Reducing the Risk of Fire

If you live in an area with a Mediterranean or tropical climate, the idea of fire must have certainly crossed your mind. I saw several fires while living at the Panya project in Thailand and it is scary stuff. Them experiences lead me to think deeply about its risks and pushed me to learn how to minimize these through design.

In the Mediterranean climate fire can be a very real threat. There are a range of strategies that vary in complexity that can be implemented depending on the seriousness of the threat, location, time and resources available.

Obviously this is a huge subject, here I'm going to give you just a broad overview! 

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