Using miniature air vehicles (MAVs) is a cost effective, simple method for collecting data about the size, shape, and location characteristics of a forest fire. However, noise in measurements used to compute pose (location and attitude) of the camera on board the MAV leads to significant errors in the processing of collected video data. Typical methods using MAVs to track fires attempt to find ...

BACKGROUND This article aims at testing of psychometric characteristics of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the Defense Style Questionnaire - 40 (DSQ-40) in a sample of Croatian professional fire-fighters, so as to justify their use in Occupational Health. A pioneer effort to interrelate mental states and psychological job demands, ranked using the WAI questionnaire, was made as well. ...

The study was performed in a sample of 39 firemen. The state of health for each fire fighter was evaluated by means of a clinical examination and also through some specific exams. Aerobic capacity was estimated as an indicator of physical fitness. In each load, cardiac frequency and oxygen consumption were measured under a steady state condition. Additionally, body composition was calculated us...

INTRODUCTION The present study, situated in the safety at work issue, is aimed to evaluate the risk perception and preventive behaviour (the use of individual protection devices) in the fire brigade work, with reference to the most typical risk for these workers: cylinder blast; fire and exhalation of toxic steam; road accidents; falls, cuts, contusions; stress and physical strain. To this end ...

Abstract Fire safety expertise was in great demand following the Grenfell Tower fire London June 2017. The government established a review of building regulations and an expert panel to inform its responses Grenfell, many other relevant organisations also formed their own panels. However, knowledge is highly contested domain, with claims based on differing sources. fighters can claim experience...