N.F.P.A. inspection manual; a pocket book covering inspection work done for fire protection and prevention by property owners, fire departments and the inspection offices of insurance companies, central managements and government agencies.

A successor to the association's Field practice, an inspection manual, first published in 1914.

[Miscellaneous publications on insurance, mutual fire, in the United States. Policy]

Mode of access: Internet.

Plan of a tract of land (marked in the General Plan no. 7), containing in the whole 5000 acres, & divided into 20 plantations of 250 acres each, situate on a left hand branch of Elk River, & on the head waters of Salt Lick Creek, in Harrison County, State of Virginia /

Covers part of Harrison County (W.Va.)

Facteurs environnementaux et réseaux d’eau, Arthabaska et Victoriaville, 1880-1934

Ce mémoire porte sur l’étude de deux réseaux d’eau distincts, soit celui de la ville d’Arthabaska et celui de la ville de Victoriaville. Nous souhaitons éclairer le rôle joué par les facteurs environnementaux, naturels et urbains, au cours du processus ayant mené à l’implantation de réseaux d’eau potable et d’eaux usées dans les deux villes à l’étude. Divers travaux ont traité de la mise en place des réseaux d’aqueduc et d’égout à la grandeur du Canada. Toutefois, ce sont essentiellement les grandes villes comme Montréal ou Toronto qui ont retenu l’attention de l’histoire urbaine, politique et environnementale canadienne. L’objectif de cette démarche consiste à montrer que le milieu physique rural doit être incorporé à l’analyse comme élément vivant qui se transforme, qui influence et qui est influencé à son tour par l’être humain, puisqu’un et l’autre sont en constante interaction. Nous soutenons que la mise en place et le développement de réseaux d’eau sont influencés par le territoire dans lequel ils sont implantés et qu’ils ne peuvent pas être correctement analysés sans celui-ci. Afin de mettre l’espace au cœur de l’étude, nous avons mené une analyse des villes d’Arthabaska et de Victoriaville en considérant la géographie de la région à l’aide des cartes et des plans d’assurance-incendie, en plus de consulter des documents officiels et des articles tirés des journaux locaux.

Debris flow magnitudes: a global catalog

The episodic occurrence of debris flow events in response to stochastic precipitation and wildfire events makes hazard prediction challenging. Previous work has shown that frequency-magnitude distributions of non-fire-related debris flows follow a power law, but less is known about the distribution of post-fire debris flows. As a first step in parameterizing hazard models, we use frequency-magnitude distributions and cumulative distribution functions to compare volumes of post-fire debris flows to non-fire-related debris flows. Due to the large number of events required to parameterize frequency-magnitude distributions, and the relatively small number of post-fire event magnitudes recorded in the literature, we collected data on 73 recent post-fire events in the field. The resulting catalog of 988 debris flow events is presented as an appendix to this article. We found that the empirical cumulative distribution function of post-fire debris flow volumes is composed of smaller events than that of non-fire-related debris flows. In addition, the slope of the frequency-magnitude distribution of post-fire debris flows is steeper than that of non-fire-related debris flows, evidence that differences in the post-fire environment tend to produce a higher proportion of small events. We propose two possible explanations: 1) post-fire events occur on shorter return intervals than debris flows in similar basins that do not experience fire, causing their distribution to shift toward smaller events due to limitations in sediment supply, or 2) fire causes changes in resisting and driving forces on a package of sediment, such that a smaller perturbation of the system is required in order for a debris flow to occur, resulting in smaller event volumes.

Northeastern United States, 1799 : showing township grants and land purchases in New York (Raster Image)

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of the middle states of North America : shewing the position of the Geneseo country comprehending the counties of Ontario & Steuben as laid off in townships of six miles squar[e] each, Maverick, sculpt. It was printed by T. & J. Swords for Charles Williamson's Description of the settlement of the Genesee country, in the state of New-York, 1799. Scale [ca. 1:2,250,000]. Partial cadastral map showing large land purchases and township grants in New York State. Covers New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Washington, D.C. and portions of Maryland, Delaware, and West Virginia. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 18N NAD83 projection. All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as roads, drainage, major cities and towns, land purchases, township grants, state boundaries, and more. Includes key to "principal villages in Ontario & Steuben counties." This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from The Harvard Map Collection as part of the Imaging the Urban Environment project. Maps selected for this project represent major urban areas and cities of the world, at various time periods. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features at a large scale. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

Old Northwest and Great Lakes Region, 1785 (Raster Image)

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A map of the north west parts of the United States of America, [by] John Fitch. It was published in 1785. Scale [ca. 1:3,000,000]. Covers the Old Northwest from the Great Lakes to Kentucky and the Mississippi River to the Allegany River and a portion of Lake Ontario. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the USA Contiguous Albers Equal Area Conic projection (Meters). All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as human settlements, forts, Native American lands, roads, drainage, proposed state boundaries, and more. Relief shown by landform drawing. Includes descriptive notes. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of New England from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

Achieving change : a report /

"January 1981"--Cover.

Best's insurance reports.

"Best's insurance reports ... upon American and foreign joint-stock companies, American mutual companies, inter-insurance associations, and individual underwriting organizations."

Development of warrants for the use and location of truck escape ramps. Volume II - appendices.

West Virginia Department of Highways, Charleston

Development of warrants for the use and location of truck escape ramps. Volume I - final report.

West Virginia Department of Highways, Charleston

Biennial report of the State Librarian /

Description based on: 1909/10; title from cover.

Report.

Report year ends June 30.

Adjusters manual; analytical tables, charts and schedules for surveying and estimating fire loss claims.

Reproduced from type-written copy.

The times of the rebellion in the West: a collection of miscellanies, showing the part taken in the war by each western state--notices of eminent officers--descriptions of prominent battles--conspiracies in the West to aid the rebellion--incidents of guerrilla and border warfare--individual adventures--anecdotes illustrating the heroism of western soldiers, etc.

Ohio.--West Virginia.--Indiana.--Kentucky.--Illinois.--Michigan.--Wisconsin.--Minnesota.--Iowa.--Missouri.--Kansas.