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Ergonomics and manual handling workplace improvement: a case study of firefighter at Pagoh [PDF]
, 2021 Firefighter are constantly at risk since they are directly exposed to various physical factors, harmful chemicals and mental stress during rescue and fire-fighting.
Abdul Rahman, Ismail +4 more
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Converting tropical forests to agriculture increases fire risk by fourfold
Environmental Research Letters, 2022 Deforestation exacerbates climate change through greenhouse gas emissions, but other climatic alterations linked to the local biophysical changes from deforestation remain poorly understood.
Ralph Trancoso +8 more
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Fire, 2023 Building fires can spread through surface combustion of both combustible and interior finishing materials. Recently, the use of foam blocks as interior materials for high-rise residential buildings has increased.
Yongtae Jeon +3 more
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Development and assessment of fire-related risk unavailability matrices to support the application of the maintenance rule in a PWR nuclear power plant [PDF]
, 2016 Two methods are presented which serve to incorporate the fire-related risk into the current practices in nuclear power plants with respect to the assessment of configurations.
Asamoah, Matthew +5 more
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Nordic Journal of STEM EducationGender inequality in the academic context is influenced by implicit bias – namely the process of automatic associations. Implicit gender biases might influence teaching, assessment, review, and recruitment processes and hence equality within higher ...
J. Lindström Månefjord +2 more
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Fire risk assessment – from property to people [PDF]
, 2014 Two studies sponsored by the Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service, one into the assessment and management of risk, and the other on effective communication, picked up the top two prizes in this year’s Fire Related Research and Developments ...
Greenhalgh, K, Murphy, P
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On the key role of droughts in the dynamics of summer fires in Mediterranean Europe [PDF]
, 2017 Summer fires frequently rage across Mediterranean Europe, often intensified by high temperatures and droughts. According to the state-of-the-art regional fire risk projections, in forthcoming decades climate effects are expected to become stronger and ...
AghaKouchak, Amir +5 more
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Fire, 2023 Mapping fire risk in South Florida depends on spatially varying water levels, fuel characteristics, and topography. When surface water levels recede below the lowest topographic features (cypress strands, marshes, etc.), the ecosystem loses its natural ...
Kate Jones, Jelena Vukomanovic
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Impact of prescribed fire in soil properties after 5-years: experimental study. [PDF]
, 2017 Wildfires are a serious problem in areas with a Mediterranean climate owing to the hot summers and drought conditions providing perfect conditions for wildfire, especially when there are large amounts of fuel accumulation and continuity between forested ...
Hueso-Gonzalez, Paloma +2 more
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Exploring spatiotemporal dynamics of urban fires: A case of Nanjing, China [PDF]
, 2018 Urban fire occurs within the built environment, usually involving casualties and economic losses, and affects individuals and socioeconomic activities in the surrounding neighborhoods. A good understanding of the spatiotemporal dynamics of fire incidents
Sila-Nowicka, Katarzyna +2 more
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