Pre Incident Planning For The Los Alamos National Laboratory

Abstract

The Los Alamos Fire Department (LAFD) provides emergency response services to the Los Alamos National Laboratory. The laboratory places high expectations on the delivery of these services; over a twenty-year period, however, multiple third-party evaluators identified problems with the LAFDs preincident planning process. This thesis investigated pre-incident planning improvement methods and found that the LAFD plans for the Los Alamos National Laboratory lacked information and collaborative efforts. A review of related literature and best practices from other national laboratory sites and accredited fire departments provided potential solutions. This research recommends that the LAFD establish a working group to improve the pre-incident planning process at Los Alamos National Laboratory, using the best practice examples as guidelines.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2017
Accession Number
AD1053304

Entities

People

  • Troy L. Hughes

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Best Practices
  • Cognitive Systems Engineering
  • Commerce
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Emergencies
  • Emergency Response
  • Fire Hazards
  • Fire Protection
  • Fire Suppression
  • Hazardous Materials
  • Law
  • Mobile Phones
  • National Security
  • Security Personnel
  • Tablet Computers
  • United States
  • Warning Systems

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