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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Fire Services"”.
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The Art Of Collaboration: Interlocal Collaboration In The Provision Of Fire Services In The Metropolitan Detroit Area
… local governments each providing various public services. The movement toward city-county consolidation has frequently been defeated at the polls. Frederickson (1999) argues that metropolitan areas have become so fragmented in their approach to service delivery that they constitute what he …
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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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A study ofTraumaPatient's Characteristics Transportedby Helicopterand Appropriacy of Helicopter Transportation
… Emergency Management Agency and Gyeonggi-do Fire Services from April 2011 to April 2013 were identified by review of their medical records. Data collected for each patient included age, gender, mechanism of injury with or without the medical staff onboard, Glasgow Coma Scale(GCS), Glasgow …
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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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The use of flying-squads in the operation of municipal fire suppression activities
… with the use of "Flying squads" in municipal fire departments. Specifically, the research effort involves development of a mathematical model and solution procedure for the optimum use of flying squads as manpower transport vehicles. The exact problem considered in this thesis is that of …
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Wildfire Risk Assessment Using Convolutional Neural Networks and Modis Climate Data
<p>Wildfires burn millions of acres of land each year leading to the destruction of homes and wildland ecosystems while costing governments billions in funding. As climate change intensifies drought volatility across the Western United States, wildfires are likely to become increasingly severe. …
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An evaluation on the impact of reducing central government grants on solid waste management: A case study of Kabwe Municipal Council
… its capacity to provide solid waste management services. The study was descriptive and both qualitative and quantitative research approaches were used. The sample size of the study was 150 respondents drawn from the Council, Local residents and the manufacturing companies within Kabwe. Both …
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An evaluation on the impact of reducing central government grants on solid waste management: A case study of Kabwe Municipal Council
… its capacity to provide solid waste management services. The study was descriptive and both qualitative and quantitative research approaches were used. The sample size of the study was 150 respondents drawn from the Council, Local residents and the manufacturing companies within Kabwe. Both …
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An exploration of the basis of calculation of 'standards of fire cover' in member states of the European Union and the potential for a rational economic model
… capable of being used to harmonise standards of fire cover within the EU. The model had to take into account social, humanitarian, economic and environmental factors and the built environment in determining an appropriate emergency response by fire brigades to rescues, fires and contamination of …
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"Digital Forensics is the newest, most troublesome forensic discipline": The Use of Digital Forensics in the Investigation and Prosecution of Major Crime in England and Wales
… His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire Services, 2022). Despite this, no research to date has focused exclusively on the entire life cycle of digital data from crime scene to court in a major crime investigation. The existing body of academic literature is focused on specific parts …
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Municipal Governance and Financial Health: An Analysis of the Institutional Structures of California Cities
… and cities that contract for public safety services will demonstrate stronger fiscal health compared to their general law, mayor-council, and full-service counterparts.</p> <p>To test these hypotheses, an ordinary least squares regression analysis is conducted to evaluate the relationship …
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From Crash to Care: A Road Towards Improved Safety and Efficiency of Emergency Medical Response
… The first area pertained to emergency medical services (EMS) transportation, which can include responding to and transporting patients from an MVC. Through the analysis of the national EMS Information System database, an existing light vehicle naturalistic driving study, and a pilot …
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Enhancing practice in safety management: a 35-year personal and professional journey
… Dragons’ Den. For the first time outside of the fire services and emergency sector, the public works (Asbury and Jacobs, 2014) connected strategic risk assessment (SRA), with predictive risk assessment (PRA) and dynamic risk assessment (DRA) in the 3-Level Risk Management Model. In the UK, the …