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

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PICMET.1999.808153

Filename

808153