Posts Tagged: Initiative 8

Preliminary studies for a drilling robot firefighter

Author: Smith, DL; Lawrence, DA; Harris, JP
Date Published: 1987*
Publisher: US Air Force
Keywords: Initiative 8, aircraft rescue firefighting, operations technology

Addressing the challenges of thermal imaging for firefighting applications

Author: Kostrzewa, Joseph; Meyer, William H; Poe, George; Terre, William A; Salapow, Thomas J; Raimondi, Joh
Date Published: September 2003, pp 5
Publisher: Proceedings of SPIE - Volume 5074, Infrared Techhology and Applications XX
Keywords: protective technology, thermal imaging cameras, Initiative 8

Active versus passive cooling during work in warm environments while wearing firefighting protective clothing

Author: Selkirk, GA; McLellan, TM; Wong, J
Date Published: 2004 Aug;1(8)
Publisher: Journal of Occupational & Environmental Hygiene
Keywords: Initiative 6, Initiative 8, protective clothing

A Heat Transfer Model for Firefighters’ Protective Clothing

Author: Mell, William E; Lawson, J. Randall
Date Published: Volume 36, Number 1
Publisher: Fire Technology
Keywords: Initiative 8, protective clothing, safety engineering, burn prevention

Compressed Air Foam Systems in Limited Staffing Conditions

Author: Taylor, Robert G.
Date Published: December 1997*
Publisher: National Fire Academy, Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 3, Initiative 8, structural firefighting, tactics and tasks, tactical technology, extinguishing agents, compressed air foam, CAFs

Development of Non-Destructive Test Methods For Assessment of In-Use Fire Fighters Protective Clothing

Author: Thorpe, Peter
Date Published: April 2004*
Publisher: University of Saskatchewan
Keywords: Initiative 8, protective technology, protective clothing

Developing Test Procedures for Measuring Stored Thermal Energy in Firefighter Protective Clothing.

Author: Eni, Egbe U
Date Published: April 2005*
Publisher: North Carolina State University
Keywords: Initiative 8, protective technology, safety engineering

Estimated workplace protection factors for positive-pressure self-contained breathing apparatus.

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

Fire-induced response-based collapse monitoring of burning buildings

Author: Duron, ZH; Olsen, AH
Date Published: March 8-15, 2003; Vo
Publisher: Aerospace Conference, 2003. Proceedings
Keywords: structural collapse, tactical technology, Initiative 8

Forest Fire Spread and Suppression in DEVS

Author: Ntaimo, Zeigler, Vasconcelos, Khargharia
Date Published: 2004*
Publisher: University of Arizona
Keywords: wildland fire management, Initiative 8, management technology, wildland fire spread