Sources and credits
Here you can find WildRelay's technical references, data attributions and the people and organisations developing the project.
Bibliography
Official manuals, scientific papers, reports, standards, manufacturer documentation and territorial data. Each reference states its source type, area of use and, where available, a link to the publication. Citations remain in their original language. A bibliography entry does not imply that a source is used directly in every calculation.
Official manuals (48)
Bacchini, M. (revised by Segneghi & Zenoni, CNVVF) — Principi di idraulica, Manuale di formazione di base AIB, booklet 9a, Regione del Veneto, Direzione Foreste ed Economia Montana, ed. 2010, 38 pp.
- Type
- Official manuals
- Use
- hydraulics and the quick method
Cabildo de Gran Canaria — Módulo de Autobombas (official regional training module), undated
- Type
- Official manuals
- Use
- fire-service hydraulics
De Angelis, L. — Idraulica applicata ai servizi antincendi e impianti fissi antincendio, Ministero dell'Interno – Corpo Nazionale dei Vigili del Fuoco (didactic manual, Laboratorio di Idraulica Applicata di Capannelle), 2007
- Type
- Official manuals
- Use
- fire-service hydraulics
Federazione dei Corpi VVF Volontari del Trentino / Scuola Provinciale Antincendi — Idraulica pompe e tubi – dispensa V1 (Corso di base VVF volontari), 2012
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- Official manuals
- Use
- fire-service hydraulics
Feuerwehr Koordination Schweiz (FKS/CSSP) / GVL — Richtlinie Versorgung mit Löschwasser, 2019-10
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- Official manuals
- Use
- fire-service hydraulics
Hessische Landesfeuerwehrschule — Löschwasserförderung (Lernunterlage F-IV, v003), 2019-08-14
- Type
- Official manuals
- Use
- fire-service hydraulics
Landesfeuerwehrschule Baden-Württemberg — Löschwasserversorgung (F4 Zugführer Lernunterlage), February 2026
- Type
- Official manuals
- Use
- fire-service hydraulics
Österreichischer Bundesfeuerwehrverband — ÖBFV-RL VB-01: Die Löschwasserversorgung, 2. Ausgabe, 1999 (a 2023 edition exists, not retrievable)
- Type
- Official manuals
- Use
- fire-service hydraulics
Staatliche Feuerwehrschulen Bayern — Wasserförderung über lange Schlauchstrecken (Lernunterlage 5.008), undated
- Type
- Official manuals
- Use
- fire-service hydraulics
National Wildfire Coordinating Group — S-211 Portable Pumps and Water Use, Student Workbook, NFES 003028, March 2012 (course last revised Jan 2021)
- Type
- Official manuals
- Use
- pumps and relay
NWCG — Incident Response Pocket Guide (IRPG), PMS 461, 2025 edition
- Type
- Official manuals
- Use
- pumps and relay
NWCG / USDA Forest Service Technology & Development Program — Water Handling Equipment Guide (WHEG), PMS 447-1, NFES 001275, 6th ed., June 2013
- Type
- Official manuals
- Use
- pumps and relay
Home Office, Fire and Emergency Planning Directorate — Fire Service Manual, Volume 1: Fire Service Technology, Equipment and Media — Hydraulics, Pumps and Water Supplies, Crown Copyright 2001, ISBN 0 11 341216 9 (replaces Manual of Firemanship Book 7)
- Type
- Official manuals
- Use
- pumps and hoses
NSW RFS — Cat 2 Tanker Appliance Operating Manual (2003–2007 Models)
- Type
- Official manuals
- Use
- pumps and hoses
NSW RFS, Learning & Development Systems — Cat 1 Tanker Appliance Operating Manual (2003–2007 Models)
- Type
- Official manuals
- Use
- pumps and hoses
NSW RFS, Learning & Development Systems — Cat 7 Tanker Appliance Operating Manual (2003–2008 Models), © 2008 NSW Government
- Type
- Official manuals
- Use
- pumps and hoses
Regione del Veneto, Direzione Foreste ed Economia Montana — Mezzi ed attrezzature, Manuale di formazione di base AIB, vol. 6, ed. 2009 (≈ 2010)
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- Official manuals
- Use
- symbology and tactics
Agenzia per l'Italia Digitale — Linee guida sull'accessibilità degli strumenti informatici (edizione PA), adottate con Determinazione 117/2022, 39 pp.
- Type
- Official manuals
- Use
- operational context
DGSCGC (SDIS 70 mirror) — GTO Établissements et techniques d'extinction, 2018
- Type
- Official manuals
- Use
- operational context
DGSCGC (union mirror) — GNR Manœuvres feux de forêts, 2016, superseded 25/06/2021
- Type
- Official manuals
- Use
- operational context
DGSCGC / Ministère de l'Intérieur — GNR Techniques Professionnelles Feux de Forêts, undated
- Type
- Official manuals
- Use
- operational context
ENASIS (training e-learning platform) — Tableau de pertes de charge, modified 2025
- Type
- Official manuals
- Use
- operational context
Escola Nacional de Bombeiros — Manual Combate a Incêndios Florestais, undated
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- Official manuals
- Use
- operational context
Escola Nacional de Bombeiros — Manual Hidráulica, undated
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- Official manuals
- Use
- operational context
Escola Nacional de Bombeiros — Manual Manobras de Mangueiras e Motobombas, undated
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- Official manuals
- Use
- operational context
INFOEX / Junta de Extremadura — Manual Básico del Bombero Forestal en Extremadura, 2020
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- Official manuals
- Use
- operational context
ManualsLib mirror — Rosenbauer FOX 3 manual listing (532279-001)
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- Official manuals
- Use
- operational context
MITECO — Dossier técnico incendios forestales, undated
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- Official manuals
- Use
- operational context
Portuguese State — Diário da República, 2.ª série, curriculum de formação de bombeiros, 2021
- Type
- Official manuals
- Use
- operational context
Regione Calabria — Piano AIB 2025, 2025
- Type
- Official manuals
- Use
- operational context
Regione Toscana — La lotta attiva agli incendi boschivi: manuale per la formazione di base, undated
- Type
- Official manuals
- Use
- operational context
Union Départementale des Sapeurs-Pompiers de l'Essonne — Calculer perte de charge pompier, undated
- Type
- Official manuals
- Use
- operational context
Union Départementale des Sapeurs-Pompiers du Rhône — UV JSP3 INC-C1: Notions élémentaires d'hydraulique, V2, 2022
- Type
- Official manuals
- Use
- operational context
FireTrainingToolbox.com — Friction Loss Formula for Fire Hydraulics – Cheat Sheet, 2026
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- Official manuals
- Use
- operational context
National Wildfire Coordinating Group — Firefighter Math §3.3, Table 3.3 "Friction Loss of Forestry Hose" (psi per 100 ft by flow, split by hose construction and manufacturer) — screen capture, not the source page or PDF
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- Official manuals
- Use
- operational context
National Wildfire Coordinating Group — Firefighter Math §3.5 "Drafting Guidelines" (with §3.3, §3.4, §3.6 and Tables 3.1–3.2 archived alongside)
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- Official manuals
- Use
- operational context
NWCG / USDA Forest Service — Foam vs. Fire: Primer, PMS 446-2 / NFES 2270 (SDTDC 9251-1209), 1992, 15 pp.; companion Foam vs. Fire: Aerial Applications, PMS 446-3 (9551-1209), 1995, 29 pp.
