There were five presentation sessions on the following hazards geo hazard risks forest and bush fires floods drought, desertification and land degradation and entomological risks.

Act 14 June 2002 no 20 relating to the prevention of Fire, Explosion and Accidents involving Hazardous Substances and the Fire Services (Fire and Explosion Prevention Act).

Similarly, in response to the global escalation of wildfires, the Global Fire Monitoring Center had been established by the Government of Germany with the aim of providing early warning of fire danger, near real time monitoring of fire events interpretation and synthesis of fire information and an archive of global fire information, all of which could be accessed through the Internet.

A fire. Yes, a fire. It's always the insurance that pays.

The purpose of the Act is to safeguard human life, health, the environment and material values against fire and explosion, against accidents involving hazardous substances and dangerous goods and other acute accident situations.

It is very dangerous to jump aboard the train when it is moving.

Signed, Kenny, Chief, Hackensack Fire Department.

Installation of additional energy saving devices, maintenance of UNFICYP landfill sites and grounds, improvements to reduce the risk of health, safety and fire hazards ( 9,000)

(c) Progressively reduce human activities, such as forest fires and the emission of harmful air pollutants caused inter alia by energy production, that substantially decrease the natural productivity of any forest and increase the risk of forest fires.

It was pointed out that natural disasters often occurred in situations of minimal or no risk in which personnel delivering assistance would be adequately protected by the host State's national legislation.

Emergency relief must be built into national programmes of preparedness and risk reduction.

There was further debate on disaster risk reduction in an urban context.

Now, let us sing hymn number 291, Oft in Danger, Oft in Woe .

The secretariat of ISDR uses satellite imagery in disaster risk reduction.

Yet we face the growing risks of proliferation and catastrophic terrorism, and the stakes are too high to continue down a dangerous path of diplomatic brinksmanship.

Disasters associated with natural hazards and vulnerability a development challenge

95. Ecological disasters, nuclear or otherwise, risk destroying every form of life.

The risks and potential for disasters associated with natural hazards are largely shaped by prevailing levels of vulnerability and measures taken to prevent, mitigate and prepare for disasters.

The network will facilitate the exchange of information on research and training activities as well as direct experiences in disaster risk management and mitigation among researchers and disaster managers.

We see a growing risk of proliferation, of catastrophic terrorism.

Recent experiences in sudden onset and other disasters, including the Indian Ocean tsunami, have underscored the critical importance of disaster risk reduction.

Talking of dangerous stunts and bringing things slightly up to date, some of the most dangerous stunts we do as stunt people are fire stunts.

(e) United Nations Greece Regional Workshop on the Use of Space Technology for Disaster Management Monitoring and Assessing Seismic and Volcanic Hazards, to be held in Athens in September

(a) Hazards mapping (natural and man made), including volcanic and seismic hazards earthquakes tsunamis oil spills monitoring flooding vulnerability, assessment and monitoring and disaster management

The sponsors were of the view that natural disasters had an inherent element of risk.

Particular attention should be given to establishing an international early warning and threat reduction system for natural disasters and for reducing the danger they pose.

When he was 12 there was fire and he risked his life to save eight other kids.

And dangerous really dangerous.

He said, Life on Earth is at an ever increasing risk of being wiped out by disaster ...

Danger?

(a) Risk of causing significant transboundary harm includes risks taking the form of a high probability of causing significant transboundary harm and a low probability of causing disastrous transboundary harm

That my husbands death was no accident... she should have realized it was dangerous to push it.

The integration of disaster risk management into the management of water resources includes improvements in multi hazard mapping and warning systems and the enhancement of disaster preparedness at the local, national and regional levels, as well as the promotion of community based disaster risk management practices.

With regard to the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, the country was developing remote sensing capacities to help identify hazard vulnerability and risk populations and, ultimately, reduce the disaster impact.

The Fire and Explosion Act applies to duties regarding accident and damage prevention in connection with the handling of hazardous substances and the transport of dangerous goods on land, as well as to duties regarding preparedness and response measures and efforts in cases of acute accidents where the Fire Service is required to respond.

The Hyogo Framework sets out specific priorities for action on early warning for all hazards and on associated risk assessment and preparedness.

Combating fraud and the trafficking in firearms, narcotics or other dangerous or banned substances

Fire, earthquake, theft, public liability, group insurance... industrial stuff and so on, right down the line.

The risks include health risks from overcrowding and poor sanitation, increased vulnerability to natural disasters and risks of eviction and economic vulnerability because of the lack of secure employment.

Article 100 The method of calculation of a risk unit and the plan for managing the catastrophe risk of an insurance company shall be approved by the financial supervision and regulation department.

The guidance of ships and prediction of hazards and disasters that might face them.

Although we should pay due attention to the post disaster situation, a multi hazard and well balanced approach to all phases of disaster management including preparedness, relief, rehabilitation and long term reconstruction is absolutely necessary if any comprehensive disaster risk management strategy is to be successful.

For that reason, Guatemala concurs with the Secretary General's recommendation that the relevant United Nations organizations and donor Governments should strengthen the capacities of disaster prone countries in disaster mitigation, preparedness and response as well as post disaster recovery, within a disaster risk reduction framework.

Not all natural hazards were disasters fires, floods, earthquakes and drought all existed as part of natural cycles.

Not a fire? It's not a fire?