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Design and construction of firefighting shafts
, 2019 Firefighting stairs and firefighting lifts should be approached from either of the following. a. A firefighting lobby. b. A protected corridor or protected lobby that complies with the following guidance. i. Means of escape (Section 3).
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Provision of firefighting shafts
, 2022 In buildings where a firefighting shaft is required, a minimum of two firefighting shafts should be provided in either of the following situations. a. A building that has both of the following. i. A storey with a floor area of 900m2 or more. ii.
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The Palisades Fire of Los Angeles: Lessons to Be Learned
FireIn 1961, Los Angeles experienced the disastrous Bel Air fire, which swept through an affluent neighborhood situated in a hilly, WUI (wildland–urban interface) location.
Vytenis Babrauskas
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Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As hybrid threats blur the line between war and peace and challenge conventional deterrence logics, states increasingly turn to concepts of resilience, civil preparedness and whole‐of‐society as elements of their security strategies. This raises the question of how civilian agency can be viewed as an element of deterrence and what the ...
Agata Mazurkiewicz, Heljä Ossa
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American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract The rise of social media in the digital era poses unprecedented challenges to authoritarian regimes that aim to influence public attitudes and behaviors. To address these challenges, we argue that authoritarian regimes have adopted a decentralized approach to produce and disseminate propaganda on social media.
Yingdan Lu +3 more
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Design and assessment of a virtual reality learning environment for firefighters
Frontiers in Computer ScienceThe use of virtual reality (VR) in firefighter training is promising because it provides cost-effective, safe environments that arouse similar behavioral responses to real-life scenarios.
Steven G. Wheeler +4 more
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American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Why and when do cities vote for the left? The emergence of the urban–rural divide in the United States in the 1930s is inconsistent with canonical theories of cleavages. This paper introduces an explanation: agglomeration effects. The provision of government services is more efficient in urban environments because of nonrivalries, economies of
Theo Serlin
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Firefighting systems in military vehicles
, 2015 The article discusses the examples of fire causes in the military vehicles and the consequences they may cause in the military vehicles. It has been observed that the frequent cause for the damage of military vehicles and loss of crew health and life is ...
Sosnowicz, R.
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Condensed Aerosol Generators in Fire Safety of Buildings. Part 1 – Analysis of Normative and Legal Documents [PDF]
Safety & Fire TechnologyAim: The aim of this paper is to present the construction and principle of operation of condensed aerosol generators, as well as a review of their selected characteristics, confirmed in the process of assessment and verification of constancy of ...
Robart Śliwiński
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