Initiative 8: Technology (Subscribe)
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- Protective Technology (59)
- Tactical Technology (33)
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Comparative effects of thermal energy to personnel in flash fires while wearing various level A chem
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo35427.pdf
Author: Bindernagel, Terry A.
Date Published: 2003
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 8, protective technology, chemical protective clothing, Level A suits, thermal resistance, fire tests
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
Coping With Loss of Air Supply in Chemical Protective Suits
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/60221/25/ARCHI/none/Feat/COPING-WITH-LOSS-OF-AIR-SUPPLY-IN-CHEMICAL-PROTECTIVE-SUITS
Author: Alan Veasey
Date Published: March 1998
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 8, protective technology, protective clothing, Level A chemical suit, totally encapsulating chemical protective suit, air supply, hazmat response
Deployment software review
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo32807.pdf
Author: Begnell, Gene F.
Date Published: 2001
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 1, executive response management, deployment, deployment software, management technology,
Developing Test Procedures for Measuring Stored Thermal Energy in Firefighter Protective Clothing.
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-07262005-165310/
Author: Eni, Egbe U
Date Published: April 2005*
Publisher: North Carolina State University
Keywords: safety engineering, Initiative 8, protective technology, protective clothing
Development of Non-Destructive Test Methods For Assessment of In-Use Fire Fighters Protective Clothi
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/SSU/TC-SSU-05202004155351.pdf
Author: Thorpe, Peter
Date Published: April 2004*
Publisher: University of Saskatchewan
Keywords: Initiative 8, protective technology, protective clothing, safety engineering
Distress alert signals from personal alert safety systems devices do not trigger physiological respo
http://www.usfa.fema.gov/pdf/efop/tr_01da.pdf
Author: Adams, Donald R.
Date Published: 2001
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 8, protective technology, PASS alarms, physiological responses, Initiative 4, human facto
Early Warning Capabilities for Firefighters: Testing of Collapse Prediction Technologies
http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire03/PDF/f03072.pdf
Author: Duron, Z. H.
Date Published: February 2003
Publisher: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Keywords: Initiative 15, structural collapse, structural firefighting hazards, Initiative 8, collapse prediction
Effect of firefighter masks on monocular and binocular peripheral vision.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=12708146&query_hl=16&itool=pubmed_DocSum
Author: Samo DG, Bahk JK, Gerkin RD.
Date Published: April 2003
Publisher: Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 8, protective technology, SCBA facepiece, peripheral vision
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
Effects of Moisture on the Thermal Protective Performance of Firefighter Protective Clothing in Low-
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa4025/is_200601/ai_n17171936/pg_1
Author: Barker, Guerth-Schacher, Grimes, Hamouda
Date Published: January 2006
Publisher: Textile Research Journal
Keywords: Initiative 8, protective technology, protective clothing, turnouts, thermal performance
Engineering Turnout Systems for Heat Stress Reduction: Dupont`S Nomex Omegat Bunker Gear
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/60519/25/ARCHI/none/Depar/ENGINEERING-TURNOUT-SYSTEMS-FOR-HEAT-STRESS-REDUCTION:-DuPONTS-NOMEX-OMEGAT-BUNKER-GEAR
Author: Robert F. Dahl
Date Published: August 1998
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 8, protective technology, protective clothing, heat stress
Enhancing training and communications through video conferencing within the Orange County Fire Autho
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo34057.pdf
Author: Moore, Michael D.
Date Published: 2002
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 5, decentralized training, training technology/tools, video conferencing, communications technology, Initiative 1, administration
Estimated workplace protection factors for positive-pressure self-contained breathing apparatus.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?itool=abstractplus&db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=abstractplus&list_uids=8209837
Author: Campbell, DL; Noonan, GP; Merinar, TR; Stobbe, JA
Date Published: 1994 Apr;55(4):322-9
Publisher: American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal
Keywords: Initiative 8, protective technology, SCBA, SCBA performance
Estimates of Thermal Conductivity for Materials Used in Fire Fighter's Protective Clothing
http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire00/PDF/f00030.pdf
Author: Lawson, J. R.; Pinder, T. A.
Date Published: May 2000
Publisher: US Fire Administration
Keywords: Initiative 8, protective technology, protective clothing, thermal exposure, turnouts, thermal performance
Estimates of Thermal Conductivity for Unconditioned and Conditioned Materials Used in Fire Fighters'
http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire05/PDF/f05100.pdf
Author: Vettori, R. L.
Date Published: November 2005
Publisher: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Keywords: Initiative 8, protective technology, protective clothing, thermal exposure, turnouts, thermal performance
Estimates of Thermal Properties for Fire Fighters' Protective Clothing Materials
http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire05/PDF/f05108.pdf
Author: Lawson, J. R.; Walton, W. D.; Bryner, N. P.; Amon, F. K.
Date Published: June 2005
Publisher: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Keywords: Initiative 8, protective technology, protective clothing, thermal exposure, turnouts, thermal performance
Evaluating a fire inspection/permit software program for the Arlington Fire Department
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo33101.pdf
Author: Terry, Claire
Date Published: 2001
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 14, fire code enforcement, fire inspection, fire permits, management technology, inspecti
Evaluating fire shelter performance in experimental crown fires
http://rparticle.web-p.cisti.nrc.ca/rparticle/AbstractTemplateServlet?journal=cjfr&volume=34&year=2004&issue=8&msno=x04-091&calyLang=fra
Author: Putnam, T; Butler, BW
Date Published: 2004, 34(8): 1600–16
Publisher: Canadian Journal for Forest Research
Keywords: Initiative 8, protective technology, fire shelters, wildland firefighting, risk protection, Initiati
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