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- Official manuals
- Use
- operational context
PumpForge (fire-service training site) — Fire Hose Friction Loss Chart (PSI per 100 ft), undated
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- Official manuals
- Use
- operational context
USDA Forest Service, San Dimas Technology & Development Center — Anadromous Fish Strainers for Use in Wildland Drafting Operations, 0351-1203, 2003
- Type
- Official manuals
- Use
- operational context
BC Wildfire Service — S-100 Training Standard, Version 2026.1, effective 1 May 2026
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- Official manuals
- Use
- operational context
CIFFC Training Working Group — Canadian Wildland Fire Glossary, 24 April 2023 (35 pp.); 2021 edition (18 March 2021) identical on all pump / hose terms; a 29 April 2026 edition exists but could not be fetched
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- Official manuals
- Use
- operational context
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources — Modifying Industrial Operations Protocol, 2011, 24 pp., ISBN 978-1-4249-5545-9
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- Official manuals
- Use
- operational context
FESA (WA) — Operate Pumps PUAFIR309 Training Resource Kit, Section 2 "Pump Principles", v4.0, Jan 2012
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- Official manuals
- Use
- operational context
FESA (WA) — Operate Pumps PUAFIR309, Section 3 "Pump Ancillary Equipment", v4.0, Jan 2012
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- Official manuals
- Use
- operational context
New Zealand Qualifications Authority / The Skills Organisation — Unit Standard 20386 v3, Operate portable pumps for firefighting, 30 Sep 2021 (orig. 2004)
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- Official manuals
- Use
- operational context
Yallingup Rural Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade (WA) — Hose Work training notes
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- Official manuals
- Use
- operational context
Communities and Local Government / TSO — Fire and Rescue Manual, Volume 2: Fire Service Operations — Incident Command, 3rd edition 2008, 150 pp.
- Type
- Official manuals
- Use
- operational context
Scottish Government (gov.scot) / CFOA — Fire and Rescue Service Wildfire Operational Guidance, 21 Oct 2013
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- Official manuals
- Use
- operational context
Standards (40)
ANSI/HI 9.6.1 (Hydraulic Institute) — Rotodynamic pumps — Guideline for NPSH margin — —
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- Standards
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- standards
API 610 / ISO 13709 — Centrifugal pumps for petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries (wear-ring clearance tables) — —
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- Standards
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- standards
AS 2792-1992 (R2017) — Fire hose — Delivery layflat — 2nd ed. 1992, reconfirmed 20 Jan 2017 (ISBN 0 7262 7517 4)
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- Standards
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- standards
AS/NZS 1221:1997 (R2020) — Fire hose reels — 1997, reconfirmed 2020
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- Standards
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- standards
BS 336:2010 — Fire hose couplings and ancillary equipment (British instantaneous) — 2010
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- Standards
- Use
- standards
BS 6391:2009 — Specification for non-percolating layflat delivery hoses and hose assemblies for fire fighting purposes — 28 Feb 2009
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- Standards
- Use
- standards
CAN/ULC-S518-11 — Standard for Cotton-Synthetic Non-Percolating Forestry Hose — 2nd ed. 2011; reaffirmed 2024 (no technical changes)
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- Standards
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- standards
CAN/ULC-S518.1-11 — Standard for Synthetic Non-Percolating Forestry Hose — 2011 ("First Edition" header / "Second Edition" body — bulletin internally inconsistent); reaffirmed 2024
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- Standards
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- standards
CAN/ULC-S519 — Standard for Cotton-Synthetic Percolating Forestry Hose — reaffirmed 2024 ("no new revisions")
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- Standards
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- standards
CAN/ULC-S519.1-14 — Standard for Synthetic Percolating Forestry Hose — 2nd ed. June 2014; reaffirmed 2024
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- Standards
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- standards
CIFFC Fire Equipment Working Group — "Section 5, Performance Standards for Pumps", April 1994 — Canadian interagency pump performance standard — 1994
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- Standards
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- standards
D.M. 10/03/1998 (G.U. n. 81, 7/04/1998) — Criteri generali di sicurezza antincendio … — hose maintenance / storage rules — 1998
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- Standards
- Use
- standards
DIN 14420 — Feuerlöschkreiselpumpen (pre-2002 German pump standard) — superseded by EN 1028
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- Standards
- Use
- standards
DIN 14810 (with EN ISO 14557 for suction hose lines with couplings; tested per DGUV Grundsatz 305-002) — Feuerlöschschläuche — Saugschläuche (suction hoses) — —
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- Standards
- Use
- standards
DIN 14811 — Feuerlöschschläuche — Druckschläuche (pressure hoses) — 2014 status (per Wikipedia DE)
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- Standards
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- standards
DIN-FEN 14200 (as cited by ÖBFV) — nozzle discharge formula Q_sa = 0.2·d²·√H — —
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- Standards
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- standards
EN 1846-1/2/3; EN 1777; EN 14043; EN 14044 — Firefighting and rescue service vehicles; hydraulic platforms; turntable ladders — —
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- Standards
- Use
- standards
ISO 3046-1 — Reciprocating internal combustion engines — Performance — Part 1: Declarations of power, fuel and lubricating oil consumptions, and test methods — —
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- Standards
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- standards
NFPA 1142 — Standard on Water Supplies for Suburban and Rural Firefighting — current
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- Standards
- Use
- standards
NFPA 1906 — Standard for Wildland Fire Apparatus — current (edition not established)
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- Standards
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- standards
NFPA 1961; NFPA 1964; NFPA 1901 — Fire hose; spray nozzles; automotive fire apparatus — —
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- Standards
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- standards
NFPA 1962 — Standard for the Care, Use, Inspection, Service Testing, and Replacement of Fire Hose, Couplings, Nozzles, and Fire Hose Appliances — —
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- Standards
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- standards
NFPA 20; NFPA 1144 (formerly NFPA 299); NFPA 1561 — Installation of stationary pumps for fire protection; protecting life and property from wildfire; emergency services incident management system — NFPA 20 (2022) cited by FPInnovations
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- Standards
- Use
- standards
NFPA Fire Protection Handbook, 16th ed.; IFSTA Fire Stream Practices, 7th ed.; IFSTA Pumping Apparatus Driver/Operator Handbook — reference handbooks (copyrighted textbooks) — —
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- Standards
- Use
- standards
NZS PAS 4505 — Specification for firefighting waterway equipment (NZ couplings / threads, e.g. ND43 & ND44/3, ND13 & ND20/3) — —
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- Standards
- Use
- standards
ÖNORM F 1065 — Austrian portable pump classes — —
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- Standards
- Use
- standards
SAE J1349 — Engine Power Test Code — Spark Ignition and Compression Ignition — As Installed Net Power Rating — —
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- Standards
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- standards
UNI 10779; UNI EN 12845:2005 (supersedes UNI 9490); UNI 11423:2011; UNI EN 16712-3:2015 — Reti di idranti; sprinkler systems; lance erogatrici DN 70 for hydrants (max 1.2 MPa); portable foam branchpipes PN 16 (classes S1–S8 low-expansion / M0.5–M8 medium-expansion at 5 bar reference, colour-coded 200 → yellow, 400 → red, 800 → blue) — —
- Type
- Standards
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- standards
UNI 804, UNI 810, UNI 811, UNI 7421 — Raccordi per tubazioni flessibili antincendio (materials, test methods, designations of threaded couplings, madreviti, tappi) — ed. 2007 (per IT-1)
- Type
- Standards
- Use
- standards
UNI 9487 — Manichette antincendio (UNI 45 / UNI 70 flexible hoses) — April 1989 (per Wikipedia IT); "UNI 9487:2006 → D 70 mm" per COAIB
- Type
- Standards
- Use
- standards
UNI EN 1028-1 — Fire-fighting pumps — Fire-fighting centrifugal pumps with primer — Part 1: Classification, general and safety requirements — EN 1028-1:2002+A1:2008
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- Standards
- Use
- standards
UNI EN 1028-2 — Part 2: Verification of general and safety requirements — EN 1028-2:2002+A1:2008
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- Standards
- Use
- standards
UNI EN 14466 — Fire-fighting pumps — Portable pumps — Safety and performance requirements, tests — EN 14466:2005+A1:2008
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- Standards
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- standards
UNI EN 14540 — Fire hoses — Non-percolating layflat hoses for fixed systems — EN 14540:2014 (Italian adoption Dec 2007 per Wikipedia IT, 2006 per COAIB)
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- Standards
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- standards
UNI EN 15182-1 / -2 / -3 (a Part 4 "PN40 high-pressure lances" is described by the Sapin monograph only) — Portable equipment for projecting extinguishing agents supplied by fire-fighting pumps — Hand-held branchpipes for fire service use — Part 1: 2007/2010; Part 2: 2019; Part 3: 2007
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- Standards
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- standards
UNI EN 1947 / BS EN 1947 — Fire-fighting hoses — Semi-rigid delivery hoses and hose assemblies for pumps and vehicles — EN 1947:2014 (BS published 31 July 2014)
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- Standards
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- standards
UNI EN 671-1 / -2 / -3 — Fixed firefighting systems — Hose systems (reels with semi-rigid hose; hydrant systems with layflat hose; maintenance) — —
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- Standards
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- standards
USDA Forest Service — Specification 5100-307b, Wildland Firefighting Foam, 6 May 2021, 27 pp.
