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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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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 +29 more
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A Scoping Review and Bibliometric Analysis on Smart Firefighting in Buildings and Infrastructures
Fire and Materials, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Smart Firefighting is a concept that has emerged within the fire engineering and fire science disciplines in recent years. It can enable informed decision making and improved fire safety. However, its scope, definition, outcomes, and value to emergency management remain unclear. To investigate this, a scoping review and a bibliometric analysis
José Antonio Morales Mere +2 more
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“Always Ready for any Sticky Job”: The Canadian Corps of (Civilian) Firefighters in the Second World War [PDF]
, 2012 The Canadian Corps of (Civilian) Firefighters was created. In 1942 to assist the British National Fire Service (NFS) in fighting fires caused by German bombings.
Hart, Keith
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Vision-Based Fuzzy 2D Motion Control of a Model Helicopter [PDF]
, 2006 ©2006 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. However, permission to reprint/republish this material for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new collective works for resale or distribution to servers or lists, or to reuse any ...
Demirli, K. +2 more
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Optimization of Water Tank Shape in Terms of Firefighting Vehicle Stability
Applied System InnovationIn this work we present the shape optimization of a 2000 L water tank placed behind the rear axle of a forestry skidder. The main criterion is the static stability of the vehicle. The purpose of the research is to decrease the impact of the tank on stability of the vehicle.
Jaroslav Matej, Michaela Hnilicová
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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 +3 more
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Assistance to Firefighters Program: Distribution of Fire Grant Funding [PDF]
, 2019 [Excerpt] Firefighting activities are traditionally the responsibility of states and local communities. As such, funding for firefighters is provided mostly by state and local governments.
Congressional Research Service
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A mixed integer programming approach for asset protection during escaped wildfires [PDF]
, 2015 Incident management teams (IMTs) are responsible for managing the response to wildfires. One of the objectives of IMTs is the protection of assets and infrastructure. In this paper, we develop a mathematical model to assist IMTs in assigning resources to
Hearne, J +3 more
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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
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