Scrap and shredded tire fires : special report / Federal Emergency Management Agency ; researched by Stanley L. Poole, Jr. ; Editors. Hollis Stambaugh and Peter Banks.
| Author/creator | Poole, Stanley L. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | [Emmitsburg, Md.] : Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Fire Administration, 1998. |
| Description | 56 pages, 16 unnumbered pages : digital, PDF file. |
| Supplemental Content | https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS71071 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Stambaugh, Hollis. |
| Other author/creator | Banks, Peter. |
| Other author/creator | United States Fire Administration. |
| Other author/creator | TriData Corporation. |
| Series | Technical report series ; 093 Technical report series (United States Fire Administration) ; 093. ^A424621 |
| Contents | 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. |
| General note | Title from title screen (viewed June 16, 2006). |
| General note | "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." |
| General note | "December 1998." |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 54-55). |
| Technical details | Mode of access: Internet from USFA web site. Address as of 06/16/08: http://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/tr-093.pdf; current access via PURL. |
| Issued in other form | Scrap and shredded tire fires 56 p. |
| GPO item number | 0216-A-22 (online) |
| Govt. docs number | FEM 1.115:093 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |