Initiative 3: Operational Risk Management and Preparedness (Subscribe)
Categories
- Incident Command (37)
- Tactics and Tasks (66) updated
- Operational Safety (169) updated
- Operations Support (5)
Links
A Routine Call Becomes a Close Call
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/59956/25/ARCHI/none/Feat/A-ROUTINE-CALL-BECOMES-A-CLOSE-CALL
Author: Larry Collins
Date Published: October 1997
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 9, lessons-learned case studies, Initiative 3, bombs%0a
A standard operating guideline to incidents involving Anthrax or similar biological agents for the North Thompsonville Fire Deprtment
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo33839.pdf
Author: Provencher, Earl F.
Date Published: 2002
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 3, anthrax, biological agents, hazmat response, standard operating guidelines%0a
A study of breathing air support in high-rise structural fire operations
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
Author: Moore, Charles A.
Date Published: September 1994
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 3, high-rise firefighting, operations support, breathing air consumption, breathing air supply, SCBA, air cylinders%0a
A study of the fire suppression problems resulting from non-combustible roofing over combustible roofing installations using a batten board system
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
Author: Thomason, Allen A.
Date Published: January 1994
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 3, structural firefighting, tactics and tasks, building construction, roofs, void space%0a
A Study on the Effectiveness of Ground Applied Compressed Air Foam Systems (CAFS) in Wildland Fire Suppression in Alaska
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
Author: Bethune, Frederic
Date Published: December 1990
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 3, compressed air foam, wildland firefighting, tactics and tasks%0a
A volunteer assistant chief was seriously injured and two volunteer fire fighters were injured while fighting a townhouse fire - Delaware
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/pdfs/face200043.pdf
Author: Not Listed
Date Published: October 29, 2000
Publisher: NIOSH F2000-43
Keywords: Initiative 9, fatality/injury investigation, burns, structural firefighting hazards, Initiative 3%0a
A volunteer fire fighter and volunteer assistant lieutenant die after a smoke explosion at a town house complex - Wyoming
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/pdfs/face200513.pdf
Author: Not Listed
Date Published: April 18, 2005
Publisher: NIOSH F2005-13
Keywords: Initiative 9, fatality/injury investigation, situational risks, smoke explosion, Initiative 3%0a
A volunteer fire fighter died and a second was seriously injured after fuel tank explosion - Iowa
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/pdfs/face200025.pdf
Author: Not Listed
Date Published: April 7, 2007
Publisher: NIOSH F2000-25
Keywords: Initiative 9, fatality/injury investigation, explosion, hazmat response hazards, Initiative 3%0a
Abandoned Cold Storage Warehouse Multi-Firefighter Fatality Fire, Worcester, Massachusetts
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/tr-134-508.pdf
Author: John R. Anderson
Date Published: December 1999
Publisher: US Fire Administration
Keywords: Initiative 9, fatality/injury investigation, cold storage warehouse, abandoned buildings, structural firefighting hazards, Initiative 3, Initiative 2%0a
Accident Investigation Factual Report: Cramer Fire Fatalities, Salmon, ID, July 22, 2003
http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/safety/investigations/cramer/report/Factual_Report.pdf
Author: Not Listed
Date Published: 2003
Publisher: USDA Forest Service
Keywords: Initiative 9, fatality/injury investigation, wildland firefighting hazards, entrapment, burnover, Initiative 3%0a
Accident Investigation Factual Report: Mudd Fire Entrapment / Fire Shelter Deployment, Elko, Nevada, August 23, 2006
http://www.wildfirelessons.net/documents/mudd_factual_report.pdf
Author: Not Listed
Date Published: 2006
Publisher: USDA Forest Service
Keywords: Initiative 9, fatality/injury investigation, burns, wildland fire, wildland firefighting hazards, entrapment, burnover, fire shelter deployment, Initiative 3%0a
Accident Investigation Factual Report: Thirtymile Fire, Chewuch River Canyon, Winthrop, Washington, July 10, 2001
http://www.wildfirelessons.net/documents/thirtymile_lsr4_fire_investigation_rpt.pdf
Author: Not Listed
Date Published: September 2001
Publisher: USDA Forest Service
Keywords: Initiative 9, fatality/injury investigation, wildland fire, wildland firefighting hazards, entrapment, Initiative 3%0a
