes. On Tuesday morning the rain began to fall. The flames finally began to die out. After the fire died down there were stories of brave rescues and narrow escapes. There were also stories of looting.

76. Fire Safety Fire disasters What Have We Learned? Fire Safety (Collection from OUDPS); FireSafety (Collection from USFA, including fire safety during/after disasters); http://www.pp.okstate.edu/ehs/LINKS/Fire.htm

Online Safety Library Fire Safety Articles and Information Fire Safety (Collection from OSHA's SLC Technical Site) OSHA Fire Safety Advisor (OSHA interactive software) OSHA's Final Rule on Exit Routes, Emergency Action Plans and Fire Prevention Plans Automatic Fire Sprinkler Systems (NFPA) Carbon Monoxide Campus Fire Safety (US Fire Admin.) Candle Fires (NASFM) Candle Safety (NFPA Fact Sheet) Children and Smoke Detectors (Thomas Cunningham, USNAFD) Chimney Fires (Chimney Safety Institute) College Fire Safety 101 (Carter-Burgess) Dorm/Fraternity/Sorority House Fires (NFPA Fact Sheet) Dorm Room Safety 101 (Underwriters Laboratories) Employee Fire and Emergency Prevention Plan (Lab Safety Supply) Everything You Wanted to Know About Fire Safety (OUDPS) Facts About Fire Prevention Codes and Christmas Trees (ICC) Fire and Burn Prevention (Collection from CPSC) Fire Disasters: What Have We Learned?

77. February 2004 Disasters Science). SEASON OF FIRE disasters (Africa News Service). ShuttleDisaster Briton who trained with shuttle crew (Birmingham Post). http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0921161.html

HOTWORDS CITE PRINT EMAIL in All Infoplease Almanacs Biographies Dictionary Encyclopedia Home Almanacs Atlas Dictionary ... Father's Day Infoplease Tools Periodic Table Conversion Tool Perpetual Calendar Year by Year ... Site Map Also from Infoplease Search Infoplease Info search tips Search Biographies Bio search tips World Disasters 2004 Disasters February 2004 Disasters Feb. 1, Mecca, Saudi Arabia: At the Hajj pilgrimage, attended by more than two million people, a stampede during the stone-throwing ritual killed 251 pilgrims. This annual ritual by Muslims involves throwing stones at three columns of stone that symbolize the devil's temptation of Abraham. In 1990, the stampede killed 1,426 pilgrims, making it the deadliest in the history of the Muslim pilgrimage. Feb. 10, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates: An Iranian Fokker-50 enroute from Tish Island to Sharjah, Iran, crashed while landing, killing 43 people. There are 3 survivors in critical condition. Feb. 15, eastern China: Two deadly fires claimed the lives of more than 90 people. One fire was in a department store in the city of Jilin; the other was in a temple in Zhejiang province. Feb. 18, Neishabour, Iran:

78. February 2004 Disasters (M2 Presswire). SEASON OF FIRE disasters (Africa News Service). ShuttleDisaster Briton who trained with shuttle crew (Birmingham Post). http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/0/9/2/1/0/6/A0921161.html

HOTWORDS CITE PRINT EMAIL in All Infoplease Almanacs Biographies Dictionary Encyclopedia Home Almanacs Atlas Dictionary ... Father's Day Infoplease Tools Periodic Table Conversion Tool Perpetual Calendar Year by Year ... Site Map Also from Infoplease Search Infoplease Info search tips Search Biographies Bio search tips World Disasters 2004 Disasters February 2004 Disasters Feb. 1, Mecca, Saudi Arabia: At the Hajj pilgrimage, attended by more than two million people, a stampede during the stone-throwing ritual killed 251 pilgrims. This annual ritual by Muslims involves throwing stones at three columns of stone that symbolize the devil's temptation of Abraham. In 1990, the stampede killed 1,426 pilgrims, making it the deadliest in the history of the Muslim pilgrimage. Feb. 10, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates: An Iranian Fokker-50 enroute from Tish Island to Sharjah, Iran, crashed while landing, killing 43 people. There are 3 survivors in critical condition. Feb. 15, eastern China: Two deadly fires claimed the lives of more than 90 people. One fire was in a department store in the city of Jilin; the other was in a temple in Zhejiang province. Feb. 18, Neishabour, Iran:

79. Burnet Project - Mediterranean Burn Centres Network - Eumedis Programme Initiati The Mediterranean Council for Burns and Fire disasters (MBC) WHO Collaborating CentreNGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council http://www.burnet.org/bc.asp?cod=21

80. FEMA: Fires House and Building fires Factsheet. • Fire Safety During or Aftera Disaster. • Holiday Tree Fire Hazards Quick Time Movie. 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, 16-Jun-2003 09:36:48 EDT Accessibility Site Help Site Index Contact Us ... FEMA Home FEMA 500 C Street, SW Washington, D.C. 20472 Phone: (202) 566-1600

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