Essays about: "Fire emergency"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 45 essays containing the words Fire emergency.

  1. 1. Where there is road, there is fire (influence): An exploratory study on the influence of roads in the spatial patterns of Swedish wildfires of 2018

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Gabriel Romeo Ferriols Pavico; [2023]
    Keywords : Geography; GIS; Wildfire; Fire Spatial Patterns; Road; Conformity; FWI; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : This study focuses on the Swedish wildfire season of 2018, when the country incurred ten times more than the average burnt area that occurred in previous years. The study aims to address a broad research question: Do roads influence the size of the burned area? This study fills the gap in research on the effects of roads in the spatial patterns of wildfires. READ MORE

  3. 2. Wildfire growth modelling in Sweden - a suitability assessment of available data

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Henrik Hagelin; [2023]
    Keywords : Geography; GIS; Geographic Information Science; Physical geography; Prometheus; WiSE-FASS; The 2014 Västmanland wildfire; Wildfire growth modelling; Wildfire suppression support; Wildfire behaviour; MESAN; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Wildfires are worldwide problems that stress societies by damaging their economies and they cause serious, sometimes fatal, health implications among the populations. In recent years, the rate of wildfire occurrence has increased as the global average temperature has risen. Because of global climate change, this rate is expected to continue rising. READ MORE

  4. 3. Teachers’ Perception of Factors Delaying Evacuation of School Children

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Brandteknik

    Author : Rikard Mobratt; [2023]
    Keywords : Evacuation; School children; Fire drill; Fire emergency evacuation; Elementary school; Teachers; Questionnaire Utrymning; Skolbarn; Utrymningsövning; Brandutrymning; Grundskola; Lärare; Enkät; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to study teachers’ perception of children’s ability to evacuate, thus learning about children’s evacuation behavior. Questions of interest are teachers’ perception of children’s ability to evacuate, their behavior, if there are any misconceptions in the teachers’ perception and how fire evacuation drills influence the teachers’ perceptions. READ MORE

  5. 4. The design of evacuation alarms for people who are deaf or hard of hearing

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Brandteknik

    Author : Anastasia Afanasova; [2023]
    Keywords : Alarm system; Deaf people; Hard-of-hearing people; Fire safety.; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : The ability to hear is essential for receiving auditory signals, which serve as warnings and alerts in many situations, including fire evacuation. However, people with hearing impairments may miss out such signals and can be exposed to dangerous situations. READ MORE

  6. 5. Wearable Emergency Alerting System With Enhanced Inclusivity with interactive Acknowledgment and SOS Distress Signal

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för matematik och naturvetenskap

    Author : Jotheesh Reddy Kummathi; Venkata Tejeswar Savithri; [2023]
    Keywords : AdafruitIO; Alerting system; Emergency situations; Feeds; Vibrations.; Adafruit IO; varningssystem; nödsituationer; foder; vibrationer.;

    Abstract : This abstract introduces the wearable-based alerting system for emergency situations for both disabled and non-disabled individuals. The system sends advanced technology to detect various emergencies like fire alerts, flood alerts, outside air contamination etc, for the emergency services and it gives a signal in the form of vibration for the user. READ MORE