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Juvenile Firesetting
JUVENILE FIRESETTING KEY POINTS OVERVIEW • Children set fires for a wide variety of reasons. When juvenile delinquency is mentioned, arson is not • Pyromania is an extremely rare disorder usually the first type of offense that comes to mind. and is not usually the cause of juvenile However, between 2007 and 2011, the National Fire firesetting. Protection Association (NFPA) reported that 282,600 • intentional fires were reported to U.S. fire Children who deliberately set fires should be evaluated by a therapist or other departments each year, and 40 percent of individuals professional. arrested for these events were less than 18 years of age. Even more disturbing is that almost 85 percent of • Fire safety education and cognitive the victims of fires started by children are the children behavioral therapy are common treatments. themselves, with 80 deaths and 860 injuries occurring annually. Although legal definitions of arson vary from state to state, a juvenile may be charged with arson when an evaluation of the event reveals sufficient evidence of malicious and willful firesetting. Families can prevent firesetting by following a few rules, such as the following from the U.S. Fire Administration: 1. Teach children that matches and lighters are not toys. 2. Never allow children to play with lighters or matches. About half of fires started by children are caused by children playing with matches and lighters. 3. Keep all matches and lighters out of the reach of children. Store in a high cabinet, preferably locked. 4. Do not leave young children unattended. 5. Teach young children to tell a grown-up when they see matches or lighters. -
The BG News December 12, 2003
Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 12-12-2003 The BG News December 12, 2003 Bowling Green State University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news Recommended Citation Bowling Green State University, "The BG News December 12, 2003" (2003). BG News (Student Newspaper). 7211. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/7211 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the University Publications at ScholarWorks@BGSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in BG News (Student Newspaper) by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@BGSU. Bowling Green State University FRIDAY December 12, 2003 HOCKEY: BG hockey takes on PARTLY CLOUDY Findlay, looking to break HIGH: 31 I LOW: 18 their winless streak www.hgnews.com A daily independent student press VOLUME 98 ISSUE 71 before holiday; PAGE 5 NEWS Third Ohio 'Pif open on Wooster By Monica Frost then choose between a selection a.m. to 3 a.m. Thursday through University. "It's a healthy alter- . REPORICO of fresh meat or vegetarian Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 a.m. native to fast food," Paglio said. Watch out local sandwich options. Customers can also and Sunday from noon until 3 "Everything is so fresh - I just shops — there's a new kid on the customize their pita selection a.m. love them." block. with cheeses, vegetable top- Stein said he believes The Pita The Pita Pit has 11 pitas under ". -
ABSTRACT This Paper Outlines the Subject Matter of Research
Invited Lecture An Overview of Research on Wildland Fire FRANK A. ALBINI Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Montana State Univers~ty P.O. Box 173800 Bozeman MT 5971 7-3800 USA ABSTRACT This paper outlines the subject matter of research on the physics and phenomenology of' wildland fire, focusing on topics that bear upon issues of fire control and fire safety. Motivations for research on fire phenomenology are identified as arising from the activities necessary to achieve fire-related objectives, including acceptable levels of fire safety. Differences in the activities, techniques, and tactical objectives for control and prevention of' fires in natural fuels and in manmade structures are noted. Sources of wildland fire research information and operational planning aids are identified, and some cautions are ventured concerning their use by nonspecialists. KEYWORDS: Wildfire, wildland fire, natural fuels INTRODUCTION In preparing an overview of research on wildland fire, it is tempting simply to survey the literature of the field, outlining areas of investigation, pointing out significant findings and tracing the development of knowledge from early investigators to the present state of the art. But to bring such a survey to this audience of distinguished scientists with research interests in fire safety poses a unique challenge. This is because, while this group's efforts are focused mainly upon fire in manmade structures, many of its studies are relevant to, and are applied in, modeling of wildland fire phenomenology. But the converse does not seem to be the case. Results of wildland fire research are seldom cited in the literature of fire safety research as it is done by this audience. -
Naian Liu 2020 Candidate Profile: the Combustion Institute Board of Directors
