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1 online resource (115 pages) |
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SpringerBriefs in Fire |
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SpringerBriefs in fire.
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Foreword; About the Fire Protection Research Foundation; About the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA); Acknowledgments; Project Technical Panel; Project Sponsor; Contents; 1 Introduction and Background; 1.1 Selection Criteria for Enveco Tool Components; 1.1.1 Environmental Assessment; 1.1.2 Economic Assessment; 1.1.3 Risk Assessment; 1.1.4 Combined Fire Impact Assessments; 2 Scope; 3 Approach; 3.1 Quantitative Risk Assessment; 3.1.1 Radiation and Ignition; 3.1.2 Spread of Fire from Warehouse Fires; 3.2 Cost Benefit Analysis; 3.2.1 Economic Indicators; 3.2.1.1 Firefighter Fatalities |
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3.2.1.2 Firefighter Injuries3.2.1.3 Replace Damaged Property; 3.2.1.4 Fire Service Response; 3.2.1.5 Job Disruption; 3.2.1.6 Direct Business Interruption; 3.2.1.7 Indirect Business Interruption; 3.2.1.8 Rent Reduction; 3.3 Life Cycle Assessment; 3.3.1 Goal and Scope; 3.3.2 Inventory Analysis; 3.3.2.1 Warehouse Structure Replacement; 3.3.2.2 Contents Replacement; 3.3.2.3 Fire Effluents; 3.3.2.4 Fire Department Response; 3.3.3 Impact Assessment; 3.3.4 Interpretation; 3.3.4.1 LCA Model Strengths; 3.3.4.2 LCA Model Weaknesses; 4 Integration and Implementation; 4.1 Risk of Fire Spread |
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4.2 Warehouse Description4.3 Contents Description; 4.4 Fire Service Response; 5 Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analyses; 5.1 QRA; 5.2 CBA; 5.3 LCA; 5.3.1 Sensitivity of LCA Model Input; 5.3.2 Uncertainty of LCA Model Results; 5.4 Overall Enveco Tool Sensitivity; 6 Case Studies; 6.1 Case Study 1; 6.1.1 Quantitative Risk Assessment; 6.1.1.1 Fire Spread-Deterministic Example Calculations; 6.1.1.2 Risk Simulations; 6.1.2 Cost Benefit Analysis; 6.1.3 Life Cycle Assessment; 6.2 Case Study 2; 6.2.1 Quantitative Risk Assessment; 6.2.2 Risk Simulations; 6.2.3 Cost Benefit Analysis |
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6.2.4 Life Cycle Assessment7 Conclusions; 8 Future Work; Appendix A: Existing Risk, Environmental, and Economic Assessment Models; A.1 Life Cycle Assessment; Outline placeholder; A.1.1 Fire-LCA; A.2 Risk Assessment (RA); Outline placeholder; A.2.1 Economic Assessment (EA); A.2.1.1 Cost Benefit Analysis; A.3 Related Regulatory Frameworks; A.4 Important Parameters; A.5 Statistics; A.6 Recommendations; References; Appendix B: Historic Warehouse Fires as Potential Case Studies; B.1 Methodology; B.2 Warehouse Fires Literature Review; Outline placeholder |
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B.2.1 Cold Storage Warehouse Fire (Madison, WI)B.2.2 Food Processing Plant Fire (Yuma, AZ); B.2.3 Furniture Manufacturing Facility Dust Explosion (Lenoir, NC); B.2.4 Storage Warehouse Fire (Phoenix, AZ); B.2.5 Warehouse Fire (New Orleans, LI); B.2.6 Abandoned Cold Storage Warehouse Multi-firefighter Fatality Fire (Worcester, MA); B.2.7 Sherwin-Williams Paint Warehouse Fire (Dayton, OH); B.2.8 Sandoz Chemical Plant Fire (Basel, Switzerland); B.3 Recommendation; References; Appendix C: Statistical Decision Support for Possible Future Expansion of the Enveco Tool; C.1 NFPA; Outline placeholder |
| Summary |
This book investigates the feasibility of developing a tool that enables fire departments to estimate the value of their services to a community in terms of environmental and financial impact. This book provides a summary of this effort, which resulted in development of a prototype tool for fire department use. The impact of fire on a community is usually measured in terms of the number of fires, human casualties, and property damage. There are, however, more subtle impacts of fire that are not so easily estimated but contribute to the measure of overall performance of the fire service in protecting a community. While environmental and economic impact assessment methodologies exist as separate systems, they generally require a high level of knowledge that is outside the scope of most fire departments. A relatively simple methodology for estimating the environmental and economic impact of fires helps communities understand the degree to which fire department activities can benefit a communityℓ́ℓs environmental and economic well-being. The scope and approach for this prototype tool is explained, including risk assessment, cost benefit analysis, life cycle assessment, integration and implementation, and sensitivity and uncertainty analysis. It includes multiple case studies and offers statistical support for future expansion of the tool. Fire service professionals will find this a useful new approach to presenting value in a community, as well as a method for examining their own financial and environmental plans |
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C.1.1 CStructure Fires by Occupancy (April 2013) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
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Print version record |
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Springer eBooks |
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Fires -- Simulation methods
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Natural resources.
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Biotechnology
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natural resources.
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bioengineering.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Engineering (General)
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Reference.
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Biotechnology
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Civil engineering
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Engineering
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Environmental engineering
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Industrial safety
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Natural resources
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Quality control
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Reliability
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Amon, Francine
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Gehandler, Jonatan
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Stahl, Selim
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Tomida, Mai
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Meacham, Brian
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| ISBN |
9781493965595 |
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149396559X |
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1493965581 |
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9781493965588 |
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