Accident Investigation Report: CDF Helitack Crew 404 Burnover, Tuolumne Fire, Stanislaus National Forest, September 12, 2004
http://www.wildfirelessons.net/documents/Tuolumne_2004_Full_Report.pdf
Author: Not Listed
Date Published: May 2005
Publisher: US Department of Agriculture Forest Service/California Department of Forest
Keywords: Initiative 9, fatality/injury investigation, wildland firefighting hazards, blowup, burnover, Initiative 3%0a
Accident Investigation Report: Firefighter Entrapment, Burnover, and Fatality, Devils Den Incident, Fishlake National Forest, Oak City, Utah, August 17, 2006
http://www.wildfirelessons.net/documents/Devils_Den_Factual_Report_2006.pdf
Author: Not Listed
Date Published: 2006
Publisher: USDA Forest Service/DOI Bureau of Land Management
Keywords: Initiative 9, fatality/injury investigation, wildland fire, wildland firefighting hazards, Initiative 3, entrapment, burnover%0a
Acoustic monitoring of first responder's physiology for health and performance surveillance
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2002SPIE.4708..342S
Author: Scanlon, Michael V.
Date Published: Vol. 4708, p. 342-35
Publisher: SPIE, International Society for Optical Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 3, operational safety, Initiative 8, physiological monitoring%0a
Adequate staffing for the future of the town of Menasha Fire Department updated
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries1.web&search=R%3D155507
Author: Kiesow, Keith K
Date Published: 2006
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 1, executive response management, staffing, operational safety%0a
Adult family homes tactical considerations
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
Author: Savage, Joyce A
Date Published: 2006
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 3, tactics and tasks, structural firefighting, adult family homes%0a
Advances in positive pressure ventilation: Live fire tests and laboratory simulation
http://www.springerlink.com/content/k341r25101577t52/
Author: P. S. Ziesler, F. S. Gunnerson1 and S. K. Williams
Date Published: Volume 30, Number 2
Publisher: Fire Technology
Keywords: Initiative 3, tactics and tasks, tactical technology, positive pressure ventilation, structural firefighting, live fire tests%0a
Aerial Ladder Collapse Incidents
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/tr-081.pdf
Author: J. Gordon Routley, Reade Bush
Date Published: Apr-96
Publisher: US Fire Administration
Keywords: Initiative 9, fatality/injury investigation, Initiative 3, aerial ladders, operational safety, NFPA 1904%0a
After Dark: Assessing Hydration and Glucose Levels During Late Night Operations
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/tr_06as.pdf
Author: Schofield, A. Lynn
Date Published: 2006
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 3, operational safety, risk reduction practices, hydration, glucose, nighttime operations, diet/nutrition, operations support, rehab, Initiative 2%0a
Aides for Command Level Officers
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/tr_97cv.pdf
Author: Varone, J. Curtis
Date Published: April 1997
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 1, executive response management, aides, command staffing, staffing, operational safety, incident command%0a
Alternative staffing option for the city of Franklin Fire Department updated
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries1.web&search=R%3D160661
Author: Bertram, Lloyd N
Date Published: 2006
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 1, executive response management, staffing, operational safety, administration, alternative staffing options
Ambient Air Supply to High-Rise Fires: Update
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/80311/25/none/none/Depar/AMBIENT-AIR-SUPPLY-TO-HIGH-RISE-FIRES:-UPDATE1
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: July 2000
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan%0a
Amtrak Train Derailment, Nodaway, Iowa
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/tr-143.pdf
Author: John Lee Cook, Jr.
Date Published: 2001
Publisher: US Fire Administration
Keywords: Initiative 9, lessons-learned fire report, train derailment, mass-casualty incident, EMS operations, technical rescue, Initiative 3, mutual-aid response, interagency response%0a
An analysis of fire rescue disaster preparedness for an instant disaster
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo33372.pdf
Author: Kendrick, Patrick
Date Published: 2001
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 1, executive response management, disaster planning, organizational assessment, Initiativ