The Combustion Institute 5001 Baum Boulevard, Suite 644 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213-1851 USA Ph: (412) 687-1366 Fax: (412) 687-0340 [email protected] CombustionInstitute.org Naian Liu 2020 Candidate Profile: The Combustion Institute Board of Directors Reasons for Nomination Although fire has been a topic of interest to the Combustion Institute since its very foundation in 1958, our understanding of fire remains limited. As Hoyt C. Hottel (1903–1998) described, "A case can be made for fire being, next to life processes, the most complex of phenomena to understand". The complexity of fires comes from that there is a huge number of different fires that involve complex interactions among chemical reactions, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics, with diverse scenarios and controlling mechanisms. The discipline of fire science is less mature than other combustion topics, and more decades of fruitful research are required to gain a full understanding of this natural combustion phenomenon. My major motivation for serving the Board of Directors is to promote combustion research in the field of fire science. During the past 20 years, I have been dedicated to the theoretical and experimental studies on the combustion of extreme fire behaviors in large-scale fires. If elected to the Board of Directors, I will endeavor to promote cross-disciplinary research aiming at closer collaboration between combustion science and fire science. I commit to serve the international combustion community with the same rigor and enthusiasm that have enabled me to serve the fire community. See the next page for the candidate’s curriculum vitae. ©2020 The Combustion Institute BIOGRAPHICAL DATA of Naian Liu Naian Liu is currently a professor at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). -
An Environmental and Behavioural Analysis of Arson in a Danish Sample
An Environmental and Behavioural Analysis of Arson in a Danish Sample Thesis submitted in accordance with the requirements of the University of Liverpool for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by Charlotte Kappel. July, 2018 i Table of Contents Page Number List of Tables ii List of Appendices ii Abstract 1 Acknowledgements 4 Part 1: Literature Review and Background Chapter One – The Problem of Arson 6 1.1. Introduction: The Problem of Arson 6 1.2. 7 Definition 1.2.1. Fire-setting and Arson 7 1.2.2. Pyromania 8 1.3. Is Arson on the 10 Increase? 1.3.1. Detection and Conviction Rates 11 1.4. Conclusion 13 ii Chapter Two - Previous Research and Theory on Arson 15 2.1. Introduction 15 2.2. Theoretical Approaches 16 2.3. Motivational Aspects of Arson 22 2.4. Demographic and Biographical Characteristics of Arsonists 23 2.4.1. Gender 23 2.4.2. Age 26 2.4.3. Family, Marital, Educational and Occupational 27 Background 2.4.4. Ethnicity 29 2.4.5. Psychiatric History 30 2.4.6. Solo Offending versus Co-offending 31 2.4.7. Serial versus Single Offenders 32 2.5. Geographic Profiling 34 2.5.1. Geographic Profiling: Basic Concepts 34 2.5.2. Journey to the Scene of the Crime 35 2.5.3. Geographic Profiling: Problems and Issues 37 2.6. Conclusion: Investigating Arson from a New Angle 38 Chapter Three - Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design and 41 Defensible Space Theory: Towards a New Approach 3.1. Introduction: An Environmental Approach 41 3.2. -
Wildfire Prevention Strategies Guide
A Publication of the National Wildfire Coordinating Group Wildfire Prevention Sponsored by United States Department of Agriculture Strategies United States Department of the Interior National Association of State Foresters PMS 455 March 1998 NFES 1572 Wildfire Prevention Strategies i - WILDFIRE PREVENTION STRATEGIES Preface This Wildfire Prevention Guide is a project of the National Wildfire Coordinating Group. This is one in a series designed to provide information and guidance for personnel who have interests and/or responsibilities in fire prevention. Each guide in the series addresses an individual component of a fire prevention program. In addition to providing insight and useful information, each guide suggests implementation strategies and examples for utilizing this information. Each Wildfire Prevention Guide has been developed by Fire Prevention Specialists and subject matter experts in the appropriate area. The goal of this series is to improve and enhance wildfire prevention programs and to facilitate the achievement of NWCG program goals. NWCG Wildfire Prevention Guide development: • Conducting School Programs (1996) • Event Management (1996) • Wildfire Prevention Marketing (1996) • Wildfire Prevention and the Media (1998) • Wildfire Prevention Strategies • Effective Wildfire Prevention Patrol • Recreation Areas • Exhibits and Displays • Equipment, Industrial and Construction Operations • Show Me Trips and Tours WILDFIRE PREVENTION STRATEGIES Preface - ii iii - WILDFIRE PREVENTION STRATEGIES Contents 1.0 Introduction ...........................................................................1 -
1983 Center for Fire Research Annual Conference on Fire Research