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- Standards
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- standards
USDA Forest Service Specification 5100-187c — Fire Hose, Lightweight Synthetic, Lined, Woven Jacket — March 2006 (supersedes 5100-187b, Aug 2003)
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- Standards
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- standards
USDA Forest Service Specifications 5100-274 (274C/E) and 5100-273 (273e) — the 5100-274 primary text was obtained on 2026-08-24, editions F (2024) and e (2009): see US-USFS-SPEC-5100-274F-2024 — Lightweight portable pump (QPL 5100-274; Mark-3 requalified 2015 and 08/04/2023) and engine-driven pump qualification; 100-hour endurance test at San Dimas — —
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- Standards
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- standards
Papers (31)
Colebrook, C.F. — "Turbulent flow in pipes, with particular reference to the transition region between the smooth and rough pipe laws", Journal of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 1939, 11(4), 133–156
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- Papers
- Use
- friction losses
Idelchik, I.E. — Handbook of Hydraulic Resistance, Hemisphere Publishing, 1986 (later CRC editions); K-values taken from EngineeringToolbox / Neutrium-class compilations of Idelchik / Crane TP-410 lineage
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- Papers
- Use
- friction losses
Pump affinity laws Q ∝ N, H ∝ N², P ∝ N³ — canonical pump-engineering relation (corroborated via EngineeringToolbox / ScienceDirect Topics-class references; no single document fetched)
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- Papers
- Use
- friction losses
Scheffey, J.L., Forssell, E.W., Benfer, M.E. — Determination of Fire Hose Friction Loss Characteristics — Final Report, Fire Protection Research Foundation (research by Hughes Associates), Quincy MA, April 2012, rev. Oct 2013; journal version Fire Technology, 2016
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- Papers
- Use
- friction losses
Swamee, P.K. & Jain, A.K. — "Explicit equations for pipe-flow problems", Journal of the Hydraulics Division, ASCE, 1976, 102(5), 657–664
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- Papers
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- friction losses
Ortega, M., López Sancho, A. & Molina, J.R. — "Fire suppression effectiveness and efficiency assessment in southern Spain", International Journal of Wildland Fire, 2026, 35, WF25149, doi:10.1071/WF25149, 17 pp., open access CC BY-NC-ND
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- Papers
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- operational context
Ortega, M., Rodríguez y Silva, F. & Molina, J.R. — "Fireline production rate of handcrews in wildfires of the Spanish Mediterranean region", International Journal of Wildland Fire, 2023, 32(11), 1503–1514, doi:10.1071/WF22087, 12 pp., open access CC BY-NC-ND
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- Papers
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- operational context
Fernandes, P.M., Sil, Â., Ascoli, D., Cruz, M.G., Alexander, M.E., Rossa, C.G., Baeza, J., Burrows, N., Davies, G.M., Fidelis, A., Gould, J.S., Govender, N., Kilinc, M. & McCaw, L. — “Drivers of wildland fire behaviour variation across the Earth”, in Viegas, D.X. (ed.) Advances in Forest Fire Research 2018, Coimbra University Press, pp. 1267–1270, chapter doi:10.14195/978-989-26-16-506_154
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- Papers
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- operational context
Rahn, M. — Initial Attack Effectiveness: Wildfire Staffing Study, Wildfire Research Report No. 2 / 2010 California Wildfire Staffing Study, San Diego State University (Montezuma Publications), 2010
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- Papers
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- operational context
Ascoli, D., Moris, J., Sil, Â. & Fernandes, P. — “Using the Rothermel Package in R to Test Standard and Custom Fuel Models against Global Fire Behavior Data”, Environmental Sciences Proceedings, 2022, 17(1), 86, doi:10.3390/environsciproc2022017086, open access CC BY. Presented at the Third International Conference on Fire Behavior and Risk, Sardinia, 3–6 May 2022
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- Papers
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- scientific context
Ascoli, D., Passamani, C., Moris, J.V., Spadoni, G., Gamba, R. & Rainsford, F. (2026) D1.2 Fuel Type Map at the national scale; D1.3 Fuel model map parameterized for Rothermel-based fire behaviour applications, PRIN PNRR Project FIRE-BOX (P2022MXRK9), WP1 leader UNITO
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- Papers
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- scientific context
Ascoli, D., Vacchiano, G., Scarpa, C., Arca, B., Barbati, A., Battipaglia, G., Elia, M., Esposito, A., Garfì, V., Lovreglio, R., Mairota, P., Marchetti, M., Marchi, E., Meytre, S., Ottaviano, M., Pellizzaro, G., Rizzolo, R., Sallustio, L., Salis, M., Sirca, C., Valese, E., Ventura, A. & Bacciu, V. — "Harmonized dataset of surface fuels under Alpine, temperate and Mediterranean conditions in Italy. A synthesis supporting fire management", iForest — Biogeosciences and Forestry, 2020, 13, 513–522, doi:10.3832/ifor3587-013, open access
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- Papers
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- scientific context
Byram, G.M. — chapters 3 and 4 ("Combustion of forest fuels") in Davis, K.P. (ed.) Forest Fire: Control and Use, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1959
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- Papers
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- scientific context
Campbell-Lochrie, Z., Gallagher, M., Skowronski, N. & Hadden, R.M. — “The effect of fuel bed structure on Rothermel model performance”, International Journal of Wildland Fire, 2024, 33(1), doi:10.1071/WF23046, 13 pp., open access CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
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- Papers
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- scientific context
Crapo, W.F. — Fire Protection Hydraulics and Water Supply, 3rd ed. (revised), Jones & Bartlett Learning
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- Papers
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- scientific context
Finney, M.A. & Grumstrup, T.P. — "Effect of flame zone depth on the correlation of flame length with fireline intensity", International Journal of Wildland Fire, 2023, 32(7), 1135–1147, doi:10.1071/WF22096, 13 pp.
