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Andrea Carlson Gielen - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Predictors of Participation in a Fire Department Community Canvassing Program.
Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association, 2017Co-Authors: Beata Debinski, Eileen M. Mcdonald, Shannon Frattaroli, Wendy C. Shields, Elise Omaki, Andrea Carlson GielenAbstract:An urban Fire Department has been distributing free smoke alarms for more than 30 years. A community-academic partnership was developed to conduct a community intervention trial as part of the Fire Department's home visiting program. The trial comprised 170 canvassing events held across 12 census tracts; half of the census tracts were assigned to the treatment condition and received prepromotion of the home visit events. The objectives of this analysis were to identify environmental and programmatic predictors of 1) whether someone would be at home at the time of a visit, and 2) if at home, whether the resident would participate. A separate multilevel analysis was conducted to address each objective. The canvassing event served as the first level to account for variation in implementation of the program, with the census tract as the second level. All environmental and program characteristics were included as fixed effects in both models. Throughout 170 events, 8080 eligible residential addresses were visited, of which 3216 had someone at home, and 2197 homes participated in the program. Canvassing events held on weekends and during the evening hours was associated with higher odds of a resident being at home. Canvassing events without rain and held in the treatment census tract areas was associated with higher odds of resident participation. Environmental and programmatic factors can impact the reach of home visiting programs. These findings can contribute to emerging best practices for Fire Department home visiting programs.
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examining Fire Department injury data as a tool for epidemiological investigation
Journal of Burn Care & Research, 2015Co-Authors: Elise C Perry, Shannon Frattaroli, Wendy C. Shields, Vanya C Jones, David Bishai, Raymond Obrocki, Andrea Carlson GielenAbstract:Residential Fires, while constituting a small fraction of Fire incidents, are responsible for the majority of civilian Fire-related injuries. This study investigates census tract neighborhood socioeconomic factors as correlates of civilian injuries occurring during residential Fires in Baltimore, Maryland, between 2004 and 2007. Civilian residential Fire related injuries were geocoded and linked to the American Community Survey 2005-2009 data. Negative binomial regression was used to analyze the relationship between Fire-injury rates and neighborhood socioeconomic indicators including household income and percentages of households below the poverty line, persons aged 25 years or older with at least a bachelor's degree, homes built in 1939 or earlier, vacant properties, and owner-occupied homes. Between January 2004 and July 2007, there were 482 civilian Fire-related injuries that occurred during 309 Fires. At the census tract level, a 10% increase in the number of vacant homes was associated with an increase in injury rates by a factor of 1.28 (95% confidence interval 1.05-1.55). A 10% increase in persons aged more than 25 years with at least a bachelor's degree was associated with a decrease in injury rates by a factor of 0.86 (95% confidence interval 0.77-0.96). Neighborhood measures of education and housing age proved good indicators for identifying areas with a higher burden of Fire-related injuries. Such analyses can be useful for Fire Department planning. Language: en
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changes in smoke alarm coverage following two Fire Department home visiting programs what predicts success
Injury Epidemiology, 2014Co-Authors: Andrea Carlson Gielen, Eileen M. Mcdonald, Shannon Frattaroli, Wendy C. Shields, Elise C Perry, Vanya C JonesAbstract:Door-to-door canvassing and installation of smoke alarms have been found to be effective at increasing the number of homes protected. This analysis reports on how smoke alarm coverage changes six months after a home visiting program in a large urban sample, and how this change varies by characteristics of the residents and characteristics of the services delivered during the home visit. Fire Department Standard and Enhanced home visiting programs were compared. During the home visit, Fire fighters installed lithium battery smoke alarms. Residents in the Enhanced program received tailored education about Fire safety. Six months after the home visit, participating residences were visited to complete a follow-up survey and to have the installed alarms checked. 81% of the 672 homes that had a working smoke alarm on every level of the home at the end of the home visit remained safe at follow-up, and 87% of the residents found the home visit was very useful, and these rates did not differ between the Enhanced and Standard programs. The degree to which Firefighters delivered their services varied, although households in which the resident’s engagement with the Fire Department team was rated as excellent were 3.96 times as likely to be safe at follow-up compared to those with poor or fair resident engagement (p=0.03). There is a need to better understand how to maximize the time spent with residents during smoke alarm home visiting programs. This study helps with the development of methods needed for implementing and evaluating such programs in real-world settings.
