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Spatial Resilience to Wildfires through the Optimal Deployment of Firefighting Resources: Impact of Topography on Initial Attack Effectiveness

open access: yesInternational Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 2023
Strongly affected by the escalating impacts of climate change, wildfires have been increasing in frequency and severity around the world. The primary aim of this study was the development of specific territorial measures—estimating the optimal locations ...
Stavros Sakellariou   +3 more
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VALUATION OF RECORDS FROM DRIVING DYNAMICS TESTING ON TRAINING POLYGONS

open access: yesTransactions of the VŠB: Technical University of Ostrava, Safety Engineering Series, 2022
The paper briefly informs about the content, procedures and objectives of the student grant competition project (ID No. SP2021/58) entitled “Verification of driving characteristics of water tender type firefighting vehicles” (Šudrychová et al., 2022). It
Ladislav JÁNOŠÍK   +6 more
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The causes and responses to cargo hold fire accidents in RoRo ships using AcciMap

open access: yesJournal of International Maritime Safety, Environmental Affairs, and Shipping, 2023
The recent string of cargo hold fire incidents on RoRo ships represents one of the most challenging types of ship fire accidents. The densely stowed vehicle cargo loading structure and large volume of RoRo ship cargo holds are factors that complicate ...
Kyunghwan Kim, Hyeonmin Jeon
doaj   +1 more source

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

open access: yes, 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   +4 more
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Testing the Fire Safety of Electric Vehicles [PDF]

open access: yesSafety & Fire Technology, 2023
Aim: The aim of the article is to discuss, using literature on the subject, the results of scientific research and fire tests devoted to lithium-ion batteries and electric-powered vehicles, as well as various methods and techniques for extinguishing them.
Ilona Majka, Jacek Zboina
doaj   +1 more source

Theoretical Calculations of Economic Life of Firefighting Appliances Based on Chassis Tatra in the South Moravian Region

open access: yesCommunications, 2018
This paper is focused on the evaluation of economic data obtained from operational records of firefighting equipment with a focus on firefighting and rescue appliances, especially on exit vehicles based on the chassis CAS 20 - TATRA T815-231R55 18 325 ...
Ladislav Janosik   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Important Parameters and Settings in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) in Operational Work of the Fire Brigade

open access: yesSafety & Fire Technology, 2021
Aim: The article presents a set of parameters and settings for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), which is crucial in the operational work of the fire brigade and its importance for the quality of the final material obtained from an RGB camera or a thermal
Maciej Zawistowski, Radosław Fellner
doaj   +1 more source

Drone Swarms in Fire Suppression Activities: A Conceptual Framework

open access: yesDrones, 2021
The recent huge technological development of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can provide breakthrough means of fighting wildland fires. We propose an innovative forest firefighting system based on the use of a swarm of hundreds of UAVs able to generate a
Elena Ausonio   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Embedded System Vehicle Based on Multi-Sensor Fusion

open access: yesIEEE Access, 2023
As intelligent driving vehicles came out of concept into people’s life, the combination of safe driving and artificial intelligence becomes the new direction of future transportation development.
Rui Tong   +4 more
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