1983 CENTER FOR FIRE RESEARCH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON FIRE RESEARCH (Summaries of Research Grants and CFR In-House Programs) August 23-25, 1983 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Bureau of Standards National Engineering Laboratory Center for Fire Research Washington, D.C. 20234 July 1983 Preprint of the 1983 Center for Fire Research Annual Conference on Fire Research to be Held August 23-25, 1983 QC 100 .U56 #82-2612- 1983 CENTER FOR FIRE RESEARCH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON FIRE RESEARCH (Summaries of Research Grants and CFR In-House Programs) August 23-25, 1983 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Bureau of Standards National Engineering Laboratory Center for Fire Research Washington, D.C. 20234 July 1983 Malcolm Baldrige, Secretary of Commerce Ernest Ambler, Director, National Bureau of Standards Preprint of the 1983 Center for Fire Research Annual Conference on Fire Research to be Held August 23-25, 1983 — FOREWORD The Seventh Annual Conference on Fire Research honors Professor Howard Emmons who retires from Harvard University this year. Professor Emmons has provided leadership and inspiration to many in this field as attested by the breadth and depth of the topics in the conference modeling of fire growth, flame phenomena and spread, diffusion flames and radiation, fire plumes , extinction and suppression— and the contributions of those he has taught. Howard Emmons has demonstrated the viability of scientifically based fire protection engineering practice. Of course, much remains to be done. The conference program and papers (to be published separately) provide a good indication of where we are in a numoer or crt-txcal areas of tare science. -
TOWARDS a SEITER UNDERSTANDING Submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research in Partial Fulfillment of the Requireme
UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA CHILDREN WHO SET FIRES: TOWARDS A SEITER UNDERSTANDING LOUISE NADEAU-GAUNCE @ A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY EDMONTON, ALBERTA FALL 2000 National Library Bibliothèque nationale 141 of Canada du Canada Acquisitions and Acquisitions et Bibliographic Services services bibliographiques 395 Wellington Street 395. rue Wellington Ottawa ON K1A ON4 Ottawa ON KI A ON4 Canada Canada The author has granted a non- L'auteur a accordé une licence non exclusive licence allowing the exclusive permettant a la National Library of Canada to Bibliothèque nationale du Canada de reproduce, loan, distribute or sell reproduire, prêter, distribuer ou copies of this thesis in microform, vendre des copies de cette thèse sous paper or electronic formats. la forme de microfiche/fb, de reproduction sur papier ou sur format électronique. The author retains ownership of the L'auteur conserve la propriété du copyright in this thesis. Neither the droit d'auteur qui protège cette thèse. thesis nor substantial extracts from it Ni la thèse ni des extraits substantiels may be printed or otheNvise de celle-ci ne doivent être imprimés reproduced without the author's ou autrement reproduits sans son permission. autorisation. ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to explore the factors related to juvenile fire setting. The review of the literature revealed that rnost of the existing research on juvenile fire setting is based on clinical and institutionalized populations. The review also revealed the lack of a systematic multi-dimensional approach to the study of fire setting in elementary school children and a lack of a fim conceptual base in approaching the subject. -
ARCHIVES Table La.--General/Statlstical Cause Categories: 1905-1981!'!
Linda R. Donoghue, Research Forester, East Lansing, Michigan ABSTRACT.mDiscusses problems associated with class-of-people classification scheme from a few over- fire-cause data on"USDA Forest Service wildfire re- lapping categories which are frequently broad and ports, traces the historical development of wildfire- repetitious. The second is reporting the reliability of . cauSe categories, and presents the pros and cons of fire-cause information. The roots of the first problem retaining current wildfire-cause reporting systems lie in the historical development and use of fire-cause or adopting new systems, categories in the Forest Service; the second is a mat- ter of form design. KEY: WORDS: Wildfire causes, wildfire reports, The current (1970) Forest Service fire report con- ' wildfire prevention, tains four cause-related items (statistical cause, gen- Wildfire causes, entered on USDA Forest Service eral cause, specific cause, and class-of-people) which fire reports since 1905, are key elements in the de- evolved from the reporting system implemented in velopment and analysis of Forest Service fire pre- 1905. 2The first fire-cause classification system used Vention programs. First devised to pinpoint how fires by the Forest Service contained eight general cate- started, fire-cause categories were later expanded to gories: brush burning, campers, incendiary, railroad, include the persons responsible. The basic objective sawmills, miscellaneous, lightning, and unknown. 'of these classifications is still to identify major fire These were expanded in the 1920's and 1930's, re- causes, thereby helping land managers select fire flecting a need for greater fire-cause detail (table la). ' prevention programs and allocate prevention Except for a few minor changes, these general-cause categories remained fairly consistent for 40 years. -