- Type
- Papers
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- scientific context
Gamba, R., Passamani, C., Moris, J.V., Spadoni, G.L., Rainsford, F. & Ascoli, D. (2026) D1.1 Fuel type classification and national fuel dataset, PRIN PNRR Project FIRE-BOX (P2022MXRK9), NRRP Mission 4 Component 2 Investment 1.1, WP1 leader UNITO
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- Papers
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- scientific context
Grieve, S.W.D., Mudd, S.M. et al. — "Determining the optimal grid resolution for topographic analysis on an airborne lidar dataset", Earth Surface Dynamics, 2019, 7, 475–489, open access
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- Papers
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- scientific context
Gumieniak, R.J., Shaw, J., Gledhill, N. & Jamnik, V.K. — "Physical employment standard for Canadian wildland fire fighters; identifying and characterising critical initial attack response tasks", Ergonomics, 2018
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- Papers
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- scientific context
Hansen, R. — "Estimating the amount of water required to extinguish wildfires under different conditions and in various fuel types", International Journal of Wildland Fire, 2012, 21(5), 525–536
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- Papers
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- scientific context
Hilton, J.E., Sullivan, A., Plucinski, M. & Swedosh, W. — “A water suppression model for wildfires”, 24th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM 2021), Sydney, December 2021, pp. 358–364
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- Papers
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- scientific context
Penney, G., Habibi, D., Cattani, M. & Carter, M. — "Calculation of Critical Water Flow Rates for Wildfire Suppression", Fire, 2019, 2(1), 3
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- Papers
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- scientific context
Penney, G., Habibi, D., et al. — "Calculation of Critical Water Flow Rates for Wildfire Suppression", Fire (MDPI), 2019, 2(1), 3 (open-access copy at Edith Cowan University, ro.ecu.edu.au, article 6754)
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- scientific context
Perello, N., Trucchia, A., D'Andrea, M., Meschi, G., Ghasemiazma, F., Degli Esposti, S., Fiorucci, P., Ferraris, L., Gollini, A. & Negro, D. — “Fuel-aware forest fire danger rating system RISICO: a comparative study for Italy”, International Journal of Wildland Fire, 2025, 34(9), WF25023, doi:10.1071/WF25023, 19 pp., open access CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
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- Papers
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- scientific context
Plucinski, M.P. — "Fighting Flames and Forging Firelines: Wildfire Suppression Effectiveness at the Fire Edge", Current Forestry Reports, 2019
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- Papers
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- scientific context
Rossa, C.G., Davim, D.A., Sil, Â. & Fernandes, P.M. — "Field-based generic empirical flame length–fireline intensity relationships for wildland surface fires", International Journal of Wildland Fire, 2024, 33, WF23127, doi:10.1071/WF23127, 11 pp., open access CC BY-NC-ND
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- Papers
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- scientific context
SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering, 5th ed., Springer, 2016
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- Papers
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- scientific context
Vaz, R., Maia, P., Keizer, J., Fernandes, P., Pereira, S.C. & Carvalho, D. — “An integrated framework for habitat restoration in fire-prone areas. Part 2 – fire hazard assessment of the different land management scenarios”, International Journal of Wildland Fire, 2024, 33(11), WF24044, doi:10.1071/WF24044, 17 pp., open access CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
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- scientific context
Wheatley, M., Johnston, J.M., Wotton, B.M., Woolford, D.G. & Martell, D.L. — “Assessing wildland fire suppression effectiveness with infrared imaging on experimental fires”, International Journal of Wildland Fire, 2025, 34(1), WF24161, doi:10.1071/WF24161, open access CC BY 4.0
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- scientific context
Wylie, E.B. & Streeter, V.L. — Fluid Transients in Systems, Prentice Hall (1978 / 1993)
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- scientific context
Yang, Melachrinoudis, Kubat & Smith — "Fireline path optimisation in a heterogeneous forest landscape", International Journal of Wildland Fire, 2022, 31(11), 1068–1079, doi:10.1071/WF22037
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- scientific context
Reports (46)
Haston, D.V. & McKenzie, D.W. — Friction Loss in Wildland Hose Lays, Fire Management Tech Tips 0651 1309–SDTDC, USDA Forest Service, San Dimas Technology & Development Center, December 2006
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- Reports
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- pumps and relay
Ault, R. — Field performance evaluation of Wickman-100™ fire pump, FERIC (Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada), Hinton AB, August 2005 (FPInnovations library no. 9380)
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- Reports
- Use
- pumps and hoses
Country Fire Authority (Victoria) — CFA Pocket Guide — Pump Charts (pocket reference card), undated; mirrored by a CFA member's site
- Type
- Reports
- Use
- pumps and hoses
New Zealand Fire Service (now Fire and Emergency New Zealand) — Hoses Technical Manual (HOS-tc), Version 1, 7 Jul 2011, amended 15 Dec 2015 (Operational Instruction under the Fire Service Act 1975 s.27(A))
- Type
- Reports
- Use
- pumps and hoses
NSW Rural Fire Service — Use of Water and Water Chemical Mixes (foundational doctrine), version 1.1, undated
- Type
- Reports
- Use
- pumps and hoses
Thomasson, J. — Evaluation of remote-start pump systems for use in wildfire/structure protection, FPInnovations Wildfire Operations Research, July 2011 (library no. 9350)
- Type
- Reports
- Use
- pumps and hoses
CORDIS / European Commission — FIRE-IN project fact sheet (2017–2022)
- Type
- Reports
- Use
- operational context
CORDIS / European Commission — TREEADS project fact sheet (2021–2025)
- Type
- Reports
- Use
- operational context
FIRE-RES (Horizon Europe) — deliverables and reports list
- Type
- Reports
- Use
- operational context
Fernandes, P.M., Sil, Â., Ascoli, D., Cruz, M.G., Rossa, C.G. & Alexander, M.E. — “Characterizing fire behavior across the globe”, in Hood, S.M., Drury, S., Steelman, T. & Steffens, R. (eds), Proceedings of the Fire Continuum — Preparing for the future of wildland fire, Missoula MT, 21–24 May 2018, Proceedings RMRS-P-78, USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins CO, 2020, pp. 258–263
- Type
- Reports
- Use
- operational context
George, C.W. & Johnson, G.M. — Developing air tanker performance guidelines, USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station, General Technical Report INT-268, Ogden UT, 1990, 100 pp.
- Type
- Reports
- Use
- operational context
NWCG — Glossary of Wildland Fire Terminology, PMS 205, October 2014
- Type
- Reports
- Use
- operational context
USDA Forest Service — Specification 5100–274F, Pump, Lightweight Portable, issue date October 2024 (supersedes 5100-274e, June 2009), 24 pp.; the 2009 edition is held alongside as usfs-5100-274e-2009.pdf
- Type
- Reports
- Use
- operational context
Ault, R., Campbell, R., Gough, D. — Demonstration: Trident Pump – high pressure, high volume, versatile pump, FPInnovations InfoNote 2017 n.29, Oct 2017
- Type
- Reports
- Use
- operational context
Barnes, D., Baxter, G., Miller, E. — Moisture changes from sprinkler watering, FPInnovations InfoNote 2017 n.22, July 2017
- Type
- Reports
- Use
- operational context
BC Wildfire Service — WSPP-WFF-1 Wildland Fire Operations & Safety – Student Manual (for the structural fire fighter), rev. Jan 2025
- Type
- Reports
- Use
- operational context
BC Wildfire Service / Province of British Columbia — S-100 Basic Fire Suppression and Safety, Trainee Manual 2021 (© 2020; content by K. Johnston, D. Mortimer, P. Meaden), 143 pp.; Section 9 "Water Delivery Systems"
- Type
- Reports
- Use
- operational context
CIFFC — WFX-FIT work-fitness standard pages (equipment / test)
- Type
- Reports
- Use
- operational context
Higgins, D.G. — Performance of Wajax Mark 3 centrifugal pump with respect to suction lift, length of hose and discharge head, Canadian Forestry Service, Forest Fire Research Institute, Information Report FF-X-36, December 1972, 36 pp. (second in the series; FF-X-33 is the first)
- Type
- Reports
- Use
- operational context
Hsieh, R. — Choosing a high-volume water delivery system for ground-based suppression (literature review), FPInnovations WFTR2024N1, July 2024
- Type
- Reports
- Use
- operational context
Hsieh, R. — Use of a mobile water delivery system in wildfire operations (Trident, 2021 case study), FPInnovations Report TR2022N1, 2022
- Type
- Reports
- Use
- operational context
Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources — Basic Forest Fire Suppression Course (online), Lesson 4 pages wajax.asp, backtank.asp, undated
- Type
- Reports
- Use
- operational context
Opdendries, J. (Battalion Chief) with Alberta Wildfire, AEMA, Government of Alberta — Alberta Wildland Urban Interface Pocket Guide / Reference Guide, 2022
- Type
- Reports
- Use
- operational context
Refai, R. — Log-deck fire suppression using high volume water delivery systems, FPInnovations Report TR2022N3, 2022
- Type
- Reports
- Use
- operational context
Refai, R. & Hsieh, R. — Area-Based Water Delivery Systems – exploratory research on logistics, water delivery and localized impacts, FPInnovations TR2021N1, 2021
- Type
- Reports
- Use
- operational context
Refai, R. & Hsieh, R. — Use of high-volume water delivery systems in peat fires – a case study in Central Alberta, FPInnovations TR2022N4, Jan 2022
- Type
- Reports
- Use
- operational context
Stack, A. — Satellite-Controlled Wildfire Pumps: Technology Scan and User Survey, FPInnovations WF InfoNote 2024 n.5, Dec 2024
- Type
- Reports
- Use
- operational context
Stechishen, E. — Measurement of the Effectiveness of Water as a Fire Suppressant, progress report on Project F-67, Canadian Forestry Service, Forest Fire Research Institute, Information Report FF-X-23, Ottawa, May 1970, 19 pp.
- Type
- Reports
- Use
- operational context
Stechishen, E. & Little, E.C. — Water Application Depths Required for Extinguishment of Low Intensity Fires in Forest Fuels, Canadian Forestry Service, Forest Fire Research Institute, Information Report FF-X-29, Ottawa, May 1971, 65 pp.
