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

• Main Authors: Amon, Francine (Author), Gehandler, Jonatan (Author), Stahl, Selim (Author), Tomida, Mai (Author), Meacham, Brian (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Fire,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Quality control.; Reliability.; Industrial safety.; Civil engineering.; Environmental engineering.; Biotechnology.; Natural resources.; Civil Engineering.; Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk.; Natural Resource Economics.; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.

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 dep...

Table of Contents:

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