학술논문
REAL-TIME WEATHER INFORMATION CRITICAL DURING WILDFIRE OUTBREAK.
Document Type
Article
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Source
Subject
*WILDFIRES
*WEATHER forecasting
*PUBLIC investments
*EMERGENCY management
*METEOROLOGICAL research
*DISASTER victims
*INFORMATION dissemination
*HUMAN services
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Language
ISSN
0003-0007
Abstract
The article reports on the role that real-time weather information when wild fire outbreak happens. The wildfire that happened across Oklahoma during the winter of 2005-2006 where 550,000 acres were consumed but only few livable structures were lost with minimal deaths and injuries were given a particular focus. The incident is attributed to the Oklahoma's investment in the Oklahoma Masonet that helped local authorities to make their pre-emptive decision about the disaster to lessen weather effects. The pre-emptive opportunity was used by OK-First to disseminate weather information properly to the affected people.