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Building Marking System: Update

http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/93011/25/none/none/Depar/BUILDING-MARKING-SYSTEM:-UPDATE-
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: January 2001
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan

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Buildings May Not Be What They Seem

http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/59615/25/none/none/Depar/BUILDINGS-MAY-NOT-BE-WHAT-THEY-SEEM
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: March 1997
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan

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Cantilevers

http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/271552/25/none/none/Depar/CANTILEVERS
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: September 2006
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan

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Career battalion chief and career master fire fighter die and twenty-nine career fire fighters are i

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/pdfs/face200417.pdf
Author: Not Listed
Date Published: March 13, 2004
Publisher: NIOSH F2004-17
Keywords: Initiative 9, fatality/injury investigation, structural collapse, overhaul, Initiative 3, operationa

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Career Staffing Levels in Combination Fire Departments

http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo31298.pdf
Author: Olson, Stephen A.
Date Published: 2000
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 1, executive response management, staffing, operational safety, combination fire departments

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Cast Iron and Steel

http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/261588/25/none/none/Depar/CAST-IRON-AND-STEEL
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: August 2006
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan

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Catastrophic Hidden Hazard

http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/121026/25/none/none/Depar/Catastrophic-hidden-hazard
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: September 2001
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan

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Characterization of firefighter exposures during fire overhaul.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=11071414&query_hl=16&itool=pubmed_DocSum
Author: Bolstad-Johnson DM, Burgess JL, Crutchfield CD, Storment S, Gerkin R, Wilson JR.
Date Published: September-October 20
Publisher: American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, overhaul, firefighter exposures, operational safety

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Cockloft vs. Attic

http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/235060/25/none/none/Depar/COCKLOFT-VS.-ATTIC
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: August 1995
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan

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Consistent personnel accountability systems enhance firefighter safety

http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
Author: Gagnon, Michael J
Date Published: 2006
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 2, risk reduction practices, personnel accountability system, operational safety

Note: You will be re-directed to the USFA/FEMA Learning Resource Center. To access abstract and other information, please copy the title and use "Search for a Specific Title," enter the title and choose the "Display" option from the left navigation.

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Continued growth in Northborough - staffing adequacy for firefighter safety and customer service

http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
Author: Durgin, David M
Date Published: 2005
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 1, executive management, executive response management, staffing, Initiative 3, operation

Note: You will be re-directed to the USFA/FEMA Learning Resource Center. To access abstract and other information, please copy the title and use "Search for a Specific Title," enter the title and choose the "Display" option from the left navigation.

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Detailed wind information and at its application to improved firefighter safety

http://www.iawfonline.org/summit/2005%2520Presentations/2005_posters/Butler%2520et%2520al.pdf
Author: B. Butler, R. Stratton, M. Finney, J. Forthofer, L. Bradshaw, and D. Jimenez
Date Published: April 2005
Publisher: Eighth International Wildland Fire Safety Summit, IAWF
Keywords: Initiative 15, wildland fire behavior, fire growth modeling, wind information, Initiative 3, inciden

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Determining the proper actions for the incident safety officer in the first 30 minutes of a working

http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
Author: Timmons, William P
Date Published: 2007
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 3, structural firefighting, incident safety officer, structural firefighting Safety/Survival, initial response, operational safety, safety procedures

Note: You will be re-directed to the USFA/FEMA Learning Resource Center. To access abstract and other information, please copy the title and use "Search for a Specific Title," enter the title and choose the "Display" option from the left navigation.

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Determining the right staffing combination for South Ogden Fire Department

http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo35417.pdf
Author: Powers, David K.
Date Published: 2003
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 1, executive response management, staffing, operational safety

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Developing a rapid intervention team standard operating guideline for Ocala Fire Rescue

http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
Author: Clarkson, James G
Date Published: 2005
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 3, structural firefighting, executive response management, rapid intervention, RIT, opera

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Developing a standard operating guideline for rapid intervention team operations for the Deltona Fir

http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo32359.pdf
Author: Snyder, Frank
Date Published: 2001
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 3, operational safety, RIT, rapid intervention team

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Developing a standard operating procedure for emergency incident rehabilitation in the City of New Y

http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
Author: Lanotte, Toni M
Date Published: 2006
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 3, operational safety, operations support functions, rehab, hydration, medical monitoring, active cooling, Initiative 2, risk reduction practices, rehab SOPs

Note: You will be re-directed to the USFA/FEMA Learning Resource Center. To access abstract and other information, please copy the title and use "Search for a Specific Title," enter the title and choose the "Display" option from the left navigation.

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Developing and implementing an effective rapid intervention crew/rapid intervention team program for

http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo35463.pdf
Author: Johnson, Curtis P.
Date Published: 2003
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 1, executive response management, rapid intervention team, Initiative 3, operational safety

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Development of standard operating guidelines for the utilization of aides to battalion fire chiefs

http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo32699.pdf
Author: Herlihy, Thomas I.
Date Published: 2001
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 3, incident command, chief aides, operational safety

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Devil's Advocate

http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/61770/25/none/none/Depar/DEVIL'S-ADVOCATE
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: January 2000
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan

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Distress alert signals from personal alert safety systems devices do not trigger physiological respo

http://www.usfa.fema.gov/pdf/efop/tr_01da.pdf
Author: Adams, Donald R.
Date Published: 2001
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 8, protective technology, PASS alarms, physiological responses, Initiative 4, human facto

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Effect of protective filters on fire fighter respiratory health during simulated bushfire smoke expo

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=16847937&query_hl=14&itool=pubmed_docsum
Author: De Vos AJ, Cook A, Devine B, Thompson PJ, Weinstein P.
Date Published: September 2006
Publisher: American Journal of Industrial Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 2, risk protection, risk reduction practices, operational safety, wildland firefighting,

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Emergency Incident Rehabilitation

http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/fa-114.pdf
Author: Not Listed
Date Published: 1992
Publisher: US Fire Administration
Keywords: Initiative 3, operational safety, rehab, heat stress

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