Mapping flood pressure points: assessing vulnerability of the UK Fire Service to flooding

Dorian Speakman ()

Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, 2008, vol. 44, issue 1, 127 pages

Abstract: A vulnerability index for the Fire Service in the UK has been designed to identify vulnerable locations during episodes of severe floods. Taking recent case studies with the UK Fire Service, the patterns of vulnerability, in terms of demand on time and resources, can be explained by investigating the environmental causes and their interaction with the adaptive capacity of the response agencies. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008

Keywords: Vulnerability; Floods; Flash flooding; Fire Service; Climate change; Adaptive capacity; North Yorkshire; North Wales (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1007/s11069-007-9145-y

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