Initiative 8: Technology (Subscribe)
Categories
- Communications Technology (24) new updated
- Management Technology (37) new
- Protective Technology (120) new
- Tactical Technology (74) new
Links
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
Air Management and physiological responses during simulated firefighting tasks in a high-rise structure
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S000368700900101X
Author: F Michael Williams-Bell, Geoff Boisseau, John McGill, Andrew Kostiuk, Richard L Hughson
Date Published: 2010
Publisher: Applied Ergonomics
Keywords: None
An assessment of automated community notification systems to improve the City of Brookfield's emergency notification capabilities
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo36618.pdf
Author: Alba, Jesus J
Date Published: 2004
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 14, community emergency notification, Initiative 8, communications technology, automated notification%0a
An Empirical Study of Firefighting Sensemaking Practices to Inform the Design of Ubicomp Technology
http://things.fit.fraunhofer.de/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/dyrks_sensemaking_chi2008.pdf
Author: Tobias Dyrks, Sebastian Denef, Leonardo Ramirez
Date Published: 2008
Publisher: ACM
Keywords: None
An evaluation of fatigue cracking in an aerial platform yoke from a fire-fighting vehicle
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V2X-454RWH9-6&_user=10&_coverDate=06%252F30%252F2002&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=4b6a3697d7f730062c096ef197c804e8
Author: Timothy R. Smith
Date Published: Volume 9, Issue 3, J
Publisher: Engineering Failure Analysis
Keywords: apparatus & equipment design safety, aerial platform aparatus%0a
An evaluation of potential radio interoperability solutions for the Roanoke County Fire and Rescue Department
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries1.web&search=R%3D156530
Author: Simon, Stephen G
Date Published: 2006
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 8, communications technology, executive response management, radio interoperability, emergency communications
An executive analysis of Orange County regional data interoperability updated
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries1.web&search=R%3D159402
Author: Robinson, Rick
Date Published: 2006
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 8, communications technology, data interoperability, emergency communications
An Investigation of the Mental Health of Chinese Firefighter
http://en.cnki.com.cn/Article_en/CJFDTOTAL-WUJI201102025.htm
Author: DU Yu-min, ZHAO Guo-dong
Date Published: 2011
Publisher: en.cnki.com.cn
Keywords: None
Analysis of thermal performance of two fabrics intended for use as protective clothing
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/9824/ABSTRACT
Author: Marcelo M. Hirschler
Date Published: Vol 21, (3), 115 - 1
Publisher: Fire and Materials
Keywords: Initiative 8, protective technology, protective clothing, thermal performance%0a
Augmented Cognition for Fire Emergency Response: An Iterative User Study
http://vertex.berkeley.edu/fire/Misc/AugCogFinal.pdf
Author: Steingart, Wilson, Redfern, Wright, Romero, Lim
Date Published: 2003
Publisher: University of California at Berkeley
Keywords: Initiative 8, communications technology, management technology, automated cognition, head-mounted display
Automatic and robust breadcrumb system deployment for indoor firefighter applications
http://delivery.acm.org/10.1145/1820000/1814438/p21-liu.pdf?key1=1814438&key2=2204906031&coll=DL&dl=ACM&ip=130.215.172.58&CFID=22797729&CFTOKEN=61726669
Author: Hengchang Liu, Jingyuan Li, Zhiheng Xie, Shan Lin, Kamin Whitehouse, John A Stankovic, David Siu
Date Published: 2010
Publisher: ACM
Keywords: None
Autonomous fire-detection system using adaptive sensory fusion for intelligent securtiy robot
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=4244391
Author: R C Luo, K L Su, Chia-Yi Nat. Chung Cheng Univ
Date Published: 2007
Publisher: IEEE International Workshop on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics
Keywords: None
Career Fire Captain Dies when Trapped by partial roof collapse in a vacant house fire-Texas
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/reports/face200509.html
Author: NIOSH
Date Published: December 16, 2005
Publisher: NIOSH
Keywords: PPE, Tracking device
Cermet microsensors for fire detection
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925400507006107
Author: Mark H Hammond, Susan L. Rose-Pehrsson, Daniel T Gottuk, James A Lynch, Duane Tillett, Holger Streck
Date Published: 2008
Publisher: Elsevier
Keywords: None
Characterization of Firefighter Smoke Exposure
http://www.springerlink.com/content/p1815h71557u2x04/
Author: Thomas Z. Fabian, Jacob L. Borgerson, Pravinray D. Gandhi, C. Stuart Baxter, Clara Sue Ross, James E
Date Published: 2011
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Keywords: None
Chemical and Biological Respiratory Protection Workshop Report
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2000-122/pdfs/2000-122.pdf
Author: John M. Do wer, Richard W. M etzler, Frank M. Palya, Jeff A. Peterson, Molly Pickett-Harner
Date Published: February 2000
Publisher: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, Initiative 8, protective technology, respiratory protection
Chicago Fire Dept. Tests ZigBee-based RFID System
http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/pdf/2717/1/1/rfidjournal-article2717.PDF
Author: Claire Swedberg
Date Published: October 11, 2006
Publisher: RFID Journal
Keywords: None
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%0a
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%0a
Combination structural/crash firefighter head protection operational evaluation - final report updated
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries1.web&search=R%3D85421
Author: Dees, B. R. , Storm, J. H. , and Wilson, M. J.
Date Published: November 1992
Publisher: Applied Research Associates, Inc
Keywords: Initiative 8, protective technology, helmets, ARFF
Comparative effects of thermal energy to personnel in flash fires while wearing various level A chemical protective clothing (CPC) ensembles
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%0a
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%0a
Compressed Air Foam Systems in Limited Staffing Conditions
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/tr_98rt.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%0a