Search results for “[subject: fire-science]”

• Author(s): Francisco Castro Rego | Penelope Morgan | Paulo Fernandes • Publisher: Springer Verlag • Publisher Imprint: Springer • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Natural DisastersFrom the Back CoverThis textbook provides students an...

• Author(s): Víctor Fernández-García • Publisher: Mdpi AG • Publisher Imprint: Mdpi AG • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeneralMore than half of the land surface on Earth can burn, and thus, fires are one of the most significant disturbances worldwide. ...

• Author(s): Wei Liu | Zeyang Song | Caiping Wang • Publisher: Mdpi AG • Publisher Imprint: Mdpi AG • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeneralThis Special Issue brings together 12 pioneering articles dedicated to an in-depth analysis of coal fires, a glob...

• Author(s): Marcus Runefors • Publisher: Springer Verlag • Publisher Imprint: Springer • Subject: Engineering • BISAC: Fire ScienceFrom the Back CoverThis book provides a comprehensive overview of deaths and injuries from residential fires as we...

• Author(s): Henry A. Wright • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley • BISAC: Environmental Science (see also Chemistry - Environmental)Regional Silviculture of the United States, 2nd Edition John W. Barrett This is the only regional silvic...

• Author(s): Society of Fire Protection Engineers • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Fire ScienceFrom the Back CoverThe SFPE Guide to Fire Risk Assessment provides guidance to qualified practitioners in developing, selec...

• Author(s): Paul DeCicco • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Fire ScienceFeatures papers directed to fire protection in various environments other than building structures including fuel transporting vehicle...

• Author(s): Claire M. Belcher • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell • BISAC: Law EnforcementFire plays a key role in Earth system processes. Wildfires influence the carbon cycle and the nutrient balance of our planet,...

• Author(s): Chuyuan Huang • Publisher: Mdpi AG • Publisher Imprint: Mdpi AG • BISAC: Earth Sciences - General

• Author(s): James S. Clark • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Earth Sciences - Meteorology & ClimatologyBiomass burning profoundly affects atmospheric chemistry, the carbon cycle, and climate and may have done so fo...

• Author(s): Chris C. Funk • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Earth Sciences - Meteorology & ClimatologyEvery year, droughts, floods, and fires impact hundreds of millions of peopl...

• Author(s): Kazunori Harada • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Quality ControlFrom the Back CoverThis book focuses on topics in the entire spectrum of fire safety science, targeting research in fires, explosions, combus...

• Author(s): Olga Zybina • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Textiles & Polymers

• Author(s): Fang Li • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Fire Science

• Author(s): Hukum Singh | Narendra Kumar • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeographyThis book delves deep into the complex relationship between forest fires and climate change by thoroughly exploring t...

• Author(s): Guan-Yuan Wu • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Fire ScienceFrom the Back CoverThis book features selected papers from the 11th Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology (AOSFST 2018), held in Ta...

• Author(s): Jordan Thomas • Publisher: MIXBZ • Publisher Imprint: MIXBZ • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Disasters & Disaster ReliefA hotshot firefighter's gripping firsthand account of a record-setting fire season Eighteen of C...

• Author(s): Mark Cochrane • Publisher: Springer Verlag • Publisher Imprint: Springer • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Environmental Conservation & Protection - GeneralFrom the Back CoverThe tropics are home to most of the world'...

• Author(s): Gianenrico Bernasconi | Marco Storni • Publisher: Brill • Publisher Imprint: Brill • BISAC: HistoryEarly Modern Fire offers new perspectives on the history of fire in early modern Europe (ca. 1600-1800). Far from the background role ...

• Author(s): Edward A. Johnson • Publisher: Academic Press • Publisher Imprint: Academic Press • BISAC: Fire ScienceEven before the myth of Prometheus, fire played a crucial ecological role around the world. Numerous plant communities depend on f...

• Author(s): James G. Quintiere • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: CRC Press • BISAC: Forensic ScienceThis text covers the four forms of fire: diffusion flames, smoldering, spontaneous combustion, and premixed flames. Using a ...

• Author(s): Morgan J. Hurley • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: CRC Press • BISAC: Law EnforcementMaster an Approach Based on Fire Safety Goals, Fire Scenarios, and the Assessment of Design AlternativesPerformance-Based Fire ...

• Author(s): Devan Allen McGranahan • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: CRC Press • BISAC: EcologyEcology of Fire-Dependent Ecosystems is brimming with intriguing ecological stories of how life has evolved with and diversified ...

• Author(s): Linda Makovicka Osvaldova • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Fire ScienceFrom the Back CoverThis proceedings volume presents new scientific works of the research workers and experts from the field of Wood Sc...

• Author(s): Song Lu • Publisher: Mdpi AG • Publisher Imprint: Mdpi AG • BISAC: GeneralFire suppression has always been an important research area in fire science. Extinguishing fires has been a problem since humans learned to use fire. This Spec...

• Author(s): Abdulmouti Souwed • Publisher: Partridge Publishing Singapore • Publisher Imprint: Partridge Publishing Singapore • BISAC: General1- Criticizing the idea of the fall of civilization and listing and discussing evidence from books abou...

• Author(s): Max M. Houck • Publisher: Elsevier • Publisher Imprint: Acad Pr • Subject: Law and Criminology • BISAC: Forensic ScienceForensic Engineering, the latest edition in the Advanced Forensic Science series that grew out of recommendations...

• Author(s): Assaying Laboratory Unive S. Morley • Publisher: Legare Street Press • Publisher Imprint: Legare Street Press • BISAC: MiningThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of ...

• Author(s): Society For Fire Protection Engineers • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Fire Science

• Author(s): Robert E. Keane • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Life Sciences - EcologyFrom the Back CoverWildland fuels are a critical factor in fire management because they are the one factor that managers can control....

• Author(s): Duncan Winsbury | White Studios • Publisher: Maple Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Maple Publishers • BISAC: Fire ScienceDesigned for fire engineers, architects, surveyors, and fire safety professionals of all experience levels, Prin...

• Author(s): Jean-Paul Marat • Publisher: Hutson Street Press • Publisher Imprint: Hutson Street Press • BISAC: Physics - GeneralRecherches Physiques Sur Le Feu... by Jean-Paul Marat presents the author's physical investigations into the nature o...

• Author(s): Linda Makovická Osvaldová • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Fire ScienceThis proceedings volume presents new scientific works of the research workers and experts in the field of Wood Science & Fire.It l...

• Author(s): Jan W. Van Wagtendonk | Neil G. Sugihara | Scott L. Stephens • Publisher: University of California Press • Publisher Imprint: University of California Press • BISAC: Life Sciences - EcologyFire in California's Ecosystems describes fi...

• Author(s): Jose R. Almirall | Kenneth G. Furton • Publisher: CRC Press • Publisher Imprint: CRC Press • BISAC: Fire ScienceIntroduces the techniques that determine the presence of ignitable liquid residues (ILRs) at fire scenes. This work allow...

• Author(s): Lentini John • Publisher: CRC Press • Publisher Imprint: CRC Press • BISAC: Forensic ScienceFirst, the fire burns you or your loved ones or your home--then, you find yourself "burned" again by the justice system.Twice Burned: A Fire ...