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Emergency incident rehabilitation program for the Lubbock Fire Department
http://www.usfa.fema.gov/pdf/efop/efo29173.pdf
Author: Treadwell, Lewis
Date Published: January 1999
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 2, risk reduction practices, heat stress, Initiative 3, operational safety, operations support, rehab
EMS Safety: Techniques and Applications
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/fa-144.pdf
Author: Not Listed
Date Published: Not Listed
Publisher: US Fire Administration
Keywords: Initiative 3, EMS operations, operational safety
Engine company staffing levels: remedies for the use of two-person companies in Monterey Park
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo35003.pdf
Author: Orchard, Cathleen S.
Date Published: 2002
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 1, executive response management, company staffing, operational safety, Initiative 3
Enhancing Your Incident Command System to Keep Better Accountability and Your Firefighters Safer
http://www.emich.edu/cerns/downloads/papers/FireStaff/Unsorted/ENHANCING%2520YOUR%2520INCIDENT%2520COMMAND%2520SYSTEM%2520TO%2520KEEP%2520BETTER%2520ACCOUNTABILITY%2520AND%2520YOUR%2520FIREFIGHTERS%2520SAFER.pdf
Author: Jeff Hoover
Date Published: August 2003
Publisher: Eastern Michigan University
Keywords: Initiative 3, incident command, operational safety, personnel accountability
Establishing a logical basis for minimum staffing of fire apparatus for the Lumberton Fire Departmen
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
Author: Cox, Mike
Date Published: 2006
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 1, executive response management, staffing, Initiative 3, operational safety
Establishment of the incident safety officer position at emergency scenes for Central Yavapai Fire D
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo35911.pdf
Author: Parrish, Michael E.
Date Published: 2003
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 3, operational safety, incident safety officer, command operational guidelines, safety officer training
Evaluating and refining the personnel accountability system for the Charlevoix Fire Department
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
Author: Ivan, Paul M
Date Published: 2006
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 2, risk reduction practices, personnel accountability system, operational safety
Evaluating the Amarillo Fire Department Mayday Guidelines
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
Author: Marcus Lusk
Date Published: 2005
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 1, executive response management, mayday, structural firefighting, operational safety
Evaluating the Amarillo Fire Department mayday guidelines
http://www.usfa.fema.gov/pdf/efop/tr_05ml.pdf
Author: Lusk, Marcus G
Date Published: 2004
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 3, operational safety, mayday, mayday guidelines
Evaluating the fire suppression services staffing and deployment requirements of NFPA 1710
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo36456.pdf
Author: Wolk, Allen
Date Published: 2004
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 1, executive response management, company staffing, deployment, NFPA 1710, community risk assessment, operational safety
Evaluating the justifications for three person paramedic rescue units in Florida
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo32433.pdf
Author: Angier, Bruce D.
Date Published: 2001
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 1, executive response management, staffing, paramedics, EMS operations, operational safet
Evaluating the safety and effectiveness of standpipe kits utilized by the Asheville Fire Department
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
Author: Burnette, Scott T
Date Published: 2005
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 8, tactical technology, standpipe kits, Initiative 3, structure firefighting, operational
Expanding "time to exit" for firefighters
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/209133/25/ARCHI/none/Feat/EXPANDING-%2522TIME-TO-EXIT%2522-FOR-FIREFIGHTERS
Author: Bernzweig, David
Date Published: June 2004
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 2, risk reduction practices, SCBA, operational safety, protective technology, OSHA
Factors that determine minimum company staffing levels
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo31765.pdf
Author: Tomita, Alvin K.
Date Published: 2001
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 1, executive response management, staffing, company staffing, Initiative 3, operational s
Field Verification of a Firefighter Safety Zone Model
http://66.102.1.104/scholar?hl=en&lr=&q=cache:82r7PuOCojAJ:www.ci.steamboat.co.us/steamboatfire.com/administration/training_docs/Safety%252520Zone%252520Study.pdf+firefighter+behavior
Author: Butler, B.W. and J.D. Cohen
Date Published: 2000
Publisher: Proceedings of the 2000 International Wildfire Safety Summit, IAWF
Keywords: Initiative 3, wildland firefighting, operational safety, safety zone
Fire and Firefighter Protection
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/59812/25/none/none/Depar/FIRE-AND-FIREFIGHTER-PROTECTION-
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: Jully 1997
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan
Fire apparatus staffing levels for the Riverside Fire Department
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo33910.pdf
Author: Alig, Daniel A
Date Published: 2001
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 1, executive response management, staffing, Initiative 3, operational safety
Fire Company Staffing Requirements: An Analytic Approach
http://www.springerlink.com/content/p8jk78h7k47j8t60/
Author: Lawrence, Cortez
Date Published: Volume 37, Number 3/
Publisher: Fire Technology
Keywords: Initiative 1, executive response management, staffing, Initiative 3, tactics and tasks, operational
Fire fighter dies while fighting warehouse fire when parapet wall collapses - Vermont
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/pdfs/face9820.pdf
Author: Not Listed
Date Published: September 5, 1998
Publisher: NIOSH 98-F20
Keywords: Initiative 9, fatality/injury investigation, structural collapse, crush injury, structural firefight
Fire Investigation: An Analysis of the Waldbaum Fire, Brooklyn, New York, August 3, 1978
http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire97/PDF/f97141.pdf
Author: Quintiere, J. G.
Date Published: 1997
Publisher: Fire Science and Technology
Keywords: Initiative 9, fatality/injury investigation, structure firefighting hazards, fire collapse, operational safety, roof collapse, situational risks
Firefighter Safety Zones: How Big is Big Enough?
http://nationalfiretraining.net/nr/misc/s490SafetyZones.pdf
Author: Bret W. Butler and Jack D. Cohen
Date Published: Volume 58 No. 1 • 1
Publisher: Fire Management Notes
Keywords: Initiative 3, operational safety, wildland firefighting, safety zones
Fireground Radio Communications and Firefighter Safety
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/tr_96cv.pdf
Author: Varone, J. Curtis
Date Published: March 1996
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 3, fireground communications, emergency communications center, portable radios, tactical channels, operational safety, operations support
Fireground safety in world cities: a comparison of the New York City & Tokyo fire departments
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
Author: Berkman, Brenda.
Date Published: November 2001
Publisher: Fire Engineers Journal
Keywords: Initiative 1, leadership, Initiative 3, operational safety, fireground safety
Fires in lightweight truss buildings tactical considerations
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
Author: Voelliger, Gerald A.
Date Published: May 1990
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 3, structural firefighting, operational safety, lightweight trusses, roof assemblies, tactics and tasks
First Combustible Metal-Deck Roof Fatalities
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/233159/25/none/none/Depar/FIRST-COMBUSTIBLE-METAL-DECK-ROOF-FATALITIES
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: June 2005
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan