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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Fire Brigade"”.
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Factors limiting Lusaka city council from effectively delivering fire and rescue services: a case of Lusaka fire brigade unit.
The Provision of Fire and Rescue Services in Zambia is offered by the Fire Authorities under the Ministry of Local Government. Firefighting is the act of attempting to prevent the spread of fire and extinguish significant unwanted fires in buildings, vehicles, woodlands, among others. The …
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Rights and Equal Access of Women in Employment in Public Sectors. Case of Fire Brigade Unit of the Ministry of Home Affairs in Tanzania
… in public sectors. Thirty members of the Fire Brigade Headquarter in Dar es Salaam were identified for the study using simple random sampling. Multiple methods were used for data collection, namely structured questionnaires where by questions were given to the respondents to respond in …
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Risk Factors and Incidence of Residential Fire Experiences Reported Retrospectively
The frequency of all residential fires that are attended by the Melbourne Metropolitan Fire Brigade is routinely recorded and hence well known. However, the frequency of residential fires which are not attended, including instances where the occupant of a dwelling has extinguished the fire or the …
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Demand for Extinguishing Media in Manual Fire Fighting
… and intervention planning are important in fire prevention and risk management strategies. This study has shown that it is possible to use fire safety engineering models to estimate the development of fires on a realistic scale, and the corresponding requirement for extinguishing media. Data …
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Communication processes in the Hellenic fire corps: a comparative perspective
… in a front-line, emergency service – the fire brigade – in Greece, Germany and Britain. It is designed to identify the problems in the communication conduct among fire-fighters during emergency responses, to examine the causes of these problems and to suggest ways to overcome them that …
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Prediction of water droplet behaviour during fire extinguishment
Sprinklers have been used in fire suppression for about 100 years. Even though their design has changed from simple perforated pipes to sophisticated automatic systems of mist and sprinkler nozzles, still they play the same role - they dramatically reduce death and injuries due to fire, as well as …
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Integrated probabilistic risk assessment (I-PRA) methodology and computational platform for fire PRA of nuclear power plants
… focuses on the risk assessment for internal fires and makes the following methodological and practical contributions: 1. Develops an I-PRA methodological framework for Fire PRA: a. Provides a unified, multi-level probabilistic integration starting with the underlying failure mechanisms, …
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The impact of change on corporate service staff in a public safety agency
The Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB) Melbourne, is at the crossroads. Change is sweeping the economic and political environment within which international fire services operate. The MFB is not insulated from this change. Unless alternative productivity strategies can be achieved, the emergency …
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Assessment and Learning: A conversational exploration of the relationship between the assessment of managers and their learning
… in this study are all employees of the London Fire Brigade and the assessment that they undertook were administered as part of the selection and development activities provided by that organisation. The purpose of the research was to examine how being assessed affected their learning and the …
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Calculation of smoke ventilation in building fires including atriums
… heat and toxic gases are produced in a building fire. Due to air entrainment into the fire plume, an increasing volume of smoke is generated and spreads throughout the upper layer. The smoke forms a layer which deepens, filling the compartment while simultaneously reducing the visibility, risking …
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Cape Town Central Fire Station
The fire service is unique in providing for the whole community a form of protection that is beneficial to all. It does not serve any one group of people to the detriment of others, nor can it be manipulated to further political ends. It is an organisation with a highly developed sense of honour, …
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Transmission of image data over digital networks involving mobile terminals
… the service industries such as the Police force, Fire brigade, medical services and other services. These services cannot be applied directly to mobile terminals because of the limited capacity of the mobile channels and the transmission errors caused by the multipath (Rayleigh) fading. In this …
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Fire Simulation Cost Reduction for Improved Safety and Response for Underground Spaces
… have been made in the advancement of mine fire knowledge since the 1909 Cherry Mine Fire Disaster, one of the worst in U.S. history. However, fire hazards remain omnipresent in underground coal mines in the U.S. and around the world. A precise fire numerical analysis (simulation) before any …
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The political and cultural dynamics of University Asylum Law in Greece
… It prohibits any state authority whether police, fire-brigade or army from entering university premises without the express permission of the university authorities or exceptionally in life threatening situations. As a result for the last twenty years in Greece, university campuses have been …