Since the first edition of The Human Side of Disaster was published in 2009, new
catastrophes have plagued the globe, including earthquakes in Haiti and New Zealand …

Previous attempts to identify the environmental factors associated with firefighter
entrapments in the United States have suggested that there are several common …

The container liner shipping industry (CLSI) can be defined as one consisting of a fleet of
vessels that provides a fixed service at regular intervals between ports of call. It is …

The tragic fatality events of the mid-1990s and subsequent studies led to a concentrated
effort to increase safety in the US federal wildland firefighter community beginning in 2000 …

In the course of their profession, public safety personnel are exposed to a variety of
potentially dangerous conditions, including fire, toxic smoke and hazardous materials …

Wildland firefighters in the United States (US) are exposed to a variety of hazards while
performing their jobs in America's wildlands. Although the threats posed by vehicle …

The US wildland fire community has been interested in cultivating organizational learning to
improve safety and overall performance for a number of years. A key focus has been on …