Initiative 3: Operational Risk Management and Preparedness (Subscribe)
Categories
- Incident Command (47) new
- Tactics and Tasks (66)
- Operational Safety (181) new
- Operations Support (5)
Links
A Method for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Firefighter Escape Routes
http://www.steamboatfire.com/administration/training_docs/Escape%2520Routes%2520Study.pdf
Author: B.W. Butler, J.D. Cohen, T. Putnam3, R.A. Bartlette and L.S. Bradshaw
Date Published: 2000
Publisher: Proceedings of the 2000 International Wildfire Safety Summit, IAWF
Keywords: Initiative 15, wildland firefighting, Initiative 3, operational safety, escape routes%0a
A needs assessment for a company officer training program in the Rochester Fire Department
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries1.web&search=R%3D121495
Author: Slavin, Dan
Date Published: 2001
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 5, Initiative 1, human resource management, company officer training, Initiative 3%0a
A new fire hydrant criterion for the city of St. Paul, Minnesota updated
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries1.web&search=R%3D148184
Author: Jadwinski, Stanley J
Date Published: 2005
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 3, operations support, fire hydrants, water supply
A Planned approach to firefighter safety
http://www.firehouse.com/topic/firefighter-safety/planned-approach-firefighter-safety
Author: Richard C Kline
Date Published: 2011
Publisher: FireHouse Magazine
Keywords: Risk Management
A Report on the Rough Draw (MT) Fire Safety Zone Evacuation 8-16-03
http://www.wildfirelessons.net/documents/Rough_Draw_Incident_081603_Review.pdf
Author: Will Williams
Date Published: September 2003
Publisher: USDA Forest Service
Keywords: Initiative 9, lessons learned fire report, wildland fire, wildland firefighting hazards, fire safety zone, evacuation, Initiative 3%0a
A Review of Initial Attack Fire Crew Productivity and Effectiveness
http://www.publish.csiro.au/?paper=WF9960199
Author: KG Hirsch and DL Martell
Date Published: Not Listed
Publisher: International Journal of Wildland Fire
Keywords: Initiative 3, wildland firefighting, initial attack operations, tactics and tasks, crew productivity%0a
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 updated
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries1.web&search=R%3D88010
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
A study of the fire suppression problems resulting from non-combustible roofing over combustible roofing installations using a batten board system updated
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries1.web&search=R%3D29299
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
A Study on the Effectiveness of Ground Applied Compressed Air Foam Systems (CAFS) in Wildland Fire Suppression in Alaska updated
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries1.web&search=R%3D62531
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
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
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 updated
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries1.web&search=R%3D161668
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
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