Synthesis of Knowledge of Extreme Fire Behavior: Volume I for Fire Managers
United States Department of Agriculture Synthesis of Knowledge of Forest Service Pacific Northwest Extreme Fire Behavior: Research Station General Technical Volume I for Fire Managers Report PNW-GTR-854 November 2011 Paul A. Werth, Brian E. Potter, Craig B. Clements, Mark A. Finney, Scott L. Goodrick, Martin E. Alexander, Miguel G. Cruz, Jason A. Forthofer, and Sara S. McAllister A SUMMARY OF KNOWLEDGE FROM THE The Forest Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture is dedicated to the principle of multiple use management of the Nation’s forest resources for sustained yields of wood, water, forage, wildlife, and recreation. Through forestry research, cooperation with the States and private forest owners, and management of the national forests and national grasslands, it strives—as directed by Congress—to provide increasingly greater service to a growing Nation. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, and where applicable, sex, marital status, familial status, parental status, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal, or because all or part of an individual’s income is derived from any public assistance program. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD). To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, Room 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call (800) 795-3272 (voice) or (202) 720-6382 (TDD). -
Laboratory Studies of Fire Whirls (Preliminary)
Laboratory Studies of Fire Whirls (preliminary) Alexander J. Smits, Katie A. Hartl, Stacy Guo and Frederick L. Dryer Princeton University Coupled Atmosphere‐Bushfire Modelling Workshop 16‐18 May 2012 High Reynolds number in the lab: compressed air up to 200 atm as the working fluid Princeton/ONR Hgh Reynolds number Princeton/DARPA/ONR Superpipe: Test Facility: boundary layer flow Fully-developed pipe flow 3 6 3 3 ReD = 31 x 10 to 35 x 10 Reθ = 5 x 10 to 220 x 10 Re = up to 106 Re⎮ = up to 75,000 τ Reλ = up to 2000 Fric & Roshko, 1994; Kelso & Smits, 1995 QuickTime™ and a h264 decompressor are needed to see this picture. Fire tornado Kentucky “Bourbon,” Josh Grimes Examples of Fire Whirls • Peshtigo Fire, WI – 1871 (>1000 deaths) • Hifukusho-ato, Tokyo – 1923 (~38,000 deaths) • Great Chicago Fire, USA – 1871 • Hiroshima, Dresden Hamburg • Mann Gulch Fire – 1949 (13 deaths) • Indians Fire, CA – 2008 (4 casualties) • (plume shedding, cold fronts, L-shaped fires) Laboratory experiments Rotating screen setup Tangential slit setup (Emmons and Ying, 1966) (Byram and Martin, 1962) Emmons and Ying (1967) Byram and Martin (1962) Previous work • Emmons and Ying (1966) –rotating frame qualitative • Byram and Martin (1962) –fixed frame qualitative • Saito and Cremers (1995) –fixed frame apparatus • Satoh and Yang (1996) –fixed frame qualitative • Hassan (2005) –fixed frame quantitative • Akhmetov (2007) –rotating frame quantitative • Lei (2011) –fixed frame quantitative Fire Whirl Principles Emmons and Ying (1967) Whirls occur: 1.ambient vorticity -
Individual Fire Report Handbook, Form Fs-5100-29 Wo Amendment 5109.14-95-1 Effective 9/5/95 Revised 06/06/06 Gvc
- 1 - 5109.14,20 FSH 5109.14 - INDIVIDUAL FIRE REPORT HANDBOOK, FORM FS-5100-29 WO AMENDMENT 5109.14-95-1 EFFECTIVE 9/5/95 REVISED 06/06/06 GVC CHAPTER 20 - REPORT PREPARATION 21 - INDIVIDUAL REPORTS. Prepare Form FS-5100-29, Individual Fire Report, for each statistical wildfire and any unplanned ignition managed as a prescribed fire. Section 12 describes which prescribed fires shall be reported. Section 13 outlines procedures for fires that burn on multiple units, spot fires, and multiple ignitions. 22 - PREPARING FORM FS-5100-29, INDIVIDUAL FIRE REPORT. See exhibit 01 for a completed form that documents a wildland fire; exhibit 01 also contains the supplement for large fire acres burned on page 2 of the form (see sec. 23 for direction on completing the supplement). Exhibit 02 contains a completed form for a prescribed fire in a wilderness; the supplement was omitted from exhibit 02 although it must be completed for large fires (sec. 23). 1. All Wildfires. Complete the entries for the name, location, blocks 1-28, remarks, and submitted/approved. Include the map if required. Complete the large fire acres burned supplement on page 2 of the form if required. Follow coding instructions in sections 22.1 through 22.8, and follow instructions in section 23 for completion of the large fire acres burned supplement. 2. Prescribed Natural Fires. Complete the entries for location, blocks 1-28 except as noted, remarks, and submitted/approved. Include the map if required. Complete the large fire acres burned supplement on page 2 of the form if required.