These fires are planned and executed to help reduce the incidence and severity of wildfires.
What are prescribed burns?
100
A lender will order this in order to determine whether real property used as collateral is in a special flood hazard area.
What is a flood determination?
100
According to FEMA, this is basically a spinning thunderstorm cloud that makes contact with the ground.
What is a tornado?
100
More than 20,000 communities participate in this insurance program.
What is the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)?
200
These provide firefighters with easy access to water on urban streets, but they are exceedingly rare near log cabins in the mountains.
What are fire hydrants?
200
This prevents people from purchasing new earthquake policies or updating existing ones.
What is a moratorium?
200
Drivers that want to be covered for disaster-related damage to their vehicle need to purchase this kind of auto insurance coverage.
What is comprehensive?
200
This is the most popular brand of diapers in the United States.
What is Pampers?
300
A homeowner's landscaping plans should include a sufficient amount of this if they live in a forested area.
What is defensible space?
300
Even if wind doesn't damage a structure, this may accumulate on the insured's property and require removal.
What is debris?
300
He was the third President of the United States of America.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
300
Even though the flood insurance policies are usually sold and serviced by private insurers, this organization determines the policy premiums, terms and conditions.
What is FEMA?
400
This is a buffer zone between developed land and untouched forestry.
What is the Urban Wildland Interface?
400
This sports news television program will advise viewers what sporting events to watch for near the end of the broadcast.
What is Sportscenter?
400
This is a textile composed of twisted fibers that, when woven, lie parallel to one another to form the cloth's distinct pattern.
What is courdoroy?
400
Other than a few specific items, damage to personal property while stored here is not covered by flood insurance.
What is a basement?
500
Letting them graze would be a safer, albeit slower, way to eliminate old, flammable plants.
What is livestock?
500
This peril sometimes follows flood damage and is also excluded from most homeowners insurance policies.
What is mold?
500
There are more of these type of restaurants than all McDonald's, Burger King, and Wendy's combined.
What is a hot dog stand?
500
This special area is one in which there is at least a 1% chance of a flood occurring each year.