- Type
- Reports
- Use
- operational context
Van Wagner, C.E. & Taylor, S.W. — Theoretical Amounts of Water to Put Out Forest Fires, Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Pacific Forestry Centre, Information Report BC-X-458, 2022 (majority written 1973), Cat. Fo143-2/458E-PDF, ISBN 978-0-660-44888-6, 18 pp.
- Type
- Reports
- Use
- operational context
Walkinshaw, S., Schroeder, D., Hvenegaard, S. — Evaluating the Effectiveness of FireSmart™ Priority Zones for Structure Protection, FPInnovations Wildfire Operations Research, Project Note, Jan 2012
- Type
- Reports
- Use
- operational context
Bushfire Centre of Excellence, DFES (WA) — Guidelines for Operating Private Equipment at Fires, Feb 2022 (adapted from a CFA document)
- Type
- Reports
- Use
- operational context
CFA Victoria — Forestry Industry Brigades Equipment Specifications and Guidelines (Appendix 2), v2.1.1, created 2012, modified 17/8/2021
- Type
- Reports
- Use
- operational context
CFA Victoria — Forestry Industry Brigades Training Specifications and Guidelines (Appendix 3), Ed. 4.4
- Type
- Reports
- Use
- operational context
Loane, I.T. & Gould, J.S. — Aerial Suppression of Bushfires: Cost-Benefit Study for Victoria (Project Aquarius), National Bushfire Research Unit, CSIRO Division of Forest Research, Canberra, April 1986, 319 pp.
- Type
- Reports
- Use
- operational context
Plucinski, M. (CSIRO) — Review of aerial suppression effectiveness research literature, Natural Hazards Research Australia, Report No. 45.2025, v1.0, 25 March 2025
- Type
- Reports
- Use
- operational context
Thorne, P.F., Theobald, C.R. & Mahendran, P. — Pressure Losses in UK Fire Hose, Fire Research Note No. 1036, Joint Fire Research Organization (Department of the Environment / Fire Offices’ Committee), Fire Research Station, Borehamwood, September 1975, 32 pp. © Crown copyright 1975 / © BRE Trust (non-commercial research use granted with citation)
- Type
- Reports
- Use
- operational context
West Yorkshire / South Yorkshire FRS reporting — HVPU deployment, Bradfield Moor wildfire, 2025
- Type
- Reports
- Use
- operational context
Albini, F.A. (1976) Estimating wildfire behavior and effects, USDA Forest Service General Technical Report INT-30, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, 92 pp.
- Type
- Reports
- Use
- scientific context
Albini, F.A. & Baughman, R.G. (1979) Estimating windspeeds for predicting wildland fire behavior, USDA Forest Service Research Paper INT-RP-221, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, 12 pp.
- Type
- Reports
- Use
- scientific context
Anderson, H.E. (1969) Heat transfer and fire spread, USDA Forest Service Research Paper INT-69, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, 20 pp.
- Type
- Reports
- Use
- scientific context
Andrews, P.L. & Chase, C.H. (1989) BEHAVE: Fire Behavior Prediction and Fuel Modeling System — BURN Subsystem, Part 2, National Wildfire Coordinating Group, PMS 439-3 / NFES 0277, 96 pp.
- Type
- Reports
- Use
- scientific context
Burgan, R.E. & Rothermel, R.C. (1984) BEHAVE: Fire Behavior Prediction and Fuel Modeling System — FUEL Subsystem, National Wildfire Coordinating Group, PMS 439-1 / NFES 0275, 126 pp.
- Type
- Reports
- Use
- scientific context
Rothermel, R.C. (1972) A mathematical model for predicting fire spread in wildland fuels, USDA Forest Service Research Paper INT-115, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, 40 pp.
- Type
- Reports
- Use
- scientific context
Rothermel, R.C. (1983) How to predict the spread and intensity of forest and range fires, USDA Forest Service General Technical Report INT-GTR-143, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, 161 pp.
- Type
- Reports
- Use
- scientific context
Scott, J.H. & Burgan, R.E. (2005) Standard fire behavior fuel models: a comprehensive set for use with Rothermel's surface fire spread model, USDA Forest Service RMRS-GTR-153, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 72 pp.
- Type
- Reports
- Use
- scientific context
Manufacturers (63)
Rosenbauer International AG — FOX III Betriebsanleitung, 22.11.2005 Rev. 01, 66 pp. (German)
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- hydraulics and the quick method
Rosenfire (for Regione Puglia / ARIF) — Manuale d'uso A710T021, Mercedes Unimog U219 "SKID 2500 TANDEM HYD" (scarrabile), 116 pp.; with course slides T021-corso (22) and T022-corso (13) and A1 drawings A710T021.00 / A710T022.00
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- hydraulics and the quick method
Vanetti & Chevallard (CNVVF officer; Italian delegate CEN TC192-WG8) — Interventi con tubazioni di piccolo diametro e lance a getto cavo, Sapin (monograph, manufacturer-hosted), undated (web upload 07/2025)
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- hydraulics and the quick method
WATERAX Inc. — BB-4 Owner's Manual, 4/2016, 36 pp.
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- hydraulics and the quick method
WATERAX Inc. — MARK-3 Owner's Manual, Pub. No. 701247 Rev. 2, 04/2015 (1st ed. 03/2015; 03/2016 print identical; Italian translation identical in content)
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- hydraulics and the quick method
Wildfire Equipment Inc. (WATERAX, ex-Wajax, Montréal) — Portable fire pumps product catalogue ("WAJAX 1186"), 2011/03, 28 pp.
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- hydraulics and the quick method
Australia Wide Fire Supplies — Technical Data Sheet: Lay Flat Fire Hose, rev. 5 Aug 2020 (AS 2792-certified product line)
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- pumps and hoses
Albert Ziegler GmbH — Ultra Power 4 Tragkraftspritze, Datenblatt (German), undated
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- equipment library
Albert Ziegler GmbH (via Braco dealer mirror, Norway) — Ultra Power 4 brochure (English), undated
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- equipment library
Angus Fire (Thame, Oxfordshire) — LD1800 Light Weight Portable Diesel Pump datasheet, doc 6336/3, 07.2012
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- equipment library
Angus Fire Ltd (Bentham, Lancaster) — Duraline Covered Fire Hose datasheet, doc 5285/15, 07.2023
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- equipment library
Australian Pump Industries Pty Ltd — Aussie Quik Prime Petrol Drive Fire Fighting Pumps spec sheet, Oct 2023 revision
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- equipment library
Canevari / SAF — Vasca antincendio autoportante SAF 1011 product sheet, undated
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- equipment library
Empl / Hydrofighter (Austria) — Tragkraftspritze Hydrofighter datasheet, undated
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- equipment library
Godiva Ltd (IDEX, Warwick) — Prima P1/P2 Installation and Operation Manual, GP/287 Issue 5, 06.2016
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- equipment library
HAKA (France) — Motopompe remorquable MPR 1000/15 Essence datasheet, current
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- equipment library
Honda Motor Co. — Owner’s Manual, GX120 · GX160 · GX200 (Honda Europe publication 32ZH7620), section “High altitude operation”, p. 15
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- equipment library
Husky Portable Containment (US) — Standard Portable Folding Frame Tanks product page, current
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- equipment library
Rosenbauer International AG — Tragkraftspritze FOX, PFPN 10-2000, Datenblatt pc118, 2024-09
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- equipment library
Safco Italia — Vasca flessibile autoportante product page, current
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- equipment library
Vallfirest — Ficha técnica: kit extinción alta presión 450 L, 18 CV, bomba de pistones, current
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- equipment library
Vallfirest — Membrane skid datasheet (AR813 / AR1064 / AR503), current
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- equipment library
WATERAX Inc. — BB-4®-D902 Data Sheet (Kubota D902-E4B diesel, vehicle-mount), undated (post-2021)
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- equipment library
WATERAX Inc. — MARK-3® Data Sheet (DS-20140924), 03/2015
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- equipment library
WATERAX Inc. — MARK-3® Pump Specification Document, 05/2015
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- equipment library
WATERAX Inc. — MK3-WW Data Sheet (MARK-3® Watson Edition with integrated fuel tank), 03/2026
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- equipment library
WATERAX Inc. — Portable Pumps Product Guide 2017
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- equipment library
WATERAX Inc. — Portable Pumps Product Guide 2021 (Watson Edition intro ≈ 2020 within)
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- equipment library
Akron Brass — Style 1030 Forestry Handline Nozzle product page, current
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- operational context
Akron Brass / IDEX — EN 15182-2:2019 Annex C test report, Style 4802 "Assault", undated
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- operational context
Albert Ziegler GmbH — Ultra Power 4 — portable pump PFPN 10-1000 · 10-1500, English brochure, April 2025 edition, 8 pp.
