Abbreviations Keywords 1. Introduction 2. Materials and methods 3. Wildland fire in Botswana 4. Status of fire management in Botswana 5. Towards a sustainable fire management approach 6. Discussion 7. Conclusion Acknowledgments ReferencesShow full outline Figures (3) Tables (2) Table 1 Table 2Weat...
The emphasis is on wildland fire modeling, simulation, prediction, and a major milestone is to provide real-time information to people fighting actual fires. The final test of the project will be to do a full scale test with a prescribed burn of a mountainside in 2008- 2009. x ITR: ...
Application from the ground is usually from a vehicle such as a fire engine, while application from the air is usually from an airplane or helicopter. It is often desirable to mark the locations that have been applied with fire retardants in order to coordinate fire-fighting activities, to ...
Fighting wildfire is a physically demanding occupation [1,2] requiring firefighters to be physically fit to minimise fatigue and work safely and competently [3]. To determine whether personnel are fit for duty, an increasing number of firefighting agencies (e.g., the USDA Forest Service; Australi...
A systematic review of job-specific workers’ health surveillance activities for fire-fighting, ambulance, police and military personnel. Int. Arch. Occup. Environ. Health 2011, 84, 839–857. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed] Orr, R.; Simas, V.; Canetti, E.; Maupin, D.; Schram, ...
Training area should be simple.a 1.5 mile flat loop or 1.5 mile down/back flat course on road, plus a stop watch, is all units/athletes will need for this assessment. The type of equipment and weight carried should be the same, or closely simulated, to the requirements of the job.We ...