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The impact of fire suppression tasks on firefighter hydration: a critical review with consideration of the utility of reported hydration measures. [PDF]

Ann Occup Environ Med, 2016
BACKGROUND: Firefighting is a highly stressful occupation with unique physical challenges, apparel and environments that increase the potential for dehydration.
Walker A, Pope R, Orr RM.
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Thermal characteristics of fire extinguishing agents in compartment fire suppression. [PDF]

Sci Prog
Water and foam have different fire-extinguishing mechanisms. Traditional foam and compressed air foam (CAF) have different bubble structures. These differences result in different thermal characteristics, which affect the extinguishing abilities during a fire.
Kim TS, Park TH, Park JH, Yang JH, Han DH, Lee BC, Kwon JS.   +6 more
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Review of Advances in Fire Extinguishing Based on Computer Vision Applications: Methods, Challenges, and Future Directions [PDF]

Sensors
This paper examines the state-of-the-art in fire suppression technologies based on computer vision applications in the subject areas of computer science and engineering. The study involves a two-stage analysis of publications using keywords.
Valentyna Loboichenko, Grzegorz Wilk-Jakubowski, Lukasz Pawlik, Jacek Lukasz Wilk-Jakubowski, Roman Shevchenko, Olga Shevchenko, Radoslaw Harabin, Artur Kuchcinski, Valentyna Fedorchuk-Moroz, Anastasiia Khmyrova, Ivan Rushchak   +10 more
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Is Wildfire Suppression in Giant Sequoia Groves a Problem, a Solution, or Neither? [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
In 1910, the U.S. federal government began an official policy of suppressing wildfires. Decades later it became understood that the giant sequoia, the world's most massive tree, is serotinous and depends upon fire to effectively reproduce. For a century,
Chad T. Hanson
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Comparative Study of the Suppression Behavior and Fire-Extinguishing Mechanism of Compressed-Gas Aqueous Film-Forming Foam in Diesel Pool Fires

Fire, 2023
A compressed-gas fire extinguishing experiment was carried out to analyze the impact of gas-liquid flow ratio, liquid flow rate and driving pressure on the fire suppression efficiency of aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) in a diesel pool fire, and a ...
Long Yan, Ning Wang, Jingjing Guan, Zheng Wei, Qiaowei Xiao, Zhisheng Xu   +5 more
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Using unplanned fires to help suppressing future large fires in Mediterranean forests. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Despite the huge resources invested in fire suppression, the impact of wildfires has considerably increased across the Mediterranean region since the second half of the 20th century.
Adrián Regos, Núria Aquilué, Javier Retana, Miquel De Cáceres, Lluís Brotons   +4 more
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Water Mist Fire Suppression Systems for Building and Industrial Applications: Issues and Challenges

Fire, 2023
Interest in water mist fire suppression has increased within the fire protection industry due to its ability to control the spread and development of fire without using environmentally damaging agents.
Kyle Farrell, Md Kamrul Hassan, Md Delwar Hossain, Bulbul Ahmed, Payam Rahnamayiezekavat, Grahame Douglas, Swapan Saha   +6 more
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Increasing Synchronous Fire Danger in Forests of the Western United States

Geophysical Research Letters, 2021
Widespread fire activity taxes suppression resources and can compound wildfire hazards. We examine the geographic synchronicity of fire danger across western United States forests as a proxy for the strain on fire suppression resource availability ...
John T. Abatzoglou, Caroline S. Juang, A. Park Williams, Crystal A. Kolden, Anthony LeRoy Westerling   +4 more
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Containment and Suppression of Class A Fires Using CO₂ Hydrate

Fire, 2023
This paper presents the experimental findings on fire containment and suppression by dropping CO2 hydrate granules and tablets on burning solid materials.
Olga Gaidukova, Vladimir Morozov, Roman Volkov, Pavel Strizhak   +3 more
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A Numerical Analysis of the Fire Characteristics after Sprinkler Activation in the Compartment Fire

Energies, 2020
Understanding fire characteristics under sprinkler spray is valuable for performance-based safety design. However, fire characteristics during fire suppression by sprinkler spray has seldom been studied in detail.
Ho Trong Khoat, Ji Tea Kim, Tran Dang Quoc, Ji Hyun Kwark, Hong Sun Ryou   +4 more
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