This paper investigates the effects of inter-organizational collaboration on the effectiveness of U.S. municipal fire departments. Almost all U.S. fire departments engage in the reciprocal exchange of fire services with neighboring departments. However, there is substantial variety in these relationships. First, some departments exchange help with greater frequency than others. Second, some dep...

A novel sensing device for fire detection in domestic environments is presented. The fire detector uses a combination of several sensors that not only detect smoke, but discriminate between different types of smoke. This feature avoids false alarms and warns of different situations. Power consumption is optimized both in terms of hardware and software, providing a high degree of autonomy of alm...

The most important parts of protective and observe systems are the fire detection systems. Fire detection is very significant for the safety of the people. In past there were many methods used in forest fire detection. This paper presents a new type of system which uses Un-manned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), wireless technology and power of artificial intelligence for forest fire detection. The unmann...

Knapp, Eric E.; Estes, Becky L.; Skinner, Carl N. 2009. Ecological effects of prescribed fire season: a literature review and synthesis for managers. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-224. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. 80 p. Prescribed burning may be conducted at times of the year when fires were infrequent historically, leading to concern...

BACKGROUND Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and methicillin-susceptible S aureus (MSSA) were isolated from environment surfaces sampled from 33 Washington State fire stations. METHODS Samples were collected by fire personnel using commercial testing swabs. One to 6 surfaces were sampled per swab with 20 swabs per station. Biochemical tests were used to confirm MRSA and MSSA ...

One Sunday in Southern California, with Santa Ana winds blowing, the tinder dry, and the temperature hot, a forest fire broke out that rapidly became uncontained. Then six more large fires broke out. Soon homes were consumed. The entire city of San Diego seemed engulfed in an uncontained firestorm. Two different emergent groups from a radio station and an internet software development firm comp...

Earthworm biomass and production in savannas are limited by seasonal precipitation and the lack of organic and nutrient resources; I hypothesize that after a long-term protection of savanna from fire and agricultural activities drastic changes in the physical and chemical characteristics of the soil occur with a concomitant increase in earthworm abundance and activities. Similar changes might o...

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are used for various applications such as habitat monitoring, automation, agriculture, and security. Since numerous sensors are usually deployed on remote and inaccessible places, the deployment and maintenance should be easy and scalable. Wireless sensor network consists of large number of small nodes. The nodes then sense environmental changes and report them t...

In this paper we describe the approach of the 5RingsTeam to the complexity of the RoboCupRescue simulation environment. We consider two decisive contributes to that complexity: the communication scarceness and the multiplicity of tasks to be accomplished. We propose to approach the communication scarceness aspect by two different perspectives: (a) the leadership concept (both static and emergen...