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Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response: The SAFER Grant Program [PDF]
, 2008 [Excerpt] In response to concerns over the adequacy of firefighter staffing, the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Act—popularly called the “SAFER Act”—was enacted by the 108th Congress as Section 1057 of the FY2004 National Defense ...
Kruger, Lennard G
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Droplet, Volume 5, Issue 1, January 2026.Engineered topologies surfaces with special wettability are promising for their ability to precisely customize wetting behaviors and incorporate versatile functionalities, setting them apart from randomly structured surfaces. However, robustness and durability have been hurdles to their broad application.
Sin‐Yung Siu +6 more
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Cities and Drones: What Cities Need to Know about Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) [PDF]
, 2016 NLC's municipal guide, Cities and Drones, is designed to serve as a primer on drones for local officials, providing insight into the recently released federal rules relating to drone operation, as well as offering suggestions for how local governments ...
Elias Stahl +2 more
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Predictive Understanding of Wildfire Ignitions Across the Western United States
Earth's Future, Volume 14, Issue 1, January 2026.Abstract Wildfires have increasingly affected human and natural systems across the western United States (WUS) in recent decades. Given that the majority of ignitions are human‐caused and potentially preventable, improving the ability to predict fire occurrence is critical for effective wildfire prevention and risk mitigation.
Yavar Pourmohamad +8 more
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Using of transportation network model to estimate travelled time and distance for ground access to a forest fire [PDF]
Вопросы лесной науки, 2019 Paper presents research results on an experimental forest fire transportation model which is used to build the shortest access routes from the fire stations to the forest fires on the ground for the firefighting trucks.
E.S. Podolskaia +4 more
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Vulnerable knowledge: responding to the uncertainties of climate change‐related disaster
Disasters, Volume 50, Issue 1, January 2026.Abstract This paper uses uncertainty generated by environmental change and climate crisis as a prompt to rethink the concept of vulnerability within disaster studies. Where some have sought to recover a latent political potential in vulnerability, a togetherness founded in the disclosure of insecurities to others, we argue that there is value in ...
James M. White +2 more
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Integrating Composite Materials Throughout the Military Sector: A Review
Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.Composite materials have attracted considerable attention in the defense industry owing to their distinctive properties and wide‐ranging applications. This systematic review examines the current research landscape and recent advancements in the application of composite materials for defense purposes.
Mikru Birhan +4 more
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Forest Fires in Europe Middle East and North Africa 2013 [PDF]
, 2014 This is the 14th “Forest Fires in Europe” report published by the European Commission. The report contains a summary of the 2013 fire season in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa with official statistics on the number of fires and burnt areas ...
BOCA Roberto +10 more
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Optimal Quota for Trip Reservation at Key Corridors of Urban Road Networks
Journal of Advanced Transportation, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.To alleviate expressway congestion caused by excessive private vehicle use, trip reservation has emerged as a proactive traffic management strategy. However, when too many vehicles are admitted within the same time window, the travel efficiency of reservation users deteriorates, compromising the strategy’s effectiveness.
Shumin Yang +3 more
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Prototyping a System for Truck Differential Lock Control
Sensors, 2019 The article deals with the development of a mechatronic system for locking vehicle differentials. An important benefit of this system is that it prevents the jamming of the vehicle in difficult adhesion conditions.
Pavel Kučera, Václav Píštěk
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