Little effort in safe storage of inflammable materials like wood, fodder and other fuel at a safe distance from the main dwelling can help one avert major fire incidence.
Forest fire
Rishikesh: At the Crossroads of Faith and Fault Lines – A Strategy for Urban Disaster Resilience
Safe from disasters in the past makes one ignore vulnerability of Rishikesh. High footfall of pilgrims, tourists and adventure enthusiasts however enhances the risk and calls for undertaking urban resilience measures.
Wildfires in Hawaii
More than 110 persons have been killed and numbers much larger are still missing in a wildfire that engulfed the town of Lahaina in Hawaii, US. The death count is really big, and yet no questions are being raised over organisational structure, planning, preparedness, and other related issues that would have crippled the responders in […]