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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Fire stations"”.
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A methodology for locating fire stations at airports
… determine the locations of the fewest number of fire stations at an airport such that two guidelines, recommended to the Federal Aviation Administration, are met. The first guideline stipulates that airport fire vehicles must be capable of reaching any potential crash site on the runway system …
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Achieving integrated resilience to Coastal Flooding on the Military Installations and Surrounding Communities on the U.S. East Coast
… aging critical infrastructure such as airports, fire stations, schools, roads, bridges, and levees that exacerbate flood impacts. An often-overlooked aspect of critical infrastructure in coastal research is military installations and surrounding communities, which often share the same flood risks …
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Problems in Supply Chain Location and Inventory under Uncertainty
… The models are used to analyze the location of fire stations in the city of Toronto. Using real traffic data we show that the current system design is quite far from optimality and provide recommendations for improving the performance. In Chapter 4, we continue our analysis in Chapter 3 to study …
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Barriers to Implementation of Workplace Wellness Programs in Career Fire Service Organizations: An Exploratory Qualitative Study
Firefighter wellness has become a concern across the country, in large part because a combination of poor fitness levels, excess weight, and a high-intensity work environment contributes to chronic illness as well as line-of-duty deaths. Workplace wellness programs are effective in career fire …
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An Educational Module To Improve Pre-Hospital Stroke Assessment: Stroke Mimics And The Field Assessment Stroke Triage For Emergency Destination (fast-Ed) Scale
… the delivery method. Three Western Massachusetts fire departments participated in the Beta Test which included the module presentation with pre and post-tests. Two of the departments participated in post-module focus groups for feedback. </p> <p>Results: Fifty-six paramedics from three fire …
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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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Materials and Imagination: A Building of Fire and Water
… the relationship between man and the elements, fire and water, this project further develops these ideas by way of the imagination. Man's attempt to form further connections with these elements is often seen as an act of humanization. It is, however, these investigations that allow for such …
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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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Expert knowledge elicitation in the firefighting domain and the implications for training novices
Background/Purpose: Experienced fireground commanders are often required to make important decisions in time-pressured and dynamic environments that are characterized by a wide range of task constraints. The nature of these environments is such that firefighters are sometimes faced with novel …
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The Effect of Fire Officials' Shift Work and Job Stress on Fatigue
… study was conducted to investigate what effect fire officials' shift work and job stress on fatigue. For that, 473 structuralized questionnaires were administered to the entire fire officials in Yongsan Fire Station including the field firemen working on a two-shift basis and daytime-only fire …
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The development of novel tools for the assessment of UK firefighter nutritional status for use in a multi-component worksite nutrition intervention programme
Firefighters are at elevated risk of cardiovascular disease and myocardial infarction. Overweight and obesity prevalence in this occupational group may be greater than in the general population. This is the first nutrition-based study for UK firefighters, involving 28 fire stations and 575 …
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Reliable design of interdependent service facility systems under correlated disruption risks
… public facilities, e.g., hospitals, schools, fire stations, to provide public services; retail companies determine the locations of their warehouses and stores to provide business. The design of such facility systems involves considerations of investment of facility construction and …