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Rural Arson Control Study
(Paperback)
Us Fire Administration; Edited by International Association of Fire Chiefs; Federal Emergency Management Agen
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R369
Discovery Miles 3 690
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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To develop a clear picture of the specific requirements of the
rural arson control system, the IAFC conducted in-depth case
studies of these systems in four rural counties. The results from
visits to rural arson control programs in seven states are
incorporated in this report..
Tests were conducted to assess the performance of various
residential smoke alarms to kitchen fires and nuisance alarm
cooking scenarios. A test structure representing a kitchen, living
room and hallway was constructed to conduct the tests. Eight
different residential smoke alarms types, two photoelectric models,
two ionization models, two dual sensor models, and two
multi-sensor, intelligent models were used in this study. The data
gathered provided insight into the susceptibility of alarm
activation from exposures to typical cooking events and alarm times
for actual kitchen fires. The effects on the type of alarm, and its
distance from the cooking activity or fire were examined.
Combustible materials typically found on a counter top can spread
flames to overhead cabinets, and a single empty 0.6 m wide 1.0 m
tall cabinet can produce a peak heat release rate nearly sufficient
to flashover a small room. A protective metal barrier on the bottom
and side facing the range tended to limit the spread of flames to
the cabinet and reduce the heat release rate. All smoke alarms
responded before hazardous conditions developed. The I1 alarm
tended to respond first at a given location. Results show smoke
alarms placed at the furthest location may provide less than 120 s
of available safe egress time, which suggests a more central alarm
location closer to the kitchen for this configuration. Ten cooking
activities were examined to determine an alarm s propensity to
activate to cooking aerosols. In most cases, the propensity to
nuisance alarm decreased as the distance from the cooking source
increased. Alarms that rely on sensitive ionization chambers (here
I1 and D2) experience more nuisance alarm activations across all
cooking activities and locations. All alarms except I1 and D2
experienced about the same nuisance alarm frequency across all
cooking activities for locations outside the kitchen.
This Orientation Manual provides practical information: both rescue
techniques, and preparedness information for the first responder
who will encounter people with visible and non-visible disabilities
through their work. This publication can assist first responders in
advance or make critical emergency decisions. This publication will
help first responders to confidently work with the disability
community toward the goal of protecting and saving lives and
minimizing trauma.
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) agencies regardless of service
delivery model have sought guidance on how to better integrate
their emergency preparedness and response activities into similar
processes occurring at the local, regional, State, tribal, and
Federal levels. This primary purpose of this project is to begin
the process of providing that guidance as it relates to mass care
incident deployment.
As part of the second needs assessment of the U.S. fire service, a
rough comparison was made between needs reported in the first needs
assessment survey and resources requested and granted to the same
fire departments in 2001-2004 under the Assistance to Firefighters
Grant program.
This incident highlights the need for the recognition of the
dangers of oxygen-limiting silos regardless of their use and
setting. Other issues identified are the need for a hazard and risk
assessment process in decisionmaking on the fireground, the
importance of site control and accountability, the need for group
training in technical rescue operations, the coordination of
non-fire department resources and the role of emergency management
personnel fulfilling an active role in a unified command structure.
This report continues a series of annual studies by the USFA of
on-duty firefighter fatalities in the United States. The USFA is
the single public agency source of information for all on-duty
firefighter fatalities in the United States each year. The unique
and specific objective of this study is to identify all on-duty
firefighter fatalities that occurred in the United States and its
protectorates in 2001, and to present in summary form the
circumstances surrounding each occurrence. The study is intended to
help identify approaches that could reduce the number of
firefighter deaths in future years. In addition to the 2001 overall
findings, this study includes assessments of trends over the past 6
years, as well as special analysis on actions that can immediately
impact cardiac health and firefighter safety during emergency
operations.
This report continues a series of annual studies by the USFA of
on-duty firefighter fatalities in the United States. The USFA is
the single public agency source of information for all on-duty
firefighter fatalities in the United States each year. The unique
and specific objective of this study is to identify all on-duty
firefighter fatalities that occurred in the United States and its
protectorates in 1996, and to present in summary form the
circumstances surrounding each occurrence. The study is intended to
help identify approaches that could reduce the number of
firefighter deaths in future years. In addition to the 1996 overall
findings, this study includes special analyses on violent
firefighter deaths, physical fitness and its relation to
firefighter deaths, and vehicle accidents.
The specific objective of this study was to identify all of the
on-duty firefighter fatalities that occurred in the United States
in 1995, and to analyze the circumstances surrounding each
occurrence. The study is intended to help identify approaches that
could reduce the number of deaths in future years. In addition to
the 1995 findings, this study includes a special analysis of the
use of personal alert safety devices at fatal structure fires and a
special report on several fatalities that occurred during technical
rescue operations.
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Fire and the Older Adult
(Paperback)
Us Fire Administration, National Fire Data Center, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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R458
Discovery Miles 4 580
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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This report delineates the fire risk factors and presents the
statistics regarding the fire problem among the elderly in the
United States.
March 1987 8 1/2 This body of work provides detailed information on
the nature of the fire problem for policymakers who must decide on
allocations of resources between fire and other pressing problems,
and within the fire service to improve codes and code enforcement,
training, public fire education, building technology, and other
related area
This guide outlines the essentials for establishing an arson strike
force. It begins with a definition of the concept, presents a brief
description of how such a unit might respond to an incident,
proceeds through the planning steps for single and
multi-jurisdictional strike forces, and outlines key elements in
their organization and management.
This document discusses emergent health and safety issues for the
volunteer fire and emergency services
The purpose of this report is to identify practices that have the
potential to decrease the risk, as well as to reduce the number of
injuries and deaths that occur while responding to and returning
from incidents.
This body of work provides detailed information on the nature of
the fire problem for policymakers who must decide on allocations of
resources between fire and other pressing problems, and within the
fire service to improve codes and code enforcement, training,
public fire education, building technology, and other related
areas.
The purpose of this U.S. Fire Administration special report is to
document the problem of older children who set fires resulting in
serious or potentially serious consequences. The report also
examines the factors that commonly are associated with intentional
firesetting by teenagers and discusses a number of community
programs that intervene to control arson.
This document is intended to provide concise practical and
technical guidance on arson prosecution. It draws heavily on state
arson prosecutors' guides and other literature, and on
presentations made at the first in a series of conferences for
arson prosecutors at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in
Clynco, Georgia in November 1985. This document also contains a
guide to key literature on arson prosecution. This guide, found in
Appendix A, suggests specific readings for prosecutors desiring
additional information on the topics discussed in this document.
Full citations to materials cited in the text and in the guide to
sources by topic may be found in the references at the end of the
report.
This report compiles the best practices and common problems of fire
protection and criminal justice agencies in identifying,
investigating, prosecuting, and preventing arson. Trends, current
challenges, and best practices are discussed.
This body of work provides detailed information on the nature of
the fire problem for policymakers who must decide on allocations of
resources between fire and other pressing problems, and within the
fire service to improve codes and code enforcement, training,
public fire education, building technology, and other related
areas.
The purpose of this report is to update calculations, originally
performed in 1993, that predict the downwind extent of smoke
particulate from hypothetical in situ burns of spilled crude oil in
Alaska. The reason for the update is that the National Ambient Air
Quality Standards (NAAQS) have changed since 1993. These standards
formed the basis for establishing, safe distances for separating
potential burning sites from populated areas in Alaska."
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