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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 %0a

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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%0a

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Design and Architecture of Sidh – a Cave Based Firefighter Training Game

http://www.springerlink.com/content/p3mu7g5j02g31k1w/
Author: Mikael Lebram, Per Backlund, Henrik Engström and Mikael Johannesson
Date Published: 2009
Publisher: springer
Keywords: None

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Designs of a fire detecting and fire pre-warning system based on single chip microcomputer

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877705810010520
Author: Yishan Zeng, Jun Qian
Date Published: 2010
Publisher: Elsevier
Keywords: single chip microcomputer, fire detection, sensor, A/D converter

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Development and application of Anti-fcell~ flame retardant and anti-fusing viscose fiber

http://en.cnki.com.cn/Article_en/CJFDTOTAL-SFXK200806006.htm
Author: MA Jun-zhi, HU Wei-hong, WANG Shi-lei, MA Feng-gang
Date Published: 2008
Publisher: en.cnki.com.cn
Keywords: None

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Development of fire detection systems in the intelligent building

http://nparc.cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/npsi/ctrl?action=shwart&index=an&req=5755362&lang=en
Author: Z G Liu, J M Makar, A K Kim
Date Published: 2010
Publisher: NRC-CNRC
Keywords: fire detection, inteligent building, detection

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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%0a

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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 %0a

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Effects of a Modified Ambulance Night Shift system on fatigue and physiological function among Ambulance paramedics

http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/joh/51/3/51_204/_article
Author: Hidemaro Takeyama, Toru Itani, Norihide Tachi, Osamu Sakamura, Kensaburo Murata, Tatsuki Inoue, Tosh
Date Published: 2009
Publisher: Journal of Occupational Health
Keywords: None

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Effects of Shift Schedules on fatigue and physiological functions among firefighters during night duty

http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a714029977
Author: H Takeyama, T Itani, N Tachi, O Sakamura, K Murata, T Inoue, T Takanishi, H Suzumura, S NIwa
Date Published: 2005
Publisher: Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors
Keywords: None

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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%0a

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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%0a

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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

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Fire Fighting Tactics Under Wind Driven Fire Conditions: 7-Story Building Experiments

http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire09/art015.html
Author: S.I. Kerber, D. Madrzykowski
Date Published: April 2009
Publisher: NIST
Keywords: Initiative 8, building experiment, wind driven fire, fire fighting tactics

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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%0a

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FIREGUIDE: Firefighter guide and tracker

http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=5626771&tag=1
Author: Gandhi, S.R.; Ganz, A.; Mullett, G.;
Date Published: 2010
Publisher: Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
Keywords: None

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Integrated Firefighter Location and Physiological Monitor

http://www.wpi.edu/Images/CMS/PPL/duckworth_nahass.pdf
Author: Jim Duckworth, Paul Nahass
Date Published: 2008
Publisher: WPI
Keywords: Firefighter physiological systems

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Interactive surface technology for a mobile command centre

http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1979843
Author: Victor Cheung, Nader Cheaib, Stacey D Scott
Date Published: 2011
Publisher: ACM
Keywords: None

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Letting Tools Talk: Interactive Technology for Firefighting

http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1520681
Author: Sebastian Denef, Leonardo Ramirez, Tobias Dyrks
Date Published: 2009
Publisher: ACM
Keywords: None

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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%0a

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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%0a

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Nonwoven technology of SteamJet Entanglement and application

http://en.cnki.com.cn/Article_en/CJFDTOTAL-CYYF200801009.htm
Author: Chen Han, Jin Xiangyu and Wu Haibo
Date Published: 2008
Publisher: en.cnki.com.cn
Keywords: None

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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%0a

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Personal Dead-Reckoning System for GPS-Denied Environments

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~johannb/Papers/paper142.pdf
Author: Lauro Ojeda, Johann Borenstein
Date Published: 2007
Publisher: IEEE International Workshop on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics
Keywords: Personal Odometry, Personal dead-reckoning, non-GPS navigation

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