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Protective Clothing and Equipment Needs of Emergency Responders in Urban Search and Rescue Missions
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/fa-136.pdf
Author: Not Listed
Date Published: 1993
Publisher: US Fire Administration
Keywords: Initiative 3, USAR, rescue operations, operational safey, protective clothing, Initiative 8, tactical technology, protective technology, rescue equipment
Providence Fire Department Staffing Study
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/tr_94cv.pdf
Author: Varone, J. Curtis
Date Published: 1994
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 1, executive response management, staffing, operational safety, Initiative 3
Providence Fire Department Staffing Study Revisited: Executive Analysis of Fire Service Operations i
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/tr_95cv.pdf
Author: Varone, J. Curtis
Date Published: 1995
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 1, executive response management, staffing, operational safety, Initiative 3
Pyramidal Roofs
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/151154/25/none/none/Depar/PYRAMIDAL-ROOFS
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: June 2002
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan
Rapid Fire Spread and Other Deadly Hazards
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/59123/25/none/none/Depar/RAPID-FIRE-SPREAD-AND-OTHER--DEADLY-HAZARDS--
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: June 1996
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan
Rapid Intervention Teams and How to Avoid Needing Them: Special Report
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/tr-123-508.pdf
Author: James Williams, Hollis Stambaugh
Date Published: 2003
Publisher: US Fire Administration
Keywords: Initiative 3, operational safety, RIT, rapid intervention, Initiative 2, risk reduction practices
Residential security bars
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
Author: Bush, Robert P
Date Published: 2006
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 3, structural firefighting, situational risks, operational safety, security bars, entrapment, operational safety, Initiative 14
Risk assessment and firefighter safety: patterns of injury in the UK - the UK and USA compared
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb
Author: Klein, Roger A.
Date Published: November 2001
Publisher: Fire Engineers Journal
Keywords: Initiative 3, operational safety, Initiative 2, risk assessment, firefighter injuries
Safe fire fighter staffing: critical considerations
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
Author: Not Listed
Date Published: 1993
Publisher: International Association of Fire Fighters
Keywords: Initiative 1, executive response management, staffing, Initiative 3, operational safety
SCBA duration test for the city of Seminole Fire Rescue Department
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
Author: Mullins, Edward M
Date Published: 2006
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 3, SCBA, operational safety, air management, SCBA duration test
SCBA units need updating to meet national standards, or do they?
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
Author: Dawson, Ken K
Date Published: 2006
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 8, protective technology, SCBA, NFPA 1981, SCBA upgrade, operational safety
Security Burglar Bars: Special Report
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/tr-138-508.pdf
Author: Jennifer Roberson
Date Published: 1992
Publisher: US Fire Administration
Keywords: Initiative 2, situational risks, security bars, Initiative 3, tactics and tasks, operational safety, burglar bars
Should There Be a Smoke Control Sector?
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/61475/25/none/none/Depar/SHOULD-THERE-BE-A-SMOKE-CONTROL-SECTOR?
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: September 1999
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan
Something for Everybody
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/60566/25/none/none/Depar/SOMETHING-FOR-EVERYBODY-
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: September 1998
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan
Special Report: Improving Firefighter Communications
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/tr-099.pdf
Author: Adam Thiel, Hollis Stambaugh
Date Published: 1999
Publisher: US Fire Administration
Keywords: Initiative 8, communications technology, radios, Initiative 3, incident command, fireground communications, operational safety
Special Report: Rail Emergencies
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/tr-094-508.pdf
Author: John Kimball, Hollis Stambaugh
Date Published: 2003
Publisher: US Fire Administration
Keywords: Initiative 3, rail emergencies, mass casaulty incident, incident command, tactics and tasks, operational safety, EMS response
Sprinklers Out of Service
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/154463/25/none/none/Depar/SPRINKLERS-OUT-OF-SERVICE--
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: August 2002
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan
Summary Report for Use of Positive Pressure Ventilation (PPV) Fans to Reduce the Hazards of Entering
http://www.stormingmedia.us/59/5917/A591783.html
Author: Victor J. Arca; Stephen M. Marshall; William A. Lake; Paul D. Fedele
Date Published: 2001
Publisher: Biological Center Aberdeen Proving Ground (MD)
Keywords: Initiative 3, tactics and tasks, operational safety, positive pressure ventilation
Tech Hotels Update
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/137482/25/none/none/Depar/TECH-HOTELS-UPDATE-
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: February 2002
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan
TEFF: The Ten Essential Factors in Firefighting
http://www.wildfirelessons.net/development/documents/Withen.pdf
Author: Withen, Patrick
Date Published: 2005
Publisher: Eighth International Wildland Fire Safety Summit, IAWF
Keywords: Initiative 3, wildland firefighting, operational safety, tactics and tasks, incident command
The Building Department Said the Walls Were Ok, But...
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/60356/25/none/none/Depar/THE-BUILDING-DEPARTMENT-SAID-THE-WALLS-WERE-OK,-BUT
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: May 1998
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan
The Chicago Tragedy
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/197916/25/none/none/Depar/THE-CHICAGO-TRAGEDY
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: December 2003
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan
The Cocoanut Grove Fire: A Nonmystery
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/83438/25/none/none/Depar/THE-COCOANUT-GROVE-FIRE:-A-NONMYSTERY
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: September 2000
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan
The Dangerous "Five Classes of Buildings
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/61158/25/none/none/Depar/THE-DANGEROUS-%2522FIVE-CLASSES-OF-BUILDINGS%2522
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: May 1999
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan
The Dead-Man Zone: A Neglected Area of Firefighter Safety
http://www.csiro.au/files/files/p1ih.pdf
Author: Cheney, Gould, McCaw
Date Published: 2001
Publisher: Australian Forestry
Keywords: Initiative 3, operational safety, wildland firefighting, dead-man zone