- Author
- Weinschenk, C. | Ezekoye, O. A. | Nicks, R.
- Title
- Analysis of Fireground Standard Operating Guidelines/Procedures Compliance for Austin Fire Department.
- Coporate
- University of Texas, Austin City of Austin Fire Department, Austin, TX
- Journal
- Fire Technology, Vol. 44, No. 1/1st Quarter, 39-64, March 2008
- Keywords
- fire fighting | fire departments | fire fighters | ventilation | injuries | NFPA 1500 | occupational safety | occupational safety and health act | training | scenarios | surveys | data analysis | statistics | vents | simulation | impact
- Identifiers
- Standard Operating Guideline (SOG); fire tactics; fireground operations; Positive Pressure Ventilation (PVV); compliance of initial tactical functions for an offensive fire; apparatus type and arrival order; initial tactical function; data distillation for hot lap completion; actual survey response; raw tabulated data for determining correlation coefficient; fires vented before entry; Austin Fire Department used the "90/10" rule