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The Duluth Fire Department accountability system: is it working?
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo33189.pdf
Author: Bushey, Bryan
Date Published: 2001
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 3, operational safety, personnel accountability system, risk reduction practices, structu
The effectiveness of rest conditions in the prevention of heat stress
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb
Author: Banister, Eric W., Carter, James B., and Morrison, James B.
Date Published: February 1997
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 2, risk reduction practices, heat stress, rest conditions, operational safety
The Houston Tragedy
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/103121/25/none/none/Depar/THE-HOUSTON-TRAGEDY
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: May 2001
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan
The Impact of Inadequate Staffing on Initial Fire Attack at Pittsfield Township Fire Department
http://www.emich.edu/cerns/downloads/papers/FireStaff/Tactical%2520Operations/The%2520Impact%2520of%2520Inadequate%2520Staffing%2520on%2520Initial%2520Fire%2520Attack%2520at%2520the%2520Pittsfield%2520Township%2520Fire%2520Department.pdf
Author: Sean Gleason
Date Published: August 2002
Publisher: Eastern Michigan University
Keywords: Initiative 3, tactics and tasks, operational safety, staffing
The Impact of Staffing Levels and Fire Severity on Injuries
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/61529/25/ARCHI/none/Feat/THE-IMPACT-OF-STAFFING-LEVELS-AND-FIRE-SEVERITY-ON-INJURIES
Author: Michael J. Vatter
Date Published: August 1999
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 1, executive response management, staffing, Initiative 3, operational safety
The Louisville Tragedy
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/59514/25/none/none/Depar/THE-LOUISVILLE-TRAGEDY-
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: January 1997
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan
The U.K. Approach to Applying Health and Safety Requirements to Fire & Rescue Service Work at Operat
http://www.riskinstitute.org/NR/rdonlyres/72B872EB-20F2-4AB9-8533-D697E27FB819/0/PERI_Symposium_UKApproach.pdf
Author: Andrew Strawson
Date Published: 2005
Publisher: Public Entity Risk Institute
Keywords: Initiative 3, operational safety, Initiative 1, executive response management
The UK approach to firefighter safety in structure fires
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb
Author: Young, Paul
Date Published: November 2001
Publisher: Fire Engineers Journal
Keywords: Initiative 2, Initiative 3, operational safety, structural firefighting
The Unexpected Killer
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/60783/25/none/none/Depar/THE-UNEXPECTED-KILLER
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: January 1999
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan
The use of company performance evaluations to improve fire service delivery
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo32165.pdf
Author: Cabral, Richard L.
Date Published: 2001
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 1, human resource management, company performance evaluation, training qualifications/sta
The use of personnel accountability systems in the Monterey Park Fire Department and local agencies
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo33551.pdf
Author: Orchard, Cathleen S
Date Published: 2001
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 3, personnel accountability system, operational safety, Initiative 2, risk reduction prac
The Worcester Tragedy
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/89638/25/none/none/Depar/THE-WORCESTER-TRAGEDY
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: December 2000
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan
Tilt-Slab Concrete
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/259667/25/none/none/Depar/TILT-SLAB-CONCRETE
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: July 2006
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan
Travel Rates by Alberta Wildland Firefighters Using Escape Routes on a Moderately Steep Slope
http://www.ciffc.ca/whatsup/AD-5-25.pdf(revised).pdf
Author: Greg Baxter, Marty Alexander
Date Published: 2004
Publisher: Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada
Keywords: Initiative 2, wildland firefighting, escape routes, Initiative 3, operational safety, travel rates
Travel Rates of Alberta Wildland Firefighters Using Escape Routes
http://www.ciffc.ca/whatsup/Alexanderetal%255B1%255D..pdf
Author: M.E. Alexander, G.J. Baxter and G.R. Dakin
Date Published: April 2005
Publisher: Eighth International Wildland Fire Safety Summit, IAWF
Keywords: Initiative 3, operational safety, escape routes, Initiative 2, situational risks, wildland firefight
Volunteer fire fighter dies after coming into contact with a downed power line - Arkansas
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/pdfs/face9946.pdf
Author: Not Listed
Date Published: November 3, 1999
Publisher: NIOSH 99-F46
Keywords: Initiative 9, fatality/injury investigation, electrocution, wildland firefighting hazards, Initiativ
Volunteer fire fighter electrocuted while fighting a grass fire - California
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/pdfs/face9926.pdf
Author: Not Listed
Date Published: June 23, 1999
Publisher: NIOSH 99-F26
Keywords: Initiative 9, fatality/injury investigation, electrocution, wildland firefighting hazards, Initiativ
Wildland firefighter load carriage: effects on transit time and physiological responses during simul
http://publish.csiro.au/paper/WF02025.htm
Author: B. C. Ruby, G. W. Leadbetter III, D. W. Armstrong and S. E. Gaskill
Date Published: 12(1) 111 - 116, 200
Publisher: International Journal of Wildland Fire
Keywords: Initiative 2, wildland firefighting, escape routes, Initiative 3, operational safety, travel rates, load carriage, physiological responses
WTC: Lightweight Steel and High-Rise Buildings
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/143734/25/none/none/Depar/WTC:-LIGHTWEIGHT-STEEL-AND-HIGH-RISE-BUILDINGS
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: April 2002
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan