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FFI-RAPPORT 16/00707
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Profile of actor (if
intentional)
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Description of cause
A forest fire is an uncontrolled fire occurring in nature. These are more
difficult to get under control than room fires and therefore last for longer
periods of time. The urban/rural interface is a location where buildings
are more vulnerable to forest fires than in a city, due to the close
proximity to the wooded areas.
Competence and
resources (if
intentional)
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User/value
User class
Public non-sensitive.
User type
The National Archive.
Value
Various historically and culturally important documents preserved for
documentational purposes, stored for the preservation of the collective
cultural memories of a society and important records of past times.
Though the sensitivity of the information is not high in the sense that it
is confidential, its value is still very high. The rarest artefacts are stored
in a mountain hall, but many documents are also stored aboveground.
Location
Location description
Geographical zone: North (Northern Europe). The continent’s landscape
is marked by mountainous areas and flat, wide expanses and river
valleys with much vegetation. The developmental level of the continent
is high and the political climate is stable.
The piqlVault is situated in an urban area, though in the urban/rural
interface right on the edge of a forested area.
The scenario takes place in the future, 2158. The time period is 0-
100/500 years, as the value is documentational records. The scenario is a
risk for the present as well, but the scale and ferocity of the forest fire in
this scenario presupposes a change in climate patterns.
Environment
description
The climate zone is temperate. It is summer, in the middle of August,
and the local weather conditions are hot and dry: 36° Celsius with a
relative humidity of 41 %.
These abnormally high temperature levels and low relative humidity
levels have persisted for weeks. The wooded areas surrounding the city
are extremely dry, and the government have issued statements urging
hikers to beware the dangers of causing a forest fire. One such hiker is
unobservant and starts a fire which quickly gets out of control. The