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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/STARLibraries1.web&search=R%3D153135
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, operational safety
Detailed wind information and at its application to improved firefighter safety
http://www.iawfonline.org/summit/2005%20Presentations/2005_posters/Butler%20et%20al.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, incident management
Determining the proper actions for the incident safety officer in the first 30 minutes of a working fire incident updated
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries1.web&search=R%3D166003
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
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%0a
Developing a rapid intervention team standard operating guideline for Ocala Fire Rescue updated
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries1.web&search=R%3D149224
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, operations
Developing a standard operating guideline for rapid intervention team operations for the Deltona Fire Department
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%0a
Developing a standard operating procedure for emergency incident rehabilitation in the City of New York Fire Department updated
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries1.web&search=R%3D154482
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
Developing and implementing an effective rapid intervention crew/rapid intervention team program for the City of Reno Fire Department
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%0a
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%0a
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%0a
Distress alert signals from personal alert safety systems devices do not trigger physiological responses
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
Effect of protective filters on fire fighter respiratory health during simulated bushfire smoke exposure
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,
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%0a
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%0a
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%0a
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%0a
Enhancing Your Incident Command System to Keep Better Accountability and Your Firefighters Safer
http://www.emich.edu/cerns/downloads/papers/FireStaff/Unsorted/ENHANCING%20YOUR%20INCIDENT%20COMMAND%20SYSTEM%20TO%20KEEP%20BETTER%20ACCOUNTABILITY%20AND%20YOUR%20FIREFIGHTERS%20SAFER.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 Department updated
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries1.web&search=R%3D154489
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 District
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%0a
Evaluating and refining the personnel accountability system for the Charlevoix Fire Department updated
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries1.web&search=R%3D160335
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 updated
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries1.web&search=R%3D145283
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%0a
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%0a
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 updated
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries1.web&search=R%3D152024
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