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Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2023 In order to realize accurate and fast firefighting at sea, a control method for water cannons of unmanned fireboats considering wind and ship motion disturbances is presented.
Diju Gao +4 more
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Applied Sciences, 2023 High-rise teaching buildings are complex public buildings that combine the evacuation risks of school buildings and high-rise buildings. In this regard, studying fire product transport patterns and personnel evacuation characteristics of high-rise school
Yan Cui +4 more
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Unmanned Aerial Systems for Wildland and Forest Fires
, 2021 Wildfires represent an important natural risk causing economic losses, human death and important environmental damage. In recent years, we witness an increase in fire intensity and frequency.
Akhloufi, Moulay A. +2 more
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Deep Learning Based Fire Point Chasing Pan-Tilt System Using Thermal Camera [PDF]
한국정밀공학회지, 2023 There have been frequent fatal accidents of firefighters at fire scenes. A firefighting robot can be an alternative to humans at a fire scene to reduce accidents.
Hyeonjae Jeong +3 more
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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]
, 2016 BACKGROUND: Firefighting is a highly stressful occupation with unique physical challenges, apparel and environments that increase the potential for dehydration.
Orr, Robin Marc +2 more
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Respiratory symptoms in firefighters [PDF]
American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 2011 AbstractBackgroundThe aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence and risk factors associated with respiratory symptoms in common firefighters in the Netherlands.MethodsA total of 1,330 firefighters from the municipal fire brigades of three provinces of the Netherlands were included in the study.
Greven, F. +3 more
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Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2020 Many real-world applications have been suggested in the swarm robotics literature. However, there is a general lack of understanding of what needs to be done for robot swarms to be useful and trusted by users in reality.
Daniel Carrillo-Zapata +19 more
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The Impact of Occupational Tasks on Firefighter Hydration During a Live Structural Fire [PDF]
, 2019 Structural firefighting is a highly stressful occupation with firefighters performing intense bouts of physical activity in environmental extremes while wearing impermeable, heavy and restrictive personal protective equipment.
Gorey, Richard J +4 more
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Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2014 Objective: This article reports new anthropometric information of U.S. firefighters for fire apparatus design applications (Study 1) and presents a data method to assist in firefighter anthropometric data usage for research-to-practice propositions (Study 2). Background: Up-to-date anthropometric information of the U.S. firefighter population is needed
Hongwei, Hsiao +5 more
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, 2021 This entry has been realised in the framework of the H2020-MSCA-RISE-2018 project “LoGov - Local Government and the Changing Urban-Rural Interplay”. LoGov aims to provide solutions for local governments that address the fundamental challenges resulting from urbanisation.
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