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WILDFIRES BURN OVER 1 MILLION ACRES OF DROUGHT-STRICKEN TEXAS URGENCY OF THE SITUATION LEADS TO FIREFIGHTERS FROM OTHER STATES BEING CALLED IN TO HELP APRIL 11-19, 2011 Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA

POSSUM KINGDOM LAKE RECREATIONAL AREA IMPACTED Fires at the Possum Kingdom Lake, the latest area to be impacted by wildfires, have encroached to within about 130 km (70 mi) of the Fort Worth side of the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area.

CALL FOR HELP Texas has called for help from other states because the fire, one of several across Texas that have burned 1 million acres of land in a little more than a week, is now threatened the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

SCIENCE OF WILDFIRES

WILDFIRE HAZARDS (AKA POTENTIAL DISASTER AGENTS) HOT GASES AND SMOKE HOT SPOTS BURNED OUT SLOPES (with increased susceptibility to insect infestation, erosion, and landslides)

PROXIMITY OF URBAN AREA TO THE WILDLAND FIRE CAUSES OF DAMAGE LIGHTNING STRIKES MANMADE FIRES PROXIMITY OF URBAN AREA TO THE WILDLAND FIRE WILDFIRES WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION (DAY/NIGHT) DRYNESS DISASTER LABORATORIES HIGH TEMPERATURES LOCAL FUEL SUPPLY

AERIAL VIEW: APRIL 11, 2011

WILDFIRE NEAR STRAWN, TEXAS: APRIL 18, 2011

A RUNNING WILDFIRE NEAR STRAWN, TEXAS: APRIL 18, 2011

WILDFIRE NEAR STRAWN, TEXAS: APRIL 18, 2011

SETTING A BACKFIRE NEAR STRAWN, TEXAS: APRIL 18, 2011

WILDFIRE NEAR STRAWN, TEXAS: APRIL 18, 2011

ONE HOUSE OUT OF 33 ESCAPES WILDFIRE NEAR STRAWN, TEXAS

WILDFIRE NEAR STRAWN, TEXAS: APRIL 18, 2011

WILDFIRE NEAR STRAWN, TEXAS: APRIL 18, 2011

WILDFIRE NEAR STRAWN, TEXAS: APRIL 18, 2011

TANKER PLANE FIGHTING WILDFIRE: APRIL 18, 2011

TANKER PLANE FIGHTING WILDFIRE: NEAR STRAWN, TEXAS

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES FOR COPING WITH WILDFIRES

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES FOR WILDFIRES DATABASES FOR EACH WILDFIRE COMPUTER MODELS OF WILDFIRES DISASTER SCENARIOS FIRE RETARDANTS TANKER PLANES AND HELICOPTERS FORECASTS OF WEATHER CONDITIONS MONITORING TECHNOLOGIES (E.G., REMOTE SENSING, TEMPER-ATURE, HUMIDITY, WINDS) WARNING SYSTEMS AND EVACUATION

NATURAL HAZARDS FOR WHICH EVACUATION IS TYPICAL FLOODS GOAL: MOVE PEOPLE OUT OF HARM’S WAY HURRICANES HIGH BENEFIT/COST FOR SAVING LIVES, BUT LOW BEMEFIT/COST FOR PROTECTING PROPERTY TYPHOONS TSUNAMIS VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS WILDFIRES