Fire Prevention Targeting by Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service in UK

Pre-hospital management of burns by the UK fire service.

OBJECTIVE To determine the current policies and practice of UK fire services for the management of burns patients. METHODS Structured telephone questionnaire covering formal policies including patient assessment, oxygen and entonox use, burn assessment and treatment, and paediatric patients and training. RESULTS The questionnaire was completed by 74% of the UK Fire Services (n = 46); only 1...

Strategic Fire and Rescue Service decision making using evolutionary algorithms

This paper describes the development of a novel, risk based method to locate high performance solutions for the deployment of Fire and Rescue Service (FRS) resources, such as fire stations and appliances, using evolutionary algorithms in conjunction with Fire Service Cover Models. Such algorithms allow the relatively rapid identification of areas of good potential solutions by sampling only a s...

Factors influencing improved attendance in the UK fire service

BACKGROUND Sickness absence rates in the UK continue to exceed those in much of the developed world, with an annual cost to employers of £29 billion. Rates of sickness absence in the public sector are higher than those in the private sector, with the exception of the fire service where they are consistently lower. AIMS To understand the influences that increase attendance among operational fi...

Knowledge of Operating Room Staff on Fire Resources and Fire prevention Measurements

Background and Objectives: Fire risk is a potential risk in operating rooms. To have safety, fire risk management and its prerequisites including knowledge enhancement should be considered in operation rooms. The aim of this study was to determine knowledge of operating room staff about fire resources and fire prevention in Valiasr hospital, Boroujen. Material and Methods: In this cross-section...

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