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Development of an Environmental and Economic Assessment Tool (Enveco Tool) for Fire Events

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Development of an Environmental and Economic Assessment Tool (Enveco Tool) for Fire Events/ by Francine Amon ... [et al.].
other author:	Amon, Francine.
Published:	New York, NY :Springer New York : : 2016.,
Description:	xii, 111 p. :ill., digital ; : 24 cm.;
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Fires - Simulation methods. -
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6559-5
ISBN:	9781493965595

Development of an Environmental and Economic Assessment Tool (Enveco Tool) for Fire Events
Development of an Environmental and Economic Assessment Tool (Enveco Tool) for Fire Events[electronic resource] /by Francine Amon ... [et al.]. - New York, NY :Springer New York :2016. - xii, 111 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - SpringerBriefs in fire,2193-6595. - SpringerBriefs in fire..

Introduction and Background -- Scope -- Approach -- Integration and Implementation -- Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analyses -- Case Studies -- Conclusions -- Future Work.

This book investigates the feasibility of developing a tool that enables fire departments to estimate the value of their services to a community in terms of environmental and financial impact. This book provides a summary of this effort, which resulted in development of a prototype tool for fire department use. The impact of fire on a community is usually measured in terms of the number of fires, human casualties, and property damage. There are, however, more subtle impacts of fire that are not so easily estimated but contribute to the measure of overall performance of the fire service in protecting a community. While environmental and economic impact assessment methodologies exist as separate systems, they generally require a high level of knowledge that is outside the scope of most fire departments. A relatively simple methodology for estimating the environmental and economic impact of fires helps communities understand the degree to which fire department activities can benefit a community's environmental and economic well-being. The scope and approach for this prototype tool is explained, including risk assessment, cost benefit analysis, life cycle assessment, integration and implementation, and sensitivity and uncertainty analysis. It includes multiple case studies and offers statistical support for future expansion of the tool. Fire service professionals will find this a useful new approach to presenting value in a community, as well as a method for examining their own financial and environmental plans.

ISBN: 9781493965595

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6559-5doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

1112316
Fires
--Simulation methods.

LC Class. No.: TH9448

Dewey Class. No.: 363.37

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