The 5th NRIFD Symposium

International Symposium on Forest Fire Protection

1. Organized by

National Research Institute of Fire and Disaster

2. Date

November 30-December 2, 2005

3. Place

National Research Institute of Fire and Disaster
Mitaka, Tokyo, 181-8633, Japan

4. Objective

Large forest fires are of common occurrence all over the world. Forest fire prediction, prevention and management measures have become increasingly important and are receiving much more attention in the global community in recent times. Fire-danger prediction techniques and protection and management methods for fire spread in forest fires have been investigated in many countries, and have been proven to be useful in the control of forest-fire occurrence and spread. Foreign and domestic forest-fire specialists are invited to participate in this Symposium as an international forum to assess the current research and management activities related to forest fires in individual countries, with the specific view toward searching for effective and optimum forest fire protection and management strategies.

5. Outlines

Keynote lectures and presentations by 30 invited speakers (20: Foreign people, 10: Japanese)
Participants about 200 people (Expecting)
Language ; English and Japanese (Simultaneous translation between English and Japanese will be provided.)

6. Audience fee

Free

7. Program [ Time Table Nov-28-2005 ]

November 30, Wed

Keynote Lecture I (Johann G. Goldammer: UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction/Global Fire Monitoring Center, Germany)
Session 1 (Fire situation in each coutry I）
Session 2 (Fire situation in each coutry II）
Session 3 (Fire danger rating I）

December 1, Thu

Keynote Lecture II (K.T.Yang: University of Notre Dame, USA)
Session 4 (Fire danger rating II）
Session 5 (Fire protection）
Session 6 (Remote sensing）

December 2, Fri

Session 7A (Aerial firefighting and fire behavior）
Session 7B (Fire network meeting）

8. Contact

Dr. K. Satoh

Telephone: +81-422-44-8434

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