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- operational context
Angus Fire — LWA500 Mk3 Light Weight Portable Pump datasheet, ref. 6337 (undated; PDF produced 2017), 2 pp. — text-extractable copy
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- operational context
Annovi Reverberi S.p.A. — company homepage, current
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- operational context
Cristanini S.p.A. — company homepage, current
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- operational context
Feuerwehrdiscount (retailer) — Druckschläuche nach DIN 14811 lexicon page
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- operational context
GFD Katalog (dealer mirror) — Rosenbauer BEAVER datasheet
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- operational context
Hispamast (retailer) — ¿Cuál elegir? Bomba de extinción de incendios forestales (membrana, pistones, centrífuga), undated
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- operational context
Hispamast (retailer) — Línea de agua para ataque directo a incendios forestales, undated
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- operational context
Latakva (Baltic retailer) — Tohatsu VE1000 datasheet page, current
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- operational context
Latakva (Baltic retailer) — Tohatsu VE1500 datasheet page, current
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- operational context
Magirus GmbH — EquipmentLine brochure, Oct 2024
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- operational context
OSW Eschbach — DIN 14811 Schlauchklassen / Leistungsstufen
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- operational context
Rosenbauer International AG — BEAVER Portable Pump (PFPN 10-750) datasheet, English edition PC119_DB_EN_2025-12 (model year MY25), 2 pp.
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- operational context
Rosenbauer International AG — FOX Portable Pump (PFPN 10-2000/1500/1000) datasheet, English edition PC118_DB_EN_2025-12 (model year MY24), 2 pp.
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- operational context
Rosenbauer International AG — OTTER Diesel Portable Pump datasheet, English edition KR131_DB_EN_2025-12, 2 pp.
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- operational context
Rosenbauer International AG — OTTER Portable Pump (PFPN 6-500) datasheet, English edition KR112_DB_EN_2025-12, 2 pp.
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- operational context
Vallfirest — "A centrifugal, membrane or piston pump: which is the best for wildland fires?" (technical article, vallfirest.com)
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- operational context
Vallfirest — product catalogue (incl. WATERAX WICK), via Yumpu, undated
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- operational context
Vallfirest Tecnologías Forestales (vft frontline) — BP4 fire pump / Black Panther 4 data sheet, ed. 2021-11-17 (an earlier ed. 2021-06-15 of the same sheet is filed alongside), 8 pp.
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- operational context
Vallfirest Tecnologías Forestales (vft frontline) — Fire Pump BH4-18 data sheet, ed. 2021-11-18, 6 pp.
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- operational context
Mercedes Textiles Limited — Hose Catalogue (municipal, forestry, industrial and snowmaking hose lines), English, undated, 35 pp.
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- operational context
Mercedes Textiles Ltd — KnowYourHose.com hose-specs page and "Go with the Flow" article, undated
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- operational context
Task Force Tips, Inc. — Manual: In-Line Foam Eductor, LIU-330 rev 08, 16 November 2017; with the Buckeye Fire Equipment In-Line Eductors / Proportioners technical sheet as a cross-check
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- operational context
WATERAX Inc. — "About us: timeline"
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- operational context
WATERAX Inc. — BB-4-D902 Diesel Data Sheet — high-pressure 4-stage fire pump, edition 06/2026, 8 pp.
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- operational context
WATERAX Inc. — blog "Moving Water in the Wildland Urban Interface: Lessons from the Field", undated
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- operational context
WATERAX Inc. — blog "The Pump That Became a Legend", undated (post-2023)
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- operational context
WATERAX Inc. — STRIKER-3 Data Sheet (3-stage centrifugal, Honda GX390), undated current edition
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- operational context
WATERAX Inc. — VERSAX Portable & Wrap-Around Data Sheet (VS2-6 / VS2-9, self-priming 2-stage), edition 05/2025, 6 pp.
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- operational context
GAAM Emergency Products (Australia) — fire pumps product page; third-party spec confirmation (safetysolutions.net.au, MK300 up to 1 400 L/min, 1 580 kPa)
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- operational context
Angus Fire (UK) — product pages for AP800, AP2000, LWA500 Mk3, LD1800, LDA600 (angusfire.co.uk); LWA500 datasheet angusfire.co.uk/s/6337-LWA500-Mk3-epsf.pdf (image PDF, not parsed)
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- operational context
Angus Fire (USA) / Goodyear Rubber Products, Exton PA — Angus Fire Hose Product Guide (incl. "Wildland & Forestry Fire Hose": Super Inch / Super Marshall, AF187 to USFS 5100-187), undated (≈ 2013–2018)
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- operational context
Godiva Ltd (Warwick) — portable pumps page (Blaze Warrior, PowerFlow) and GV10000 page (godiva.co.uk)
- Type
- Manufacturers
- Use
- operational context
Data (37)
AWS Open Data / Tilezen (Mapzen) — Terrain Tiles (Terrarium PNG 256 px, zoom 0–15), built 2017 from EU-DEM (25–30 m) for Italy, SRTM / GMTED elsewhere; not updated since
- Type
- Data
- Use
- terrain elevation
European Space Agency / Copernicus — Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (WorldDEM-30 © DLR 2010–2014, © Airbus DS 2014–2018), 1° × 1° COG tiles on AWS
- Type
- Data
- Use
- terrain elevation
Mapterhorn — open terrain tiles (Terrarium encoding, 512 px WebP lossless), project started Sept 2025, NLnet-funded; fuses Copernicus GLO-30 with national / regional open DTMs (Italy: TINITALY 1.1, PAT LiDAR 2014/2018, Lombardia 5 m, Piemonte ICE 5 m, Bolzano 2.5 m, Aosta 2 m, Sardegna, Sicilia)
- Type
- Data
- Use
- terrain elevation
OpenTopoData — public elevation API (datasets eudem25m, srtm30m, srtm90m, aster30m, mapzen, ned10m, nzdem8m, bkg200m, etopo1, gebco2020, emod2018); EU-DEM © European Union, Copernicus Land Monitoring Service (removed from copernicus.eu Jan 2024, mirror files.gpxz.io)
- Type
- Data
- Use
- terrain elevation
