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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Fire prevention"”.
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Examining the value of fire prevention inspections in commercial occupancies
… paper will evaluate the value of conducting fire prevention inspections within the commercial occupancy and the associated reduction in the occurrence of fires. While the fire problem within the United States has experienced a decline in the number of fires and fire related injuries, the …
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Fire prevention and risk aversion among informal urban dwellers in Cape Town
… attempts to provide experimental evidence on fire prevention and risk aversion among urban informal settlers using lottery choice data with real monetary prizes. The paper estimates the risk attitudes of a sample of 174 individuals from an informal housing development in Cape Town. The …
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Fire prevention and fire insurance practices in third class city school districts of Kansas
Thesis (M.S.Ed.)--University of Kansas, Education, 1930.
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A system theoretic safety analysis of friendly fire prevention in ground based missile systems
… of accident causation to analyze a friendly fire accident that occurred on 22 March 03 between a British Tornado aircraft and a US Patriot Missile battery. This causation model analyzes system constraints, control loops, and process models to identify inadequate control structures leading to …
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Smallholder Fire Prevention and Burning Activities Under the Threat of Accidental Fire: A Household Model Application from the Tapajós National Forest in the State of Pará, Brazil
Land-clearing fires set by settlers in the Brazilian Amazon give rise to large scale wildfires that threaten mature forests, agricultural plantations, and settlement areas. Our purpose is to examine labor devoted to fire prevention (firebreak establishment) and burning for crop production for …
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Phase-based soil moisture sensing using radars and passive backscatter tags
… to optimize water usage in agriculture and fire prevention. In agriculture, it enables smart irrigation systems to use water efficiently, reduce wastage, and enhance crop yields. For fire prevention, accurate soil moisture data improves estimates of fuel moisture levels, and helps to raise …
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Multi-attribute evaluation of materials for shielding enclosures subjected to a marine environment
… the design must accommodate the structural, fire prevention/control, signature, ballistics, and weight requirements which have been developed for the composite mast. Some preliminary work has ready been done by NSWCDD and other supporting organizations. Studies to determine the …
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Smokey the ‘Praying’ Bear: Changing Cultural Attitudes Towards Nature in America During the Postwar Era, 1948 - 1958
… He is featured in all forms of media, and his fire prevention message, “Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires,” is taught in classrooms across the nation. Since his creation in 1944, Smokey Bear taught culturally relevant messages to the American public about the protection of nature. This study …
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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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Private Property Owner Regard of Hazard Fuel Mitigation in the Wildland Urban Interface
… and justifications for implementing, or not, the fire prevention effort of hazard fuel mitigation. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with 42 property owners in the forest proximate community of Seeley Lake, Montana. Using an interpretive approach and grounded theory methodology, …
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Private Property Owner Regard of Hazard Fuel Mitigation in the Wildland Urban Interface
… and justifications for implementing, or not, the fire prevention effort of hazard fuel mitigation. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with 42 property owners in the forest proximate community of Seeley Lake, Montana. Using an interpretive approach and grounded theory methodology, …
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Towards a comprehensive understanding of human behaviour in dwelling fires
… looks at human behaviour in accidental dwelling fires (ADFs), specifically the behaviours and motivations of those who survive fires in low-rise dwellings. Human behaviour in fire is a well-established subject area, but the primary research focus has been on behaviour in public, commercial and …
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A profile of burn injuries among children aged 0-12 years at the Black Lion hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (1996-2001)
… One possible reason could be that burn injury prevention were not given as much attention as infectious diseases such as leprosy, and tuberculosis (TB). The purpose of the study was to compile a profile of burn injuries among children aged 0-12 years, who were treated at the Black Lion Hospital …
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A risk-based fire and rescue management system
This PhD focuses on developing a risk-based fire and rescue model for dwelling fires which importantly, is where most fire deaths occur each year. There are a vast number of variables to consider when modelling dwellings, for example variations will arise in terms of geographical location, fire …
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The relationship between the Massachusetts' building code and construction cost escalation
… include increased seismic requirements, improved fire prevention, and the energy stretch code. However, code changes are rarely included in the industry discussion when trying to explain rising costs. According to The Greater Boston Housing Report Card from 2015, "... the cost of developing urban …
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Determining the Administrative Support and Professional Development Needs of Contract Instructors at a Civilian Federal Training Agency
… these federal agency contractors. The National Fire Academy's mission is to promote the professional development of those fire personnel engaged in fire suppression, fire prevention, and allied functions. Each year approximately 3000 resident students complete a variety of two week training …
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Transformation towards a more sustainable agricultural system in Indonesia: Empirical essays on the role of information and endorsement
… behaviour and encouraging the disadoption of fire as an agricultural practice, thereby preventing forest fires. The paper analyses the impact of a fatwa (an Islamic religious ruling) on reducing fire incidence in Indonesia. Results indicate that fire incidence decreased in Muslim majority …
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Operating room fire management simulation and instructional video
… of this project is to develop an intraoperative fire HFS and best practices video.
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Project of the sharing economy in lodging in Tokyo and NYC
… locks, key delivery methods, room locks, fire alarms and detectors, fire prevention facilities, security systems and detection methods for privacy invention such as hidden cameras) The potential architectures are created by combining the options in the 10 factors. We create more than …
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A comparative study of the effectiveness and efficiency of integrated and non-integrated industrial security organizations
Thesis (M.S.)--Michigan State University of Agriculture and Applied Science. School of Police Administration and Public Safety, 1964
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