- Author
- Wulff, P.
- Title
- Olycka pa vag--en insatssituation for raddningstjansten. [Road Accident--A Situation for the Rescue Service.] (Abstract in English)
- Coporate
- National Defence Research Inst., Stockholm, Sweden
- Report
- FOA Report E10001-1.2, April 1987, 105 p.
- Keywords
- accidents | rescue operations | fire departments | accident statistics
- Identifiers
- evaluation and effectiveness
- Abstract
- Rescue operations by fire brigade personnel in traffic accidents has been studied for ten local authorities in Sweden ranging in size from 120,000 down to 4,000 inhabitants. A comparatively simple method of evaluation has been used with rescue performance being measured as survival rate among persons seriously injuried.