Regional LiDAR / photogrammetric DTMs fused by Mapterhorn and served by regional GeoServers: Provincia Autonoma di Trento LiDAR PAT 2014/2018 5 m (CC BY 2.5); Regione Lombardia DTM 5 m 2015 (CC BY 4.0); Regione Piemonte ICE 2009–2011 DTM 5 m (CC BY 4.0); Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano DGM 2.5 m (CC0); Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta DTM 2 m (CC BY 4.0). Regione Veneto DTM 5 m esiste ma NON risulta fra le fonti fuse da Mapterhorn (manifesto del fornitore verificato 2026-08-24, external/10 §3.3): resta un candidato per un'integrazione WCS diretta, non un dato già presente nei tile
- Type
- Data
- Use
- terrain elevation
Tarquini, S., Isola, I., Favalli, M., Battistini, A., Dotta, G. (2023) — TINITALY, a digital elevation model of Italy with a 10 meters cell size (Version 1.1), INGV; CC BY 4.0, citation required
- Type
- Data
- Use
- terrain elevation
AGEA — GeoPortale nazionale, ortofoto 2022 / 2023 / 2024, 20 cm, copertura nazionale
- Type
- Data
- Use
- map backgrounds
basemap.at (Cooperation OGD Österreich, Länder austriaci) — layer bmaporthofoto30cm, 30 cm, 15 cm nelle aree di dettaglio
- Type
- Data
- Use
- map backgrounds
Copernicus / ESA — VHR Image Mosaic 2021, mosaico senza soluzione di continuità EEA39, 2 m, da Copernicus Contributing Missions
- Type
- Data
- Use
- map backgrounds
Endpoint WMS/WMTS fornito dall'utente a tempo di esecuzione (Basemaps.customWms) — nessuna fonte specifica, per costruzione
- Type
- Data
- Use
- map backgrounds
EOX IT Services GmbH — EOxCloudless / Sentinel-2 cloudless 2024 mosaic (cloud-free Sentinel-2 composite, 10 m native), WMTS raster tiles; s2maps.eu now 301s to cloudless.eox.at
- Type
- Data
- Use
- map backgrounds
Esri — ArcGIS Static Basemap Tiles service, stile open/hybrid/detail (satellitare, l'unico documentato in questa famiglia), 512 px, z0–22 (keyed)
- Type
- Data
- Use
- map backgrounds
Geoportale Nazionale (MASE) / IGM — WMS IGM 1:25 000 (layers CB.IGM25000.32, CB.IGM25000.33; EPSG 3857 / 25832 / 32632 / 32633)
- Type
- Data
- Use
- map backgrounds
IGN France / Géoplateforme — couche ORTHOIMAGERY.ORTHOPHOTOS, photographies aériennes, tile matrix set PM_0_19
- Type
- Data
- Use
- map backgrounds
MapTiler — Topo v2 / Outdoor v2 / Satellite raster tiles and Terrain-RGB v2 (keyed)
- Type
- Data
- Use
- map backgrounds
OpenStreetMap Foundation — Open Database License 1.0 and the attribution / derivative-database guidance of the Licence Working Group
- Type
- Data
- Use
- map backgrounds
OpenStreetMap Foundation — standard tile layer; tile usage policy
- Type
- Data
- Use
- map backgrounds
OpenStreetMap wiki — tag documentation for emergency=fire_hydrant, emergency=suction_point, emergency=water_tank, emergency=fire_water_pond, and the secondary keys fire_hydrant:type, couplings, water_source, flow_rate
- Type
- Data
- Use
- map backgrounds
OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA 3.0) — topographic raster tiles with contours and hillshade, max z17
- Type
- Data
- Use
- map backgrounds
Overpass API — read-only query API over OpenStreetMap data ("acts as a database over the web"), query language Overpass QL; main public instance operated by FOSSGIS, version 0.7.62.11 on 2 servers (16 physical cores, 128 GB RAM, NVMe SSD each). Server software GNU AGPL v3; the data it returns is OSM data under ODbL 1.0
- Type
- Data
- Use
- map backgrounds
Protezione Civile Regionale FVG — DTM_01_PCRFVG, modello digitale del terreno a maglia 1 m da rilievo LiDAR 2006–2010 (densità media 4 punti/m²), scala equivalente 1:2000, 992 Elementi 5000
- Type
- Data
- Use
- map backgrounds
Protezione Civile Regionale FVG — Ortofoto 2012 PCFVG, 10 cm in pianura e 20 cm in area montana (scala equivalente 1:2000)
- Type
- Data
- Use
- map backgrounds
Provincia autonoma di Bolzano, Ufficio Pianificazione territoriale e cartografia — Ortofoto 2023 RGB, 20 cm, ripresa 3–5 marzo 2023
- Type
- Data
- Use
- map backgrounds
Provincia Autonoma di Trento — SIAT GeoServer WMS (layers stem:ctp2025_bn_00, stem:ctp2020_bn_00, LiDAR hillshades stem:2014_agg_2018_dtm_135_10)
- Type
- Data
- Use
- map backgrounds
Provincia Autonoma di Trento, Servizio Geologico — Ortofoto Digitale 2015 (OFD), volo 2015, RGB
- Type
- Data
- Use
- map backgrounds
Regional geoportals (Lombardia, Piemonte, FVG, Emilia-Romagna, Toscana) — GeoServer / MapServer WMS / WMTS, mostly CC BY 4.0
- Type
- Data
- Use
- map backgrounds
Regione autonoma Valle d'Aosta — Ortofoto 2024, 20 cm, volo 21 ago – 2 nov 2024, intero territorio regionale
- Type
- Data
- Use
- map backgrounds
Regione del Veneto — IDT-RV 2.0 WMS/WMTS ortofoto (layers rv:Ortofoto2018_Veneto, ortofoto_2021)
- Type
- Data
- Use
- map backgrounds
Regione del Veneto — IDT-RV 2.0 WMTS / WMS (layers rv:ctr_col, rv:ctrr, rv:DTM_RV_5m_3003, rv:c0103032_isoipse — le ortofoto NON sono qui: stanno in DATA-VENETO-IDT-RV2-ORTOFOTO, con un divieto di riproduzione opposto)
- Type
- Data
- Use
- map backgrounds
Regione Puglia — SIT WMS services for CTR / Ortofoto 2023 (webapps.sit.puglia.it, pugliacon.regione.puglia.it/web/sit-puglia-sit/wms)
- Type
- Data
- Use
- map backgrounds
Regione Toscana — ortofoto digitale a colori 2023, GSD di ripresa 15 cm, prodotto 20 cm (volo CGR SpA, sensori Leica DMC3/DMC4)
- Type
- Data
- Use
- map backgrounds
Sources considered and rejected for elevation: Open-Elevation public API (SRTM resampled to 250 m), Google Elevation API (keyed, billed, closed data, no offline), Mapbox Terrain-RGB v1 (frozen since 2021-12-01; keyed)
- Type
- Data
- Use
- map backgrounds
Stadia Maps — Stadia Outdoors and Stamen Terrain raster tiles (keyed), max z20
- Type
- Data
- Use
- map backgrounds
Thunderforest — Outdoors / Landscape / OpenCycleMap raster tiles (keyed)
- Type
- Data
- Use
- map backgrounds
Tracestrack Topo — raster / vector tiles (console.tracestrack.com)
- Type
- Data
- Use
- map backgrounds
Geofabrik GmbH — daily OpenStreetMap extracts for Italy and its five sub-regions (Nord-Ovest, Nord-Est, Centro, Sud, Isole) as .osm.pbf (plus .osc.gz diffs, .poly boundaries, per-sub-region .gpkg.zip); public files carry no user names, user ids or changeset ids
- Type
- Data
- Use
- offline packs
ISTAT — Confini delle unità amministrative a fini statistici al 1° gennaio 2026: generalised and non-generalised administrative boundaries (regions, provinces / sovracomunali units, municipalities), yearly editions from 1991/2001/2011 and annually from 2002, shapefile in WGS84 UTM 32N with .prj and UTF-8 .cpg
- Type
- Data
- Use
- offline packs
Other (31)
Wikipedia (DE) — Löschwasserförderung über lange Wegstrecken, rolling article
- Type
- Other
- Use
- fire-service hydraulics
Firehouse Magazine — "Relay Pumping Operations" (instructor-guide-style technical article), undated
- Type
- Other
- Use
- friction losses
Pumps & Systems (trade technical publication) — "Wear Ring Clearance for Centrifugal Pumps" (with AccendoReliability / Maintenance World guidance from the same search cluster)
- Type
- Other
- Use
- friction losses
CTIF — Forest Fires Commission page
- Type
- Other
- Use
- operational context
Cyprus Government Libraries OPAC — catalogue record of the UK Fire Service Manual Vol. 2 (Hydraulics)
- Type
- Other
- Use
- operational context
Dipartimento della Protezione Civile — Allegato: Attività antincendio boschivo (AIB) per la stagione estiva 2022. Raccomandazioni per un più efficace contrasto agli incendi boschivi, di interfaccia ed ai rischi conseguenti, prot. PRE/0021988 del 19-05-2022, 6 pp.
