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Residential Fire Rescues: Building a Model of Rescue Types for Supporting the Fire Service
Firefighters take great risks when rescuing victims from residential fires. Therefore, insight from practice is essential for supporting the fire service in the choices that must be made during rescue operations. Despite the fact that generally little is known about the circumstances of rescue operations worldwide, tentative information is already known at the local level.
This chapter describes the development of a model of rescue types for supporting the fireFires service in the (preparation for) the organization of rescue operations and for the prevention of firesFires where rescue becomes necessary. The presented model is based on data from a multiyear survey by the Dutch fireFires service and is illustrated by descriptions from practice. Due to possible differences in the execution of fireFires rescue operations between countries, it may be necessary to adapt the presented model to local conditions.
Furthermore, insight is given in the preliminary indicators for an increased chance of survival. Survival appears to be mainly related to the location of the victim, degree of physical vulnerability to fireFires, and the physical capacity to escape. The speed of fireFires discovery and the response timeResponse time of the fireFires service seem to have less influence on the survival of the fireFires.
Residential Fire Rescues: Building a Model of Rescue Types for Supporting the Fire Service
Firefighters take great risks when rescuing victims from residential fires. Therefore, insight from practice is essential for supporting the fire service in the choices that must be made during rescue operations. Despite the fact that generally little is known about the circumstances of rescue operations worldwide, tentative information is already known at the local level.
This chapter describes the development of a model of rescue types for supporting the fireFires service in the (preparation for) the organization of rescue operations and for the prevention of firesFires where rescue becomes necessary. The presented model is based on data from a multiyear survey by the Dutch fireFires service and is illustrated by descriptions from practice. Due to possible differences in the execution of fireFires rescue operations between countries, it may be necessary to adapt the presented model to local conditions.
Furthermore, insight is given in the preliminary indicators for an increased chance of survival. Survival appears to be mainly related to the location of the victim, degree of physical vulnerability to fireFires, and the physical capacity to escape. The speed of fireFires discovery and the response timeResponse time of the fireFires service seem to have less influence on the survival of the fireFires.
Residential Fire Rescues: Building a Model of Rescue Types for Supporting the Fire Service
The soc. of Fire Protection Engineers Series
Runefors, Marcus (editor) / Andersson, Ragnar (editor) / Delin, Mattias (editor) / Gell, Thomas (editor) / Kobes, Margrethe (author) / Weewer, Ricardo (author)
2022-08-28
23 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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