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enhancing Fire Department home visiting programs results of a community intervention trial
Journal of Burn Care & Research, 2013Co-Authors: Andrea Carlson Gielen, Eileen M. Mcdonald, Shannon Frattaroli, Wendy C. Shields, Vanya C Jones, David Bishai, Raymond Obrocki, Elise C Perry, Barbara Bateshopkins, Pat TraceyAbstract:This study evaluates the impact of an enhanced Fire Department home visiting program on community participation and installation of smoke alarms, and describes the rate of Fire and burn hazards observed in homes. Communities were randomly assigned to receive either a standard or enhanced home visiting program. Before implementing the program, 603 household surveys were completed to determine comparability between the communities. During a 1-year intervention period, 171 home visits took place with 8080 homes. At baseline, 60% of homes did not have working smoke alarms on every level, 44% had unsafe water temperatures, and 72% did not have carbon monoxide alarms. Residents in the enhanced community relative to those in the standard community were significantly more likely to let the Fire fighters into their homes (75 vs 62%). Among entered homes, those in the enhanced community were significantly more likely to agree to have smoke alarms installed (95 vs 92%), to be left with a working smoke alarm on every level of the home (84 vs 78%), and to have more smoke alarms installed per home visited (1.89 vs 1.74). The high baseline rates of home hazards suggest that Fire Department home visiting programs should take an "all hazards" approach. Community health workers and community partnerships can be effective in promoting Fire Departments' Fire and life safety goals. Public health academic centers should partner with the Fire service to help generate evidence on program effectiveness that can inform decision making about resource allocation for prevention. Language: en
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enhancing Fire Department home visits through improved program monitoring
Injury Prevention, 2012Co-Authors: Eileen M. Mcdonald, Shannon Frattaroli, Wendy C. Shields, Andrea Carlson GielenAbstract:Background House Fires remain a significant problem in the U.S. and around the world. Despite a decades-long Home Visit (HV) program by the Baltimore City Fire Department (BCFD), including free smoke alarm installation, homes remain unprotected and Fire-related injuries persist. We collaborated with BCFD to enhance their HV program and monitor its implementation. Aims/Objectives/Purpose To describe HV program enhancements, present novel program monitoring data, and discuss implications for program implementation monitoring in injury prevention programs. Methods Focus groups with Firefighters identified needed HV program enhancements. When the enhanced HV program was in place, study observers accompanied BCFD teams and documented what transpired at each HV. Results/Outcomes Data were collected on 2139 HV conducted between April 2010 to April 2011 after program enhancements were made. Most of the time, BCFD staff followed the new protocol of installing the alarms using screws (73%) and explaining the 10-year lithium battery feature (66%). BCFD staff rarely explained how to use the alarm (18%) or pointed out its ‘hush’ feature (19%). Other educational messages were also conveyed infrequently: carbon monoxide risks (27%), escape planning (25%) and cooking (10%) and electrical (6%) safety. Results were shared with BCFD leadership. Significance/Contribution to the field Careful monitoring of program implementation is feasible and necessary to document compliance with protocols, to identify needed program improvements, to better understand program impacts, and to discover additional training needs.
Masahide Nakamura - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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fd cast a tool for analyzing and simulating Fire Department configurations
International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, 2020Co-Authors: Naoya Yabuki, Sachio Saiki, Masahide NakamuraAbstract:The Fire Department configuration, which determines the number and the locations of Fire stations as well as the formation of Fire trucks, is a key element to achieve efficient Fire fighting operations under limited resources. In this paper, we develop a tool, called FD-CAST, which visualizes estimated arrival information of Fire trucks for given Fire Department configuration. FD-CAST first computes the distance and time between every pair of a Fire station and a town block, based on the configuration and geographic information. Then, assuming that a Fire occurs at a town block, FD-CAST derives a designated set of Fire trucks to be dispatched and their estimated time of arrival. The result is visualized in a table and a choropleth map. A user can also simulate various situations by modifying the configuration information. We have implemented a prototype of FD-CAST, and conducted case studies with practical examples. Through feedback from Fire officers, we confirm the effectiveness of FD-CAST for analyzing the Fire Department configuration problem.
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HCI (19) - FD-CAST: A Tool for Analyzing and Simulating Fire Department Configurations
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2020Co-Authors: Naoya Yabuki, Sachio Saiki, Masahide NakamuraAbstract:The Fire Department configuration, which determines the number and the locations of Fire stations as well as the formation of Fire trucks, is a key element to achieve efficient Fire fighting operations under limited resources. In this paper, we develop a tool, called FD-CAST, which visualizes estimated arrival information of Fire trucks for given Fire Department configuration. FD-CAST first computes the distance and time between every pair of a Fire station and a town block, based on the configuration and geographic information. Then, assuming that a Fire occurs at a town block, FD-CAST derives a designated set of Fire trucks to be dispatched and their estimated time of arrival. The result is visualized in a table and a choropleth map. A user can also simulate various situations by modifying the configuration information. We have implemented a prototype of FD-CAST, and conducted case studies with practical examples. Through feedback from Fire officers, we confirm the effectiveness of FD-CAST for analyzing the Fire Department configuration problem.
