On the Local Differences in the Fire

Abstract

The annual change of the number of fires, conflagrations and forest fires was calculated for every prefectures in Japan and compared with meteorological conditions in respective places. Changes in ten representative places, which are climatologically specialized, are graphically shown in the text. Nextly the distribution of the degree of danger in every month of the year was investigated for conflagrations and forest fires. The distribution for the period from January to June are also shown graphically in the text.