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A case for an integrated rescue device in turnouts popular
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/209154/25/ARCHI/none/Feat/A-CASE-FOR-AN-INTEGRATED-RESCUE-DEVICE-IN-TURNOUTS
Author: Somers, Scott C.
Date Published: June 2004
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 3, operational safety, firefighter rescue, RIT, rapid intervention, tactical technology, integrated rescue device
A feasibility study in the use of class A foam for structural firefighting in the Stamford Fire Depa popular
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
Author: Tappe, Kevin B.
Date Published: October 1, 1992
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 3, tactics and tasks, Initiative 8, tactical technology, class A foam, structural firefig
Elements needed for a fire service thermal imaging camera training program popular
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo35798.pdf
Author: Whalen, William F.
Date Published: 2002
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 8, tactical technology, thermal imaging camera, Initiative 5, training programs
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
Class A Foam for Structural Firefighting
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/tr-083-508.pdf
Author: Jeff Stern, J. Gordon Routley
Date Published: 1996
Publisher: United States Fire Administration
Keywords: Initiative 3, tactics and tasks, Initiative 8, tactical technology, class A foam, structural firefig
Class A foam for structural firefighting
http://md1.csa.com/partners/viewrecord.php?requester=gs&collection=ENV&recid=3557142&q=%2522class+a+foam%2522+firefighting&uid=790706146&setcookie=yes
Author: Colletti, DJ
Date Published: 1992 Vol. 145, no. 7
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 8, tactical technology, class A foam, tactics and tasks, extinguishing agents, structural firefighting
Class A Foam for Structural Firefighting
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/tr-083-508.pdf
Author: Jeff Stern , J. Gordon Routley
Date Published: December 1996
Publisher: US Fire Administration
Keywords: Initiative 8, tactical technology, Class A foam, structural firefighting
Compressed Air Foam for Structural Fire Fighting: A Field Test, Boston, Massachusetts
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/tr-074.pdf
Author: Boston Fire Department, assisted by J. Gordon Routley
Date Published: 1993
Publisher: US Fire Administration
Keywords: Initiative 8, tactical technology, compressed air foam, structural firefighting, extinguishing agents, tactics and tasks, Initiative 3
Compressed Air Foam Systems in Limited Staffing Conditions
http://www.willingtonfire.org/Compressed%2520Air%2520Foam%2520in%2520Limited%2520Staffing%2520Conditions.pdf
Author: Taylor, Robert G.
Date Published: December 1997*
Publisher: National Fire Academy, Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 8, tactical technology, Initiative 3, tactics and tasks, compressed air foam
Compressed Air Foam Systems in Limited Staffing Conditions
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/tr_98rt.pdf
Author: Robert G. Taylor
Date Published: December 1997
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 3, structural firefighting, extinguishing agents, tactics and tasks, Initiative 8, tactical technology, compressed-air foam, CAFs
Compressed air foam systems: live fire application and corresponding temperature degradation
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo33907.pdf
Author: Tinsley, Michael J.
Date Published: 2002
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 3, structural firefighting, tactics and tasks, extiguishing agents, compressed air foam, live fire tests, Initiative 8, tactical technology
Compressed-air foam mechanics
http://md1.csa.com/partners/viewrecord.php?requester=gs&collection=ENV&recid=3564628&q=%2522class+a+foam%2522+firefighting&uid=790706146&setcookie=yes
Author: Colletti, DJ
Date Published: 1994 Vol. 147, no. 3
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 8, tactical technology, compressed-air foam, class A foam, tactics and tasks, extinguishing agents, CAFS
Effect of Positive Pressure Ventilation on a Room Fire
http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire05/PDF/f05018.pdf
Author: Stephen Kerber, William D. Walton
Date Published: 2005
Publisher: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Keywords: Initiative 15, positive pressure ventilation, smoke movement, room fire, Initiative 8, tactical technology, structural firefighting
Effect of Water Sprays on Fire Fighter Thermal Imagers
http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire04/PDF/f04097.pdf
Author: Widmann, J. F.; Duchez, J.
Date Published: April 2004
Publisher: Fire Safety Journal
Keywords: Initiative 15, Initiative 8, tactical technology, thermal imaging camera, water sprays, radiation extinction
Evaluating Highfill Fire Department's water supply operations
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
Author: Jackson, Jeremy N.
Date Published: 2006
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 3, structural firefighting, tactical technology, water supply, fire flows, large-diameter hose, relay pumping
Evaluating Positive Pressure Ventilation In Large Structures: High-Rise Pressure Experiments
http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/NIST_IR_7412.pdf
Author: Stephen Kerber, Daniel Madrzykowski, David Stroup
Date Published: 2007
Publisher: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Keywords: Initiative 15, positive pressure ventilation, smoke movement, high-rise fires, high-rise firefighting, Initiative 8, tactical technology
Evaluating the safety and effectiveness of standpipe kits utilized by the Asheville Fire Department
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
Author: Burnette, Scott T
Date Published: 2005
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 8, tactical technology, standpipe kits, Initiative 3, structure firefighting, operational
Fire-induced response-based collapse monitoring of burning buildings
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=1235138
Author: Duron, ZH; Olsen, AH
Date Published: March 8-15, 2003; Vo
Publisher: Aerospace Conference, 2003. Proceedings
Keywords: Initiative 8, tactical technology, structural collapse, structural collapse monitoring
Modular Reconfigurable Robots, An Approach To Urban Search and Rescue
http://www2.parc.com/spl/projects/modrobots/publications/pdf/HWRSpaper2.pdf
Author: Mark Yim, David G. Duff and Kimon Roufas
Date Published: 2000
Publisher: 1st Intl. Workshop on Human-friendly Welfare Robotics
Keywords: Initiative 8, tactical technology, robots, USAR, technical rescue
New additive for low viscosity of AFFF/AR concentrates - study of the potential fire performance
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
Author: Carruette, Marie-Laure , Persson, Henry, and Pabon, Martial
Date Published: October 2004
Publisher: Fire Technology
Keywords: Initiative 8, tactical technology, AFFF foam, foam additive, foam viscosity
Performance Tests of Personal Escape Rope Systems
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/103161/25/ARCHI/none/Feat/PERFORMANCE-TESTS-OF-PERSONAL-ESCAPE-ROPE-SYSTEMS-
Author: Jacque Greiff
Date Published: May 2001
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 8, tactical technology, operational safety, personal escape rope system
Positive Pressure Ventilation for High-Rise Building
http://irc.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/pubs/rr/rr102/rr102.pdf
Author: G.D. Lougheed, P.J. McBride and D.W. Carpenter
Date Published: 2002
Publisher: National Research Council Canada
Keywords: Initiative 15, positive pressure ventilation, smoke movement, high-rise fires, high-rise firefighting, Initiative 8, tactical technology, Initiative 3, tactics and tasks
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
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
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