Vladimir Marianov - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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a reconfiguration of Fire station and fleet locations for the santiago Fire Department
International Journal of Production Research, 2016Co-Authors: Juan F. Perez, Sebastián Maldonado, Vladimir MarianovAbstract:The geographical distribution of the population of the city of Santiago, Chile, has changed significantly in recent years. In spite of this fact, the location of the Fire stations has remained unchanged. We propose a model for the optimal location of the Fire stations and a fleet assignment for the Santiago Fire Department (SFD), aimed at maximising the number of events attended to with a predefined standard response. The results of the model are compared with respect to the current location of Fire stations and fleet assignment in the SFD. There are different types of resources (stations and vehicles), and different types of events in which the same types of vehicles are used. We analyse various possible current and future scenarios, using a forecast based on historical data. Our results show that by optimally reallocating the resources a 10–30% increase can be achieved in the number of emergency calls that are attended to with an adequate response in time and number of vehicles, without the need for add...
Naoya Yabuki - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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fd cast a tool for analyzing and simulating Fire Department configurations
International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, 2020Co-Authors: Naoya Yabuki, Sachio Saiki, Masahide NakamuraAbstract:The Fire Department configuration, which determines the number and the locations of Fire stations as well as the formation of Fire trucks, is a key element to achieve efficient Fire fighting operations under limited resources. In this paper, we develop a tool, called FD-CAST, which visualizes estimated arrival information of Fire trucks for given Fire Department configuration. FD-CAST first computes the distance and time between every pair of a Fire station and a town block, based on the configuration and geographic information. Then, assuming that a Fire occurs at a town block, FD-CAST derives a designated set of Fire trucks to be dispatched and their estimated time of arrival. The result is visualized in a table and a choropleth map. A user can also simulate various situations by modifying the configuration information. We have implemented a prototype of FD-CAST, and conducted case studies with practical examples. Through feedback from Fire officers, we confirm the effectiveness of FD-CAST for analyzing the Fire Department configuration problem.
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HCI (19) - FD-CAST: A Tool for Analyzing and Simulating Fire Department Configurations
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2020Co-Authors: Naoya Yabuki, Sachio Saiki, Masahide NakamuraAbstract:The Fire Department configuration, which determines the number and the locations of Fire stations as well as the formation of Fire trucks, is a key element to achieve efficient Fire fighting operations under limited resources. In this paper, we develop a tool, called FD-CAST, which visualizes estimated arrival information of Fire trucks for given Fire Department configuration. FD-CAST first computes the distance and time between every pair of a Fire station and a town block, based on the configuration and geographic information. Then, assuming that a Fire occurs at a town block, FD-CAST derives a designated set of Fire trucks to be dispatched and their estimated time of arrival. The result is visualized in a table and a choropleth map. A user can also simulate various situations by modifying the configuration information. We have implemented a prototype of FD-CAST, and conducted case studies with practical examples. Through feedback from Fire officers, we confirm the effectiveness of FD-CAST for analyzing the Fire Department configuration problem.
Juan F. Perez - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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a reconfiguration of Fire station and fleet locations for the santiago Fire Department
International Journal of Production Research, 2016Co-Authors: Juan F. Perez, Sebastián Maldonado, Vladimir MarianovAbstract:The geographical distribution of the population of the city of Santiago, Chile, has changed significantly in recent years. In spite of this fact, the location of the Fire stations has remained unchanged. We propose a model for the optimal location of the Fire stations and a fleet assignment for the Santiago Fire Department (SFD), aimed at maximising the number of events attended to with a predefined standard response. The results of the model are compared with respect to the current location of Fire stations and fleet assignment in the SFD. There are different types of resources (stations and vehicles), and different types of events in which the same types of vehicles are used. We analyse various possible current and future scenarios, using a forecast based on historical data. Our results show that by optimally reallocating the resources a 10–30% increase can be achieved in the number of emergency calls that are attended to with an adequate response in time and number of vehicles, without the need for add...
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A fleet management model for the Santiago Fire Department
Fire Safety Journal, 2016Co-Authors: Juan F. Perez, Sebastián Maldonado, Héctor López-ospinaAbstract:Abstract The Santiago Fire Department (from here referred to as SFD) lacks a fleet management strategy since their vehicles remain allocated in fixed Fire stations, while the presence of seasonal patterns suggests that the frequency of events changes according to their geographical distribution. This fact has led to inequitable service in terms of response times among the nine zones of the SFD. In this empirical study we propose a fleet assignment model for the Santiago Fire Department to maximize the number of incidents successfully attended (standard responses). Results suggest that the implementation of the fleet management proposal will lead to an increase in the number of standard responses of between 6% and 20% with respect to the current situation. This increase in performance is especially important since it does not require new vehicles; it just optimizes the existing siting via dynamic reallocation.