Fires

Visualization of narrower problems
Name(s): 
Fire risk
Nature 
All fires involve the chemical reaction of the burning substance with oxygen in the air, the release of great amounts of heat, and the rapid conversion of the combustion products into gases. Uncontrolled burning may destroy property and human life. Fires are most frequently caused by carelessness, misuse of industrial equipment, spontaneous combustion of raw materials and finished products, static electricity, lightning, and arson.
Incidence 
Fires extinguished in their early stages and involving no losses constitute about 25% of the total number of fires. Only a small percentage of fires are major fires occurring in depots, warehouses, stores, and other places where goods are concentrated; nevertheless, the material damage resulting from these fires is considerable.
Broader 
Disastrous accidents
Narrower 
Urban fires
Forest fires
Domestic fires
Toxic chemical fires
Underground coal fires
Accidents caused by fires
Inadequate safeguards against fire
Inflammable and flammable substances
Destruction of biodiversity through fire
Aggravates 
Air pollution [in 3 loops]
Damage to goods [in 3 loops]
Burns and scalds
Interruption risk
Injurious accidents [in 4 loops]
Vulnerability of telephone system
Threatened monuments and historic sites
Deterioration of the physical condition of art objects
Aggravated by 
Drought
Lightning
Waste paper
Earthquakes
Solid wastes
Tobacco smoking
Rodents as pests
Agricultural burning
Beryllium as a health hazard
Transport of dangerous goods
Inadequate domestic refuse disposal
Strategy(ies) 
Providing aid to natural disaster victims
Risking fire
Reducing fire risk
Value(s) 
Risk
Risk-aversion
Reference(s) 
Bonadio, George R: Fires: index of modern information
Wolffsohn, A: Fire Control in Tropical Pine Forests
Rushbrook, Frank: Fire Aboard
Type 
(D) Detailed problems