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Iowa Rate of Flow Formula for Fire Control

http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/58640/25/ARCHI/none/Feat/IOWA-RATE-OF-FLOW-FORMULA-FOR-FIRE-CONTROL--
Author: Keith Royer
Date Published: September 1995
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 3, tactics and tasks, structural firefighting, hose streams, fire attack, fire flow

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Little Drops of Water: 50 Years Later, Part 1

http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/61909/25/ARCHI/none/Feat/Little-Drops-of-Water:-50-Years-Later,-Part-1
Author: Andrew Fredericks
Date Published: February 2000
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 3, tactics and tasks, structural firefighting, hose streams, fire attack

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Mining for answers

http://firechief.com/mag/firefighting_mining_answers/
Author: de Vries, Holger
Date Published: January 2002
Publisher: Fire Chief
Keywords: Initiative 3, tactics and tasks, operational safety, tunnel fires, AFFF, SCBA

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Model Procedures for Responding to a Package with Suspicion of a Biological Threat

http://www.iafc.org/associations/4685/files/suspicious_packages.pdf
Author: Not Listed
Date Published: January 2004
Publisher: International Association of Fire Chiefs
Keywords: Initiative 3, terrorism response, biological agent, suspicious package, tactics and tasks, operational safety

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Much basic data developed by fog nozzle tests at U. of MD.: discharge pattern, flow, range, nozzle r

http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb
Author: Not Listed
Date Published: January 1955
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 3, tactics and tasks, structural firefighting, hose streams, nozzles, fire attack, fire flow

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New Reinforced Drywall Lined with Lexan: Wall Breach Test

http://www.minnesotafireservice.com/pub-reinforceddrywall.pdf
Author: Not Listed
Date Published: January 2005
Publisher: San Bernardino County Fire Department
Keywords: Initiative 3, tactics and tasks, building construction, wall breach, Lexan, drywall, operational safety

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New Wave 3-D Water Fog Tactitics: A Response to Direct Attack Advocates

http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/85675/25/ARCHI/none/Feat/%2522NEW-WAVE%2522-3-D--WATER-FOG-TACTICS:A-RESPONSE-TO-DIRECT-ATTACK-ADVOCATE
Author: Paul Grimwood
Date Published: October 2000
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 3, tactics and tasks, structural firefighting, hose streams, fire attack, indirect attack, fog streams

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Nozzle Tests Prove Fireground Realities, Part 3

http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/202579/25/ARCHI/none/Feat/NOZZLE-TESTS-PROVE-FIREGROUND-REALITIES,-PART-3
Author: Jerry Knapp, Tim Pillsworth, and Christopher Flatley
Date Published: February 2004
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 3, tactics and tasks, structural firefighting, hose streams, fire attack, nozzles

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Operational considerations for the Delray Beach Fire-Rescue Department at high-rise fires

http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo32932.pdf
Author: Accardi, Russell T.
Date Published: 2001
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 3, high-rise firefighting, strategy and tactics, high-rise building systems, high-rise wa

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Positive Pressure Ventilation Attack for Heat Transport in a House Fire

http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110002495752/en/
Author: Ezekoye O. A. Lan C. H. Nicks R.
Date Published: Vol.2003, No. 6, p.
Publisher: Proceedings of the ASME/JSME Thermal Engineering Joint Conference - The Jap
Keywords: Initiative 3, tactics and tasks, positive pressure ventilation

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Positive Pressure Ventilation in Single Medium-Sized Premises

http://www.springerlink.com/content/v64847m53j63v075/
Author: Haukur Ingason1 and Ronny Fallberg2
Date Published: Volume 38, Number 3
Publisher: Fire Technology
Keywords: Initiative 15, positive pressure ventilation, tactics and tasks, structural firefighting

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Positive-pressure ventilation in a test setting

http://md1.csa.com/partners/viewrecord.php?requester=gs&collection=TRD&recid=0103186EN&q=&uid=790706146&setcookie=yes
Author: Hughes, Larry D
Date Published: Vol. 142, no. 12, pp
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 8, tactical technology, positive pressure ventilation, tactics and tasks, structural firefighting

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Practical aspects of 3D water-fog applications

http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb
Author: Grimwood, Paul T.
Date Published: May 2003
Publisher: Fire Australia
Keywords: Initiative 3, tactics and tasks, structural firefighting, hose streams, fire attack, fog streams, indirect attack

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Proper use and deployment of thermal image cameras

http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo36480.pdf
Author: Johnson, John A.
Date Published: 2004
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 8, tactical technology, thermal imaging camera, Initiative 3, tactics and tasks

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Properties of compressed air foam

http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo31663.pdf
Author: McLaughlin, William L.
Date Published: 2001
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 8, tactical technology, compressed air foam, tactics and tasks, pump operations

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Relay Pump Operations: Not Just for the Long Lay

http://www.firerescue1.com/firerescue-magazine/23-8/9516/
Author: Paul Shapiro
Date Published: August 2005
Publisher: FireRescue Magazine
Keywords: Initiative 3, tactics and tasks, water supply, relay pumping

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Report of Tactical Ventilation Trials at The Fire Service College, Moreton-in-Marsh

http://www.firetactics.com/Moreton%2520tests%25202.pdf
Author: Bowser, Turpin, Sproat
Date Published: 1998
Publisher: Not Listed
Keywords: Initiative 3, structural firefighting, tactics and tasks, ventilation, positive pressure ventilation, Initiative 15, fire tests

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Report on PPV Trials at Oxford Road, Preston, U.K.

http://www.firetactics.com/STOTT.htm
Author: Richard Stott
Date Published: 2000
Publisher: Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service, UK
Keywords: Initiative 3, structural firefighting, tactics and tasks, positive pressure ventilation

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Return of the Solid Stream

http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/58641/25/ARCHI/none/Feat/RETURN-OF-THE-SOLID-STREAM-
Author: Andrew A. Fredericks
Date Published: September 1995
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 3, tactics and tasks, structural firefighting, hose streams, fire attack, direct attack, solid stream

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Smoke ventilation in operational fire fighting

http://www.firetactics.com/p326.pdf
Author: Maarit Tuomisaari
Date Published: 1997
Publisher: Technical Research Centre of Finland
Keywords: Initiative 3, tactics and tasks, structural firefighting, ventilation

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Smoke ventilation in operational fire fighting, Part 2. Multi-story buildings

http://www.firetactics.com/p419.pdf
Author: Jukka Vaari & Jukka Hietaniemi
Date Published: 2000
Publisher: Technical Rescue Centre of Finland
Keywords: Initiative 3, tactics and tasks, structural firefighting, ventilation

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Some theoretical and practical aspects on fire-fighting tactics in a backdraft situation

http://md1.csa.com/partners/viewrecord.php?requester=gs&collection=TRD&recid=200210211274CE&q=&uid=790706146&setcookie=yes
Author: Gojkovic, D.; Bengtsson, L.
Date Published: pp. 1093-1104. 2001
Publisher: InterFlam 2001: 9th International Fire Science & Engineering Conference
Keywords: Initiative 3, structural firefighting, tactics and tasks, fire behavior, backdraft, Initiative 15, fire science

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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

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Strategies for changing the suppression paradigm

http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
Author: Jones, Kenneth L.
Date Published: February 1994
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 3, tactics and tasks, class A foam, compressed air foam, CAFs, structural firefighting, Initiative 8, tactical technology

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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

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