To assess the risk of Wildfire Forensic, it seems appropriate to define it. Wildfire is a spontaneous and uncontrolled spread of fire. Causes of fires in the forest or any other open area could be divided into natural and man-made (Corbitt-Dipierro, 2012).
The most common natural causes of large forest fires on Earth are usually lightning. Sometimes, dimensions of fires enable their observation even from space. “Assessments of wildfire risk are critical for informing the development and implementation of cost-effective risk mitigation efforts, and comparative risk assessment can be used as a basis to evaluate different treatment alternatives”, state Scott, Thompson, and Calkin (2013, 3). According to wildfire investigator Rob Erasmus, “chaotic though wildfires appear, they obey the laws of nature and burn in accordingly recognizable if complex patterns” among which wind strength, vegetation type, and temperature might be (Rose-Innes, 2015, para. 8).
Assessing the risk of Wildfire Forensic, it is important to establish the levels of disruption resource unavailability. Thus, the following situation emerges personnel – 2, building structure – 5, building access – 5, building contents – 5, IT services – 5, utility services -5, community resources – 1. One may note that almost all the components are of a very high level while community resources are placed on a very low one. This situation is caused due to the very nature of the wildfire that burns everything on its way leaving people without critical services such as loss of police, fire, and emergency medical service along with loss of communication.
It is also necessary to determine the risk prioritization by risk measure. By Engemann and Henderson, the fire has a serious impact (3) and probability classification (2) creating in total 18 points of risk evaluation (2012). Lack of security measures, intentional release of, or exposure to, hazardous materials, or equipment failure might become a reason for Wildfire Forensic. As a result of this disaster, a huge amount of land burns every year. For a short period, the flame destroys millions of hectares of natural land. Wildfire burns out entire villages, towns killing people and animals. Whatever the causes of inflammation, the atmosphere is filled with dark masses dangerous due to their structure of carbon monoxide and gases and nitrous oxide. These emissions are equal to the processing of burnt oil.
In conclusion, it should be stressed that Wildfire Forensic presents a significant risk that might cause appalling and intractable consequences.
References
Corbitt-Dipierro, C. (2012). Wildfire Investigation. InterFire Online. Web.
Engemann, K. J., & Henderson, D. M. (2012). Business continuity and risk management: Essentials of organizational resilience. Brookfield, CT: Rothstein Associates. Web.
Rose-Innes, O. (2015). Wildfire forensics: How to catch a fire starter. Health 24. Web.
Scott, J. H., Thompson, M. P., & Calkin, D. E. (2013). A wildfire risk assessment framework for land and resource management. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. Web.