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Experimental Analysis of Fire Behavior in Pine Forests and Agricultural Fields: Large‐Scale Tests Conducted Within the European TREEADS Project

Fire and Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Two large‐scale experiments investigated fire spread mechanisms in vegetation ground fires in a pine forest and an agricultural field within the European TREEADS project. The tests, conducted in Saxony‐Anhalt and Brandenburg, targeted regions with dry, sandy soils and extensive pine stands and aim to improve suppression strategies and wildfire
Andrea Klippel, Anja Hofmann‐Böllinghaus, Kira Piechnik, Lukas Heydick, Hongyi Wu, Florian Köhler, Benjamin Klaffke   +6 more
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Emotional Induction Among Firefighters Using Audiovisual Stimuli: An Experimental Study

Fire
This study investigates the effectiveness of immersive audiovisual simulations in eliciting emotional responses and replicating the psychological and cognitive demands of high-risk operational environments, particularly in firefighting scenarios ...
Frédéric Antoine-Santoni, Arielle Syssau, Claude Devichi, Jean-Louis Rossi, Thierry Marcelli, François-Joseph Chatelon, Adil Yakhloufi, Pauline-Marie Ortoli, Sofiane Meradji, Lucile Rossi, Jean-Paul Jauffret, Stéphane Chatton, Dominique Grandjean-Kruslin   +12 more
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Information practices of disaster preparedness professionals in multidisciplinary groups [PDF]

, 2010
OBJECTIVE: This article summarizes the results of a descriptive qualitative study addressing the question, what are the information practices of the various professionals involved in disaster preparedness?
Briggle, Byström, Case, Clements-Nolle, Currie, Dervin, Drabek, Drabek, Fisher, Fourie, Grefsheim, Jalba, Lurie, Marincioni, McCreight, Miles, Patton, Perry, Potter, Quantarelli, Rebmann, Sandelowski, Sandelowski, Sauer, Savolainen, Scott, Taylor, Tierney, Trainor, Van Fleet-Green   +29 more
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Sanitary Logging in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve: One Problem, One Legislation but Different Criteria and Different Treatments

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Bark beetles are small insects that inhabit the bark of trees. When their population increases excessively, they can weaken the trees and cause their death. In México, federal regulations obligate forest landowners to carry out sanitary logging to control bark beetle outbreaks in adherence to official procedures.
Erika Gómez‐Pineda, Jovanka Špirić, Diego R. Pérez‐Salicrup, M. Isabel Ramírez   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimizing fire station locations for the Istanbul metropolitan municipality [PDF]

, 2013
Copyright @ 2013 INFORMSThe Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) seeks to determine locations for additional fire stations to build in Istanbul; its objective is to make residences and historic sites reachable by emergency vehicles within five ...
Aktas, E, Bozkaya, B, Önsel, Ş, Özaydın, Ö, Ülengin, F   +4 more
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The Impact of Public Administration Education on Individual Policy Capacity of Federal Civil Servants in Ethiopia

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In recent decades, policy capacity has garnered increasing attention from scholars in the Global North. However, there has been limited focus on policy capacity in developing countries, particularly in Africa. While various factors, such as experience, the nature of policy tasks, and educational background, can influence the policy capacity of
Kiflie Worku Angaw, Bacha Kebede Debela, Ellen Fobé, Marleen Brans   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Work values and volunteers : an investigation into the work values of New Zealand volunteer firefighters : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Psychology at Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealand [PDF]

, 2017
Declining populations in smaller rural areas in New Zealand over the past 30 years have resulted in significant reductions in many services and an increased reliance on volunteer labour to provide these services.
Stark, Caroline Maree
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Characteristics, properties and limitations of per‐ or polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and fluoropolymers

Polymer International, EarlyView.
An overview and categorization of man‐made per‐ or polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) including low‐molar‐mass and high‐molar‐mass fluorochemicals, and their international regulations is presented. Though certain PFASs are toxic, bioaccumulative and cross the human cellular membranes, others, such as fluoropolymers, are safe, reliable and involved in ...
Bruno Améduri
wiley   +1 more source

Awareness analysis via Weibo social media data of major fire disasters

Journal of Safety Science and Resilience
Fire, a globally significant hazard, has a detrimental impact on lives, property, and socio-economic development. Public attention to fires is crucial for building fire safety under the current disaster-driven regulation development.
Xiaoyu Sun, Yifei Ding, Zhichao He, Xinyan Huang   +3 more
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Factors Associated with Structure Loss in the 2013–2018 California Wildfires

Fire, 2019
Tens of thousands of structures and hundreds of human lives have been lost in recent fire events throughout California. Given the potential for these types of wildfires to continue, the need to understand why and how structures are being destroyed has ...
Alexandra D. Syphard, Jon E. Keeley
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