Climate Change and Early Warning Systems for Wildland Fire - Reducing Disaster: Early Warning Systems for Climate Change - page 127

Most global fi re is unmonitored and undocumented so the record of wildland fi re
disasters is incomplete. However, the existing record indicates that disaster fi res
occur in every global region and in every vegetated biome on a regular basis
(Table 7.1 ). Disaster conditions are defi ned as any wildfi re(s) situation that

Table 7.1 Examples of some recent wildland fi re disasters and impacts around the world
Year Location Impacts

2013 Arizona, USA 19 lives lost

Colorado, USA 2 lives lost

509 homes destroyed, 17 damaged
Estimated damage: US$90+ million

2012 Colorado, USA 3 lives lost

594+ homes destroyed

Global 180 lives lost

2,938 people injured
2,949 homes and businesses destroyed
116,575 people evacuated

2011 Alberta, Canada 1 life lost

433 properties destroyed, 84 damaged
7,000 people evacuated
Estimated damage cost: CA$1.8 billion

Texas, USA 1,500+ homes destroyed

Global 130 lives lost

349 people injured
7,193 homes destroyed
85,723 people evacuated

2010 Western Russia 50 lives lost

Moscow daily mortality rate doubled; estimated 56,000
premature deaths due to smoke pollution and heat
stress
5,000 homeless
Estimated economic damage: US$15 billion

Bolivia State of emergency declared

60+ homes destroyed

Global 279 lives lost

140 people injured

2009 Victoria, Australia 173 lives lost

2,059 homes destroyed

Global 374 lives lost

160 people injured

2007 Greece 84 lives lost

1,000+ homes destroyed

California, USA 9 lives lost, 85 people injured

1,500+ homes destroyed

2005 Guadalajara, Spain 11 lives lost

Greece 13 lives lost

Estimated economic damage: EUR744 million

South Korea 160 homes destroyed

2,000 people evacuated
1,300-year-old Buddhist temple destroyed