- Author
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Peatross, M. J.
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Hunt, S. P.
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Gottuk, D. T.
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Siegmann, C. W.
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Beyler, C. L.
- Title
- Air Force Fire Protection Cost Risk Analysis. Final Report. October 1, 1991-December 31, 1993.
- Coporate
- Hughes Associates, Inc., Columbia, MD
- Sponsor
- Air Force Civil Engineering Support Agency, Tyndall AFB, FL
- Report
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DF-TR-94-10; MIPR N-91-122,
October 31, 1994,
202 p.
- Keywords
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fire protection
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costs
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risk analysis
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fire losses
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response time
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fire departments
- Identifiers
- work breakdown structure; United States Air Force; National Fire Incident Report System
- Abstract
- This report discusses a series of analyses conducted to assess the impact of policy changes on fire losses. The analyses are based on available United States Air Force (USAF) fire incident data and the civilian National Fire Incident Report (NFIRS) database. An overall analysis of civilian and USAF fire departments found no clear difference in the performance of the two groups. The effect of fire department response time on fire losses was studied. A direct linear relationship between response time and fire loss was observed for both operating cost of USAF fire departments was developed. This model is a series of user-interactive spread sheets which allow specification of manpower and vehicles by the user. The combined use of the response time analysis and the cost model can be used to calculate the expected cost/risks of relocation of firefighting resources. A task-oriented work breakdown structure for USAF fire departments was conducted. A series of flowcharts were produced to diagram steps in firefighting.