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Full technical reports

This section contains reports on research projects sponsored by the Department for Communities and Local Government Fire Statistics and Research Division. A list of all available technical reports is available below.

Where copies are not available on the website, paper copies may be obtained from the Fire Experimental Unit, Department for Communities and Local Government; Telephone: 01608 650 004.

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• Update of response time loss relationships for the Fire Service Emergency Cover toolkit - Fire Research Report 3/2010

  • Published: 7 December 2010
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• Urban Search and Rescue Personal Protective Equipment specification for high dust and chemical, biological and radiological, nuclear environments - Fire Research Report 7/2010

  • Published: 6 December 2010
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• Urban Search and Rescue Personal Protective Equipment specification for high dust environments - Fire Research Report 6/2010

  • Published: 6 December 2010
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• Evaluation options for Fire and Rescue Service fire safety activities - Fire Research Report 5/2010

  • Published: 6 December 2010
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• Review of National Firefighter Selection Process - Main Report - Fire Research Series 17/2009

  • Published: 15 December 2009
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• National Firefighter Selection Process Review - Adverse Impact Study - Fire Research Series 16/2009

  • Published: 15 December 2009
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• National Firefighter Selection Process Review - Validation Study - Fire Research Series 15/2009

  • Published: 15 December 2009
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• National Firefighter Selection Process Firefighter Application Form - Technical Manual - Fire Research Series 14/2009

  • Published: 15 December 2009
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• National Firefighter Selection Process Firefighter PQA Interview - Technical Manual - Fire Research Series 13/2009

  • Published: 15 December 2009
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• National Firefighter Selection Process National Firefighter Ability (NFA) Tests - Techncial Manual - Fire Research Series 12/2009

  • Published: 15 December 2009
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• National Firefighter Selection Process National Firefighter Questionnaire (NFQ) - Technical Manual - Fire Research Series 11/2009

  • Published: 15 December 2009
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• National Firefighter Selection Process Self Selection Questionnaire (SSQ) - Technical Manual - Fire Research Series 10/2009

  • Published: 15 December 2009
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• National Firefighter Selection process - A Comparison of Firefighter Physical Fitness Test - Fire Research Series 9/2009

  • Published: 15 December 2009
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• National Firefighter Selection Process Development and Validation of National Firefighter Selection Test: Physical Tests - Fire Research Series 8/2009

  • Published: 15 December 2009
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• National Firefighter Selection Process Development of the National Firefighter Selection Tests: Psychological Report - Fire Research Series 7/2009

  • Published: 15 December 2009
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• Economic benefits delivered by the New Dimension Programme: Final report

  • Published: 30 October 2009
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• Risk Based Performance Measurement in the Fire and Rescue Services - Fire Research Series 10/2008

  • Published: 13 October 2009
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• Guide to risk assessment tools, techniques and data - Fire Research Series 5/2009

  • Published: 14 September 2009
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• Review of Fire and Rescue Service response times - Fire Research Series 1/2009

  • Published: 26 February 2009
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• Computer modelling of basement fires Part 2 - Fire Research Report 27/2008

  • Published: 16 February 2009
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• Computer modelling of basement fires Part 1 - Fire Research Report 26/2008

  • Published: 16 February 2009
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• Current Practice and Prospects for FRS Co-responding - Fire Research Series 14/2008

  • Published: 22 January 2009
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• Legislative Base for Integrated Risk Management Plans: Phase Three - Gap Analysis - Fire Research Report 12/2008

  • Published: 28 August 2008
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• Legislative Base for Integrated Risk Management Plans: Phase Two - Literature Review - Fire Research Report 11/2008

  • Published: 28 August 2008
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• Legislative Base for Integrated Risk Management Plans: Phase One - Stakeholder Survey Results - Fire Research Report 6/2008

  • Published: 28 August 2008
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• Local Target Setting: the development of a risk based model and toolkit for the fire and rescue service - Fire Research Series 4/2008

  • Published: 28 August 2008
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• Understanding people's attitudes towards fire risk - Final report to Communities and Local Government - Fire Research Series 13/2008

  • Published: 26 August 2008
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• Analysis of fire and rescue service performance and outcomes with reference to population socio-demographics - Fire Research Series 9/2008

  • Published: 22 July 2008
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• Risk assessment tools, techniques and data for the Civil Contingencies Act and Integrated Risk Management Planning - Fire Research Series 5/2008

  • Published: 22 May 2008
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• Risk Terminology - Fire Research Series 3/2008

  • Published: 21 May 2008
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• A survey of current and ex-firefighters in England - Fire Research Technical Report 8/2008

  • Published: 20 May 2008
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• Costs and Benefits of Alternative Responses to Automatic Fire Alarms - Fire Research Series 2/2008

  • Published: 20 May 2008
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• Fire Service Emergency Cover Toolkit: Executive Summary - Fire Research Report 01/2008

  • Published: 9 May 2008
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• Scoping Study on the Effectiveness of Operational Intervention in the UK Fire and Rescue Service - Fire Research Technical Report 7/2008

  • Published: 8 May 2008
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• Scoping Study on the Effectiveness of Operational Intervention in the UK Fire and Rescue Service - Fire Research Technical Report 7/2008

  • Published: 8 May 2008
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• Development of a lower-cost sprinkler system for domestic premises in the UK (2/2007)

  • Published: 2 April 2007
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• Safety of acetylene containing cylinders during and after involvement in a fire (1/2007)

  • Published: 1 February 2007
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• Effects of Climate Change on Fire and Rescue Services in the UK (1/2006)

  • Published: 18 December 2006
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• Comparisons of the propensity of fire safe cigarettes and conventional cigarettes to ignite textile materials used in a domestic environment: Fire Research Report 8

  • Published: 26 January 2006
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• 5/2003

  • Published: N/A
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• Fire Service Emergency Cover: Presentation Strategy Toolbox (4/2003)

  • Published: N/A
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• Fire Service Emergency Cover: A Review of Stakeholder Attitudes (3/2003)

  • Published: N/A
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• Pathfinder Brigade Feedback on Implementation of Emergency Cover (1/2002)

  • Published: N/A
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• Mitigation of Fire Damage (3/2001)

  • Published: N/A
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• An Experimental Investigation of Thermal Absorption by Water Sprays (2/2001)

  • Published: N/A
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• 1/2001: Physiological and environmental factors

  • Published: N/A
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• Strategies for recruitment - women and people from ethnic minorities (4/2000)

  • Published: N/A
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• Strategies for recruitment - women and people from ethnic minorities - Royal Berkshire (3/2000)

  • Published: N/A
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• Strategies for recruitment - women and people from ethnic minorities - West Yorkshire (2/2000)

  • Published: N/A
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• West Midlands Fire Service 1999 Recruitment Strategy (4/1999)

  • Published: N/A
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• Fire Cover Modelling for Brigades (6/1998)

  • Published: N/A
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• 5/1998 Development and Trial of a Risk Assessment Toolkit for the UK Fire Service

  • Published: N/A
  • Site: Fire and emergencies

• 5/1994: A survey of backdrought - main report

  • Published: N/A
  • Site: Fire and emergencies