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A Comparative Study of Three Municipal Fire Departments: An Organizational Analysis
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The Impact of Compliance with a Certified Accreditation Standard for Municipal Fire Departments
… public administrators serving in municipal fire departments in making the complex decision to pursue agency accreditation. The research finds that very little information is available to administrators that details the impacts accreditation has on a municipal fire department. The research …
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OVERCOMING IMPLEMENTATION BARRIERS WITHIN THE FIRE SERVICE TO REDUCE FIREFIGHTER CANCER RATES
… of line-of-duty deaths within the United States fire service. This epidemic claims the lives of hundreds of firefighters each year, even though the fire service has developed best practices to prevent occupational cancers. This thesis identifies seven barriers that are preventing fire departments …
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Affirmative action within the fire service: The background on the law and its effect on the fire service and how fire department policies reflect the affirmative action legislation.
<p>This research studied ten full time fire departments in the United States to develop a quantitative study showing demographic make-up of the fire department rosters and the citizens in which they serve. Affirmative action has been a polarizing issue since the day the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was …
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Examining the effectiveness of online wildland firefighting education for structural firefighters
<p>Because many structural firefighters throughout the United States often respond to wildland fires in the Wildland/Urban Interface, the National Fire Academy developed an online educational curriculum to train structural firefighters in the basics of wildland fire fighting tactics. This training …
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Fire fighters' ability and willingness to participate in a pandemic
… infected with the flu virus during a pandemic. Fire departments should anticipate a higher attack rate for their personnel because of increased exposure risk. Additionally, many variables will negatively influence fire fighter participation rates over and above these attack rates. This thesis …
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Foundation for Evaluating Injured Firefighters Returning to Work
… nursing and medical personnel when evaluating a firefighter's ability to return to work after a lower extremity injury. Two on-line survey instruments were used to record the opinions and beliefs of healthcare providers and firefighters. The final samples included 63 California healthcare …
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A Look at the Deaths of Career and Volunteer Firefighters in America: Who has the Higher Rate of Death?
… study will look at whether career or volunteer firefighters are more likely to die while engaging in firefighting activities, including training. Also, it will look at the causes of death and determine the leading cause of death for both career and volunteer firefighters. This will be done …
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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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Fired Up: Scales of Safety and Federal Wildland Fire Management in the U.S.
The wildland fire environment in the U.S. is becoming increasingly complex due to a century of fire suppression policies, development in wildland-urban interface areas, and an expected increase in fire activity due to climate change. As more attention is focused on wildfire management, the role of …
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Air Consumption and Air Management in the Fire Service
… air consumption rates and air management in the fire service. The purpose was to develop a better understanding of what had the most significant effect on air consumption rates in order to develop a point of focus so that fire departments could concentrate their efforts on an area of improvement …
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Development And Evaluation Of A Firefighter Physical Performance Program For Undergraduate Fire And Safety Students
<p>The number one on-duty cause of death in the fire service is heart attacks. The International Association of Firefighters and the International Association of Fire Chiefs teamed up to create the Candidate Physical Ability Test (CPAT). Fire departments across the nation will have consistent …
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A Qualitative Exploration of Firefighter Participation in Wellness Programs within a Career Fire Department in Northern Ohio
<p>Firefighters respond to dangerous emergencies every day. The physical and mental wellness of firefighters is very important to their overall job performance. To support this, fire departments must have established, comprehensive wellness programs (International Association of Firefighters, …
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Physical Abilities Testing: A Review of Court Cases, 1992-2006
… which are often used in police agencies and fire departments. A total of 22 physical ability testing cases at the Appellate and Supreme Court level were identified to be included as part of a review to examine the outcome of litigation. Of the 22 cases, only 6 cases involved a female …
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A study of the unification of the police and fire protection services of Michigan State University
Thesis (M.S.)--Michigan State University. School of Police Administration and Public Safety, 1964
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AI-infused security: Robust defense by bridging theory and practice
… Beyond cybersecurity, we also develop the Firebird framework to help municipal fire departments prioritize fire inspections. Our work has made multiple important contributions to both theory and practice: our distributed boosting algorithm solved an open problem of distributed learning; …
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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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Fire department organizational culture: A burning need for change?
The number of firefighters killed in the line of duty has remained relatively unchanged for the past three decades, despite a decrease in the number of fires occurring, a decrease in the number of civilians trapped in fires, and improvements in technology related to firefighter personal protective …
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Fire Service Leadership and the Impact of Civil and Criminal Litigation on Officer Recruitment and Retention
… of liability and litigation. For generations the fire service has enjoyed a sort of protected status as a result of the general good will the public has offered. There are many reasons for this, not the least of which being that firefighters routinely will risk their lives in the service of …
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