Heed fire risk and
fire weather warnings.
Not exact matches
If your child is fearful of something that is real even if it's a remote possibility such as a
fire or a tornado, remind them that there are smoke alarms in the house or that there are
weather alerts to
warn people about dangerous
weather.
On January 11, 2007, with no
warning, China's military
fired a ballistic missile at one of the country's
weather satellites and blew it to bits.
To avoid costly problems in the future, ICA and other groups recommend a variety of policy improvements, including changing land use regulations in
fire - and flood - prone areas, strengthening building codes, and improving
weather warning and modelling services.
Six months ago, the former Climate Commission released its Critical Decade report
warning extreme
fire weather days had been on the rise for 30 years in many parts of Australia, including southern NSW.
Imagine air travel where the crew has no idea of what hazards lay ahead; an urban environment where no one knows where an airborne toxic hazard is headed; a wildfire where the firefighting crews have no idea which way the wind is blowing or where the
fire will move; and severe
weather where a community has no
warning of an impending tornado, hail storm, or flash flood.
When
weather and
fire authorities issue warnings about the risk of fire in Australia, they use what's known as the McArthur Forest Fire Danger Index - or FFDI for sh
fire authorities issue
warnings about the risk of
fire in Australia, they use what's known as the McArthur Forest Fire Danger Index - or FFDI for sh
fire in Australia, they use what's known as the McArthur Forest
Fire Danger Index - or FFDI for sh
Fire Danger Index - or FFDI for short.
Severe
weather and accidental
fires and flooding are the most common, but property crimes like theft can happen without
warning.
NWR broadcasts
warnings and post-event information for all types of hazards:
weather (e.g., tornadoes, floods), natural (e.g., earthquakes, forest
fires and volcanic activity), technological (e.g., chemical releases, oil spills, nuclear power plant emergencies, etc.), and national emergencies (e.g., terrorist attacks).