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Showing 1 to 20 of 49 for “"fire service"”.
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Mayday Trigger Phrases in the Fire Service
… aimed to analyze the decision-making process of firefighters in mayday situations. The study utilized SimsUshare, a software program, to present a visual fire simulation for firefighter decision-making. During interviews, participants were presented with trigger phrases in a random order to …
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Fire Service - Management and Command of Major Incidents
… processes used at major incidents by the fire service in the United Kingdom rather than the more routine decisions made on the fireground. This partly because major incidents are safety critical events, involving complex technical or communication issues involving large volumes 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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A National System of Reciprocity in the Fire Service
… and monthly periodical sources discussing firefighter certifications to identify the current status of reciprocity in the U.S. Fire Service, as well as the components that make up the necessary steps to achieve a national system of reciprocity for fire service professionals. Accreditation …
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A study of skill acquisition the Illinois fire service
… dealing with the development of skills in the fire service, there are concerns for the time required to teach the necessary skills, the type and amount of resources involved in teaching the skills, and that the skills can be performed under combat conditions. In the fire service, knots are …
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Effectiveness of Mandatory Driver Training Programs for Fire Service Drivers
… of mandatory driver training programs for fire service drivers. Effectiveness is defined by a decrease in the number of crashes per number of runs. Two states were identified for comparison, one with mandatory driver training requirements, Washington State (WA) and the other with no …
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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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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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Practical Assessment of the Dependence of Fire Service Intervention Times on Life Safety
… human survivability during accidental dwelling fires (ADF). It also establishes a time window within which the fire service is likely to affect a rescue of the occupants from ADFs. Through a comparison of these two timelines, the likelihood that the fire service will rescue an occupant before …
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A study of the cognitive styles and learning preferences of Fire Service officers
… and Learning Styles of senior officers in the Fire Service and their preferences for different training delivery methods. Data has been gathered from students attending courses at the Fire Service College, in particular those attending the Divisional Command Course (DCC), which is a personal …
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Information-seeking and sharing behaviors among fire service field staff instructors: a qualitative study
Fire service field staff instructors seek and share information and use information sources during their instructional work of teaching, training and curriculum development. This study is the first attempt to study their information-seeking and sharing behaviors, which have not previously been …
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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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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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Administrative and Political Implications of GIS Implementation within the Fire Service: A Case Study of Norfolk, VA
… address a resource allocation problem within the Fire Service Administration of the City of Norfolk, VA. A network model is employed to allocate rescue resources throughout the city in various configurations. The goal of NFPS (Norfolk Fire and Paramedical Services) is to be able to cover the …
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Occupant tenability in large-scale residential fires: an analysis of heat exposure, toxic gases, water application, and fire-service ventilation
The fire dynamics of residential fires has been drastically changing in the past 50 years. Modern fires burn faster and produce more toxic gases due to the increased presence of synthetic materials and plastics in the fire environment. In order to gain a better understanding of the risks present in …
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Identifying barriers to empowerment initiatives in a fire service command structure: An international comparison of the issues of empowerment in four fire brigades.
Fire brigades in the UK are currently exploring initiatives aimed at improving "Quality of Service". This has most commonly been in response to challenges presented by the "Citizens Charter", Audit Commission models for quality in service delivery, measurement of performance in service delivery, …
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Economic Welfare Of Firefighting Service In Detroit
… 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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