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The Challenges of Firefighters’ Interventions in Old Urban Centres: A Case Study

Urban Science
In many European cities, old urban centres, particularly historical centres, reveal significant limitations to the intervention of civil protection agents—namely, firefighters—in terms of their mobility and action in emergencies, thus conditioning their ...
Pedro Barreirinha, Armando Silva-Afonso, Carla Pimentel-Rodrigues   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Wallace's pARCs—Making Climate, Climate Change and Biodiversity Data Available to Protected Area Managers and Conservation Planners With an Example From Biebrza National Park, Poland

Climate Resilience and Sustainability, Volume 5, Issue 1, June 2026.
A spatial representation of the potential ‘adaptation effort’ that might be needed to maintain at least 75% of the species modelled in Biebrza National Park, Poland (white outline), at 1.5°C. The darker the green shading, the less adaptation would be needed.
Jeff Price, Nicole Forstenhäusler, Erin M. Graham, Timothy J. Osborn, Rachel Warren   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Simulating the Aerial Ballet: The Dance of Fire-Fighting Planes and Helicopters

Engineering Proceedings
This study introduces a simulation model to analyze the efficacy of different aerial firefighting strategies in Finland, focusing on the comparative water production capacity and associated costs of firefighting aircraft versus helicopters of varying ...
Juha Alander, Lauri Honkasilta, Kalle Saastamoinen   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impactful Weather and Multi‐Hazard Events: Lived Experiences From Rural Scotland

Climate Resilience and Sustainability, Volume 5, Issue 1, June 2026.
This study explores stakeholders’ experiences of impactful weather events and multi‐hazards—whose frequency and severity are evolving due to climate change—using surveys of 43 participants and 12 follow‐up interviews from respondents in rural Scotland as a case study.
Lou Brett, YoungHwa Cha, Christopher J. White   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

PFAS properties and destruction methods: A focus on enzymatic degradation

Journal of Chemical Technology &Biotechnology, Volume 101, Issue 6, Page 1126-1152, June 2026.
Abstract Per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are known as ‘forever’ chemicals and have lasting detrimental impact on the environment and living organisms. To understand PFAS molecules better, this review begins with an overview of PFAS definition, classifications and applications, and then provides a comprehensive summary and critical analysis ...
Guobin Liang, Hua Zhao
wiley   +1 more source

Scene Investigation from the Sky: Current and Future Uses of Unoccupied Aerial Systems in Forensic Investigations

WIREs Forensic Science, Volume 8, Issue 2, June 2026.
Police drone technology could be utilized to support forensic scene investigations. If the challenges of implementing new technologies can be overcome, drones could improve operational efficiency, interpretation issues and add investigative value in the courtroom. ABSTRACT Unoccupied aerial systems (UAS; otherwise known as Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAV)
Clare Barrett, Sébastien Moret, Denis Werner   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Flames Over Persepolis”: New Scientific Evidence Supporting Historical Perspectives

Archaeometry, Volume 68, Issue 3, Page 421-433, June 2026.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the burning of Persepolis Terrace, historically attributed to Alexander III in 330 bce. A review of classical accounts and excavation reports, combined with diagnostic surveys, confirms the fire's historicity and provides novel insights.
Maria Letizia Amadori, Ileana De Giuseppe, Fabrizio Frontalini, Luca Pellegrino, Richard W. Jordan, Pierfrancesco Callieri, Emad Matin, Alireza Askari Chaverdi, Hamid Fadaei, Valeria Mengacci, Fulvio Fantino   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Normalization of toxicity in organizations: A multilevel process framework of toxicity normalization cascade

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Volume 99, Issue 2, June 2026.
Abstract Workplace toxicity imposes enormous costs on employees, organizations, and society, yet scholarship lacks an integrated explanation of how harmful practices become routine and why they endure. This article develops the toxicity normalization cascade (TNC), a multilevel process framework addressing two interrelated questions: how does workplace
Aybike Mergen, Mustafa Özbilgin, Milena Tekeste   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Opportunities for the U.S. Geological Survey's National Seismic Hazard Model to Improve Seismic Risk Assessment of Critical Infrastructure

Earthquake Spectra, Volume 42, Issue 2, May 2026.
As fragility and risk modeling techniques and computational capabilities evolve, complemented by moving toward more routine and systematic seismic risk assessment of all buildings and critical infrastructure, the authors pose a few critical questions to investigate how the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Seismic Hazard Models (NSHMs) can be used
Kishor S. Jaiswal, N. Simon Kwong
wiley   +1 more source

The NASA firefighter's breathing system program [PDF]

The research is reported in the development of a firefighter's breathing system (FBS) to satisfy the operational requirements of fire departments while remaining within their cost constraints.
Carson, M. A., Mclaughlan, P. B.
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