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Books > Professional & Technical > Civil engineering, surveying & building > Building construction & materials > Fire protection & safety
'A great cast of characters, a riveting storyline, a nail-biting
climax' Valerie Keogh 'By page 3 I was hooked. By the end I was
addicted' Owen MullenA city on fire. A killer who can't be stopped.
Who will be next? When two teenagers are found dead in a fire, DI
Laura Henshall and DS Will Peters are called in to investigate.
They believe it was a revenge attack gone wrong. But soon fires are
cropping up everywhere, and the police suspect they're dealing with
something much bigger . . . something that could bring the city to
its knees. With time running out, can the detectives find the
arsonists before the city goes up in flames? What readers are
saying about Anita Waller: 'I was completely hooked' 'She just gets
better . . . An absolutely fabulous read' 'Grabs you from page one'
'Absolutely phenomenal' 'A cracking good read' 'Honestly, I cannot
get enough of this author'
During emergency situations, society relies upon the efficient
response time and effective services of emergency facilities that
include fire departments, law enforcement, search and rescue, and
emergency medical services (EMS). As such, it is imperative that
emergency crews are outfitted with technologies that can cut
response time and can also predict where such events may occur and
prevent them from happening. The safety of first responders is also
of paramount concern. New tools can be implemented to map areas of
vulnerability for emergency responders, and new strategies can be
devised in their training to ensure that they are conditioned to
respond efficiently to an emergency and also conscious of best
safety protocols. Improving the Safety and Efficiency of Emergency
Services: Emerging Tools and Technologies for First Responders
addresses the latest tools that can support first responders in
their ultimate goal: delivering their patients to safety. It also
explores how new techniques and devices can support first
responders in their work by addressing their safety, alerting them
to accidents in real time, connecting them with medical experts to
improve the chances of survival of critical patients, predicting
criminal and terrorist activity, locating missing persons, and
allocating resources. Highlighting a range of topics such as crisis
management, medical/fire emergency warning systems, and predictive
policing technologies, this publication is an ideal reference
source for law enforcement, emergency professionals, medical
professionals, EMTs, fire departments, government officials,
policymakers, IT consultants, technology developers, academicians,
researchers, and students.
To understand the catastrophic processes of forest fire danger,
different deterministic, probabilistic, and empiric models must be
used. Simulating various surface and crown forest fires using
predictive information technology could lead to the improvement of
existing systems and the examination of the ecological and economic
effects of forest fires in other countries. Predicting, Monitoring,
and Assessing Forest Fire Dangers and Risks provides innovative
insights into forestry management and fire statistics. The content
within this publication examines climate change, thermal radiation,
and remote sensing. It is designed for fire investigators, forestry
technicians, emergency managers, fire and rescue specialists,
professionals, researchers, meteorologists, computer engineers,
academicians, and students invested in topics centered around
providing conjugate information on forest fire danger and risk.
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