Postattack Mitigation Analysis
Abstract
The objective of this research was to evaluate ways of reducing the severity of the firefighters' postattack environment and to define fire mitigation measures that will increase fire protection's contributions to aircraft sortie generation. This document compares the causes of secondary fires during wartime operations. It relates facility damage to ignitions, and compares secondary fires resulting from World War II conventional and nuclear bombings, earthquakes, tornadoes, and conventional explosive accidents. It lists the probabilities of secondary fires resulting from each of these categories and outlines passive and active mitigation actions that can reduce the damage and severity of the environment firefighters must face during postattack and base recovery operations. The report also discusses the probability of secondary fire starts in petroleum, oil, and lubricant areas, facility prioritization, splinter protection, fire vehicle hardening, chemical warfare protection, survivable command, control, and communications, plans, water supply, installed systems, training, and other areas where mitigation could have a major impact on reducing the severity of the firefighters' postattack environment. Keywords: Fires, Chemical warfare protection, Postattack fires, Secondary fires, Splinter protection, POL systems (Petroleum, Oil, and Lubrication Systems), Self-contained breathing apparatus, Fire communications center. (KT)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1988
- Accession Number
- ADA201312
Entities
People
- H. Pike
- J. H . Storm
Organizations
- Braddock Dunn & McDonald