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Volunteer Firefighting
… participant observation, I examined volunteer firefighting, an embattled form of voluntarism that remains essential in America's smaller communities. The firefighters provided insights about their work, the organization and social structure of their department, and how they manage these along …
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Probabilistic Firefighting on the Integer Lattice
In this paper we examine the firefighting problem of graph theory and extend results to setups where firefighters (and then fires) come according to random sequences of coin flips. To solve the problem, we find it helpful to extend firefighting to directed graphs. We answer questions about the …
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Economic Welfare Of Firefighting Service In Detroit
<p>Chapter 1 is concerned with the effect of public fire service quality on individual utility. I develop a theoretical model to account for fire risk as a function of socio-economic, housing, and spatial factors. I review relevant literature on certain inherent public fire service issues regarding …
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Factors Affecting Fuel Transport of Firefighting Foam
Aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) used for fuel firefighting contains polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) that have been identified as environmentally persistent and bioaccumulative resulting in phase out of AFFF. Currently, there are no environmentally friendly foams available that can perform at the …
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'Burning Issues': Incarcerated Firefighting Programs in the U.S.
… billion -- the U.S. will have a growing need for firefighting labor. Meanwhile, the federal government is struggling to hire enough firefighters to meet the demand. Though numerous variables contribute to the creation, maintenance, and size of incarcerated firefighting programs, increasing and …
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Battery Management Systems for Firefighting Robots Using Simulation Modeling
<p>The battery management systems for firefighting robots are intended to enable firefighting robots to increase operating time and to effectively extinguish a fire while managing the amount of water in a fire hose and cooperating sub-robots. To increase the operating time by managing the traction …
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Autonomous Fire Suppression Using Feedback Control for Robotic Firefighting
… are being considered as a support tool is in firefighting operations to reduce the number of firefighter injuries and deaths. One such application is to increase firefighting performance through localized fire suppression. This research focused on developing an autonomous suppression system …
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Examining the effectiveness of online wildland firefighting education for structural firefighters
… whether the use of this online wildland firefighting education improves the relationship between structural fire departments in Tennessee and the State of Tennessee Division of Forestry. </p> <p>A mail survey of all 727 fire departments within Tennessee was administered through a …
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‘Firefighting’ within the U.S. Coast Guard’s Shore Infrastructure Capital Investment Program
… operates in crisis mode, also referred to as firefighting, and cannot develop projects as effectively and efficiently as it should. This proposal is supported by evidence derived from recent U.S. Coast Guard (CG) and U.S. Navy (USN) project studies, subject matter and organization expertise. …
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Development of Tools for Conceptual Design of a Wildland Firefighting UAV
… of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in wildland firefighting center around mapping, scouting, and firing operations. These operations and additional operations are often held back by lack of range and lift capacity of current UAV options. Software design tools were developed in this research to …
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The development of a curriculum for a course in basic firefighting technology
The lack of a current fire technology training program limits the employment possibilities of Inland Empire Job Corps Center trainees. The fire technology curriculum will provide Job Corps trainees with one more valuable skill to aid to their goal to gain and maintain meaningful employment after …
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The development of a curriculum for a course in basic firefighting technology
The lack of a current fire technology training program limits the employment possibilities of Inland Empire Job Corps Center trainees. The fire technology curriculum will provide Job Corps trainees with one more valuable skill to aid to their goal to gain and maintain meaningful employment after …
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A system dynamics view of project management firefighting at a startup company
Fire fighting in project management is the unplanned allocation of resources to either fix problems or speed completion of a project. In a startup company environment, fire fighting oftentimes becomes the norm rather than the exception despite the best efforts to eliminate it. In particular, there …
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Autonomous Navigation, Perception and Probabilistic Fire Location for an Intelligent Firefighting Robot
Firefighting robots are actively being researched to reduce firefighter injuries and deaths as well as increase their effectiveness on performing tasks. There has been difficulty in developing firefighting robots that autonomously locate a fire inside of a structure that is not in the direct robot …
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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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Obstacle crossing behaviors in firefighters: effects of personal protective equipment and firefighter activity
Firefighting is an inherently dangerous occupation in which intrinsic hazards such as fatigue from physical exertion as well as extrinsic obstacles are commonly encountered. These hazards can lead to slip, trip, and fall (STF) related injuries, which constitute a large portion of annual severe …
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Analysis of fatigue in firefighters: foot clearances over stair edges and validation of a novel means for metabolic data collection
Firefighting is a physically challenging occupation which demands high levels of energy exertion and can result in high levels of fatigue. The combination of slip, trip, and fall injuries with those caused by overexertion comprise a significant number of total firefighter injuries each year. To …
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