Development of an Environmental and Economic Assessment Tool (Enveco Tool) for Fire Events
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
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SpringerBriefs in Fire Series editor James A. Milke, University of Maryland, College Park, USA
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Francine Amon Jonatan Gehandler Selim Stahl Mai Tomida Brian Meacham •
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Development of an Environmental and Economic Assessment Tool (Enveco Tool) for Fire Events
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Francine Amon SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden Borås Sweden
Mai Tomida Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA USA
Jonatan Gehandler SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden Borås Sweden
Brian Meacham Fire Protection Engineering Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA USA
Selim Stahl SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden Borås Sweden
ISSN 2193-6595 SpringerBriefs in Fire ISBN 978-1-4939-6558-8 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4939-6559-5
ISSN 2193-6609
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ISBN 978-1-4939-6559-5
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2016946932 © Fire Protection Research Foundation 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer Science+Business Media LLC New York
Foreword
In broad terms, 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. A simple method of estimating two of these issues, environmental impact and economic impact, is proposed to help fire departments communicate the value of their services to the communities they protect. 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
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