--- title: The Risks of Hazard Blog | Intermap | Ivan Maddox and Chris White description: Ivan Maddox is a Geomatics Engineer (University of Calgary, ’96), who has performed surveying and remote sensing projects all over the world. Before settling in Denver, he lived in Lyon, London, Montréal and Brisbane. He is the Product Manager for InsitePro at Intermap, and is the Executive Vice President for commercial solutions. 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When not leveraging data, Ivan enjoys leveraging the mountains, books, all things culinary, and playing with his kids. Find me on: ### Recent Posts ## [Wildfires Surprise](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2017/10/wildfires-surprise-0-1) Posted by [Ivan Maddox and Chris White](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/author/ivan-maddox-and-chris-white) on Oct 25, 2017 7:44:36 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.intermap.com/hs-fs/hub/395294/file-2408735948.jpg) ](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2017/10/wildfires-surprise-0-1) The wildfires in California this month have been historically devastating, on their way to becoming [the most expensive and tragic wildfires](http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2017/10/10/467002.htm) in the country’s history. These wildfires seem to be unusual, or even unlike anything we have seen before. Sadly, there is a direct comparison – a very recent comparison, in fact. 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