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Record Nr.

UNINA9910695178603321

Autore

Poole Stanley L., Jr

Titolo

Scrap and shredded tire fires [[electronic resource] ] : special report / / Federal Emergency Management Agency ; researched by Stanley L. Poole, Jr. ; Edited by Hollis Stambaugh and Peter Banks

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Emmitsburg, Md.] : , : Federal Emergency Management Agency, , 1998

Descrizione fisica

76 pages : digital, PDF file

Collana

Technical report series ; ; 093

Altri autori (Persone)

StambaughHollis

BanksPeter

Soggetti

Tires - Fires and fire prevention

Fire fighters - Training of

Hazardous wastes - Environmental aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed June 16, 2006).

This is Report 093 of the Major Fires Investigation Project conducted by Varley-Campbell and Associates, Inc./TriData Corporation under contract EMW-94-C-4423 to the United States Fire Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency.

"USFA-TR-093/December 1998."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 58-59).

Nota di contenuto

Sources and usage of scrap and shredded tires - Advances in tire recycling - Barriers to recycling -- Hazards of scrap and shredded tires - Fire and environmental hazards - Hazards at different stages of combustion - Storage and recycling operation hazards -- Tire fire incident case studies -- Planning for tire fire prevention and extinguishment - Fire prevention code enforcement - Tire fire pre-planning - Excavation equipment for tire fires - Emergency response -- Firefighting strategy and tactics - Exposures - Containment - Extinguishment - overhaul -- Environmental hazard containment -- Safety of operations -- Cost recovery resources -- Lessons learned.