Title :
AHP and the assessment of community fire risk in the city of Hampton, Virginia
Author :
Fernandez, Abel A. ; Jacobs, Derya ; Keating, Charles ; Kauffman, Paul
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng. Manage., Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, VA, USA
Abstract :
The Hampton Fire & Rescue Division (HF&RD) provides fire control, emergency medical services, environmental protection and general safety education for Hampton, a city of approximately 300,000 inhabitants in southeastern Virginia, USA. Under progressive leadership, the HF&RD is one of the first fire districts to pursue accreditation under the National Fire Service Accreditation program developed by the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC). This paper reports on a prototype community risk assessment study performed as part of the process leading up to accreditation
Keywords :
accreditation; fires; project management; safety; standards; International Association of Fire Chiefs; USA; accreditation; community fire risk assessment; community risk assessment study; progressive leadership; Accreditation; Buildings; Cities and towns; Fires; Frequency; Jacobian matrices; Medical services; Protection; Research and development management; Risk management;
Conference_Titel :
Management of Engineering and Technology, 1999. Technology and Innovation Management. PICMET '99. Portland International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Portland, OR
Print_ISBN :
1-890843-02-4
DOI :
10.1109/PICMET.1999.808153
