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.
Description56 pages, 16 unnumbered pages : digital, PDF file.
Supplemental Contenthttps://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS71071
Subjects

Other author/creatorStambaugh, Hollis.
Other author/creatorBanks, Peter.
Other author/creatorUnited States Fire Administration.
Other author/creatorTriData Corporation.
SeriesTechnical 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 noteTitle 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 54-55).
Technical detailsMode 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 formScrap and shredded tire fires 56 p.
GPO item number0216-A-22 (online)
Govt. docs number FEM 1.115:093

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