Master Plan Nashua Fire Rescue, NH
Figure 25. Hurricanes*3
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Wildfires
The Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) is the contact zone between undeveloped forested areas and urban
areas. This transitional environment is most susceptible to fire. As people and wildlands come into contact,
conflict arises from the threat of wildfire or from emergency services inadequate to protect rural populations.
Though wildfires are more common in rural communities, small wildfires impacting areas up to 10 acres are
a concern in wooded areas in the outskirts of Nashua, particularly in the northwest and southwest quadrants
of the city as well as in Mine Falls Park. Wildfires can encroach the urban interface creating the potential for
structure fires in homes or businesses.
Damage to structures and services, as well as the magnitude of the wildfire event, can all have a devastating
impact on the City. Economic and financial impacts could be long-term.
Human-Caused Hazards
Technological or human-caused hazards result from accidents or failures of systems and structures; or the
actions of people, either accidental or intentional. Human-caused incidents result from the intentional
actions of an adversary, such as a threatened or actual chemical attack, biological attack, or cyber incident.
Intentional acts are always deliberate, with varying levels of intent. Accidental acts are careless or reckless,
or poorly planned or executed, with the outcome having unintended consequences.
*3 Historical Hurricane Tracks (noaa.gov).
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