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Developing the Urban Fire Safety Co-Management System in China Based on Public Participation

Fire, 2023
The new situations, problems, and challenges facing urban fire safety work are gradually increasing in China, so innovating urban fire safety governance modes is an urgent task. In the fire management practice of the Chinese government, the establishment
Jida Liu, Ruining Ma, Yuwei Song, Changqi Dong   +3 more
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Exploring the Cross-Sectoral Joint Fire Management Mode Driven by Fire Information in China: From the Perspective of Organizational Interaction

Fire
With the increase in types of fire risk and the expansion of fire management coverage, it is urgent to involve multiple subjects in fire management. Cross-sectoral joint fire management is a new fire management mode based on collaboration between the ...
Yuwei Song, Jida Liu
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Regional Fire Management Resource Center-Southeast Asia and Their Role for Fire Prevention Management in the Region

Biodiversidade Brasileira, 2019
Landscape fires and excessive use of fire in land use and land-use change have become one of the most important issues in Southeast Asia for about 25 years. The impacts of fires result not only in environmental destruction with adverse effects on health
Bambang Saharjo, Johann Georg Goldammer
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Quantitative analysis of forest fire extinction efficiency

Forest Systems, 2015
Aim of study: Evaluate the economic extinction efficiency of forest fires, based on the study of fire combat undertaken by aerial and terrestrial means. Area of study, materials and methods: Approximately 112,000 hectares in Chile.
Miguel E. Castillo-Soto, Francisco Rodríguez-Silva   +1 more
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International Savanna Fire Management Initiative

Biodiversidade Brasileira, 2019
Due to colonisation, traditional ways of fire management have been suppressed across landscapes and as a result vast areas of country are poorly managed and degraded. Conventional methods of firefighting have largely failed. Climate change will make the
Sam Johnston, Nolan Hunter
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Understanding human-fire interactions in tropical forest regions : a case for interdisciplinary research across the natural and social sciences [PDF]

, 2011
Fire in the forested tropics has profound environmental, economic, and social impacts at multiple geographical scales. Causes of tropical fires are widely documented, although research contributions are from many disciplines, and each tends to focus on ...
Carmenta, R., Carmenta, Rachel, Parry, Luke, Jos Barlow, Blackburn, A., Barlow, J., Vermeylen, Saskia, Blackburn, Alan, Barlow, Jos, Rachel Carmenta, Luke Parry, Alan Blackburn, Saskia Vermeylen, Parry, L., Vermeulen, Sonja J.   +14 more
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Assessing fire dynamics and suppression techniques in electric vehicles at different states of charge: Implications for maritime safety

Case Studies in Thermal Engineering
The maritime transportation of electric vehicles (EVs) poses significant fire risks due to the potential for thermal runaway in lithium-ion batteries, particularly when the state of charge (SOC) varies.
Suhaeng Lee, Daehyun Choi, Yeoseon Jeong, Minho Moon, Hyukjoo Kwon, Kukil Han, Hyungjun Kim, Hongsoon Im, Youngseob Park, Dongki Shin, Geonhui Gwak   +10 more
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4WS Intelligent Fire-Fighting Robot Trajectory Tracking Control Based on Adaptive Cornering Stiffness

IEEE Access
To address the challenges posed by nonlinear tire characteristics in trajectory tracking control of active four-wheel steering (4WS) vehicle or fire-fighting robot, a novel control method is proposed.
Lin Zhong, Xudong Jiang, Wenlong Jia, Wei Shi   +3 more
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LiDAR-Based Smoke Detection for Large-Volume Spaces: Feasibility Analysis and Algorithm Implementation

Fire
Aiming at the inherent bottlenecks of traditional smoke detection technologies in high and large-volume building scenarios, this paper conducts research on an early fire smoke detection method for high and large-volume spaces based on Light Detection and
Xi Zhang, Boning Li, Li Wang, Chunyu Yu, Xiaoxu Li   +4 more
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Numerical Simulation and Thermo-Structural Assessment of an Aircraft Cargo Compartment Fire Training System

IEEE Access
Aircraft cargo compartment fires represent a significant threat to airport safety, capable of causing severe operational disruptions and safety hazards.
Changyuan He, Pan Zheng, Chiyuan Li, Xuanye Qin, Pei Wang, Yanbo Yin   +5 more
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