- Type
- Other
- Use
- operational context
European Fire Service Colleges' Association — documents page
- Type
- Other
- Use
- operational context
Feuerwehr-UB.de — DIN 14811 Druckschläuche (prEN 1924 history)
- Type
- Other
- Use
- operational context
Fireworld.at — press coverage "Ziegler präsentiert Tragkraftspritze Ultra Power der neuesten Generation", 2022-10-13
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- Other
- Use
- operational context
France Sélection (reseller) — product page GNR Manœuvres feux de forêts
- Type
- Other
- Use
- operational context
Freiwillige Feuerwehr Breiningsham/Ponner (AT) — Tragkraftspritze Fox 3 page
- Type
- Other
- Use
- operational context
vocabulaire-pompier.fr — Les lances des Sapeurs-Pompiers (débits), undated
- Type
- Other
- Use
- operational context
Wikipedia (DE) — Feuerwehrschlauch, rolling (re-fetched and confirmed)
- Type
- Other
- Use
- operational context
Wikipedia (IT) — Idrante, current
- Type
- Other
- Use
- operational context
Wikipedia (IT) — Manichetta antincendio, current
- Type
- Other
- Use
- operational context
Fire Apparatus Magazine — "Coordinating High-Volume Water Supply Operations"
- Type
- Other
- Use
- operational context
Fire Engineering — "Fire Pumping Calculations: Every Pump Operator's Basic Equation" (2020 update)
- Type
- Other
- Use
- operational context
Fire Engineering — "Universal Friction Loss Formula" (history of FL = C·Q²·L; Eastern Maine Vocational Technical Institute, 1975)
- Type
- Other
- Use
- operational context
Firehouse Magazine — "Water Shuttle Operations"; National Fire Academy EFO papers Planning for Water Shuttle Operations and Developing a Comprehensive Rural Water Supply (apps.usfa.fema.gov, not fetched)
- Type
- Other
- Use
- operational context
FireRescue1 — "How to calculate and overcome friction loss"
- Type
- Other
- Use
- operational context
Fresno County Fire Protection District (CAL FIRE contract county) — Guidelines for Calculating NFPA 1142 Minimum Water Supply, undated
- Type
- Other
- Use
- operational context
Yass River (NSW) Bush Fire Brigade — Relay Pumping (1-page study note), undated
- Type
- Other
- Use
- operational context
BBC News — Saddleworth Moor wildfire coverage, 2018
- Type
- Other
- Use
- operational context
Delta Fire (UK hose supplier) — fire hoses page (BS 6391 Types 1 / 2 / 3)
- Type
- Other
- Use
- operational context
Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service — High Volume Pump page (dsfire.gov.uk; 404 at fetch time)
- Type
- Other
- Use
- operational context
Gulf Fire (trade publication) — "An overview of UK high volume pumps", undated
- Type
- Other
- Use
- operational context
National Fire Chiefs Council — National Operational Guidance site (nfcc.org.uk/nog/; ukfrs.com scenario pages)
- Type
- Other
- Use
- operational context
Vigil Products (UK hose supplier) — Type 3 fire hose page
- Type
- Other
- Use
- operational context
Wikipedia — Godiva Fire Pumps article, accessed 2026
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- Other
- Use
- operational context
Mapbox — Vector Tile Specification 2.1: Tile.layers = 3; Layer name 1, features 2, keys 3, values 4, extent 5 (default 4096), version 15; Feature id 1, tags 2 (packed), type 3, geometry 4 (packed); Value string 1, float 2, double 3, int64 4, uint64 5, sint64 6, bool 7; GeomType UNKNOWN 0 / POINT 1 / LINESTRING 2 / POLYGON 3; CommandInteger = (id & 0x7) | (count << 3) with MoveTo 1, LineTo 2, ClosePath 7 and zigzag parameters
- Type
- Other
- Use
- offline packs
Protomaps — PMTiles specification, version 3: 127-byte header (magic PMTiles + version byte at offset 7, u64 LE offsets/lengths for root directory 8/16, metadata 24/32, leaf directories 40/48, tile data 56/64, counts 72/80/88, clustered 96, internal compression 97, tile compression 98, tile type 99, min/max zoom 100/101, min position 102, max position 110, centre zoom 118, centre position 119); Hilbert tile ordering; column-oriented directories (varint entry count, delta tile ids, run lengths, lengths, offsets) with 0 meaning "contiguous with the previous entry"; compression enum 0 unknown / 1 none / 2 gzip / 3 brotli / 4 zstd
- Type
- Other
- Use
- offline packs
Data, licences and attributions
Territorial data and resources retain their respective owners' licences. Terms may vary by source, area and acquisition year: data that can be viewed online is not necessarily reusable or available for offline download.
Cartography and water points
- OpenStreetMap — ODbL 1.0
© OpenStreetMap contributors
- OpenTopoMap — CC BY-SA 3.0
© OpenStreetMap contributors, SRTM | © OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA)
- EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2024 — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
EOxCloudless https://cloudless.eox.at by EOX IT Services GmbH (Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024) — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- Regione Toscana — Ortofoto 2023 — CC BY 4.0
Fonte dei dati: Regione Toscana - Base Informativa Territoriale regionale, art. 55 della L.R. 65/2014
https://www502.regione.toscana.it/ows_ofc/com.rt.wms.RTmap/wms
- Regione autonoma Valle d'Aosta — Ortofoto 2024 — CC BY 4.0
Estratto dall'Ortofoto 2024 di proprietà della Regione autonoma Valle d'Aosta
https://sct-outil.regione.vda.it/SCTProfessional/static/pdf/CC_BY_Ortofoto_2024.pdf
- Provincia autonoma di Bolzano — Ortofoto 2023 — CC BY 4.0
Ortofoto 2023 — Ufficio Pianificazione territoriale e cartografia, Provincia autonoma di Bolzano (CC BY 4.0)
- IGN France — Photographies aériennes — Licence Ouverte / Open Licence (Etalab)
Photographies aériennes © IGN / Géoplateforme — Licence Ouverte (Etalab)
- basemap.at — Orthofoto — CC BY 4.0
Datenquelle: basemap.at (https://basemap.at) — CC BY 4.0
- Copernicus VHR Image Mosaic 2021 — ESA CSC-DA User Licence — VIEW Service (clause 3.4.1)
includes material © CCME (2021), provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA, all rights reserved
https://dataspace.copernicus.eu/sites/default/files/media/files/2024-03/cscda_esa_user_license.pdf
- Protezione Civile Regionale FVG — Ortofoto 2012 — CC BY 4.0
Ortofoto 2012 — Protezione Civile della Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia (CC BY 4.0)
https://geodati.gov.it/resource/id/r_friuve:m10603-cc-i10641
- Regione del Veneto — Carta Tecnica Regionale (IDT-RV 2.0) — IODL 2.0
Regione del Veneto – L.R. n. 28/76 – Formazione della Carta Tecnica Regionale — Infrastruttura dei Dati Territoriali (IDT-RV 2.0)
https://idt2.regione.veneto.it/condizioni_utilizzo_geoportale/
- Provincia Autonoma di Trento — Ortofoto Digitale 2015 — CC BY 3.0 IT
Servizio Geologico — PAT, «rilievo ortofoto digitale 2015 (Servizio di download)» (CC BY 3.0 IT)
https://siatservices.provincia.tn.it/idt/raster/ortofoto_2015_pat/licenza.pdf
- Esri — ArcGIS Static Basemap Tiles — ArcGIS Location Platform Agreement (rev. 21 Nov 2025)
Powered by Esri — Esri, Vantor, Earthstar Geographics, and the GIS User Community
Elevation
- Mapterhorn — licences vary per constituent source; no single licence declared
Mapterhorn composes its elevation tiles from 148 national and regional data sources (list: https://download.mapterhorn.com/attribution.json, verified 2026-08-25), each under its own licence. There is no single attribution formula to reproduce verbatim here: the source itself points to the full list instead of declaring one.
- AWS Terrain Tiles (Tilezen) — licences vary per constituent source, listed in the text
* ArcticDEM terrain data DEM(s) were created from DigitalGlobe, Inc., imagery and funded under National Science Foundation awards 1043681, 1559691, and 1542736; * Australia terrain data © Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2017; * Austria terrain data © offene Daten Österreichs – Digitales Geländemodell (DGM) Österreich; * Canada terrain data contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada; * Europe terrain data produced using Copernicus data and information funded by the European Union - EU-DEM layers; * Global ETOPO1 terrain data U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration * Mexico terrain data source: INEGI, Continental relief, 2016; * New Zealand terrain data Copyright 2011 Crown copyright (c) Land Information New Zealand and the New Zealand Government (All rights reserved); * Norway terrain data © Kartverket; * United Kingdom terrain data © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2015. All rights reserved; * United States 3DEP (formerly NED) and global GMTED2010 and SRTM terrain data courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey.
https://github.com/tilezen/joerd/blob/master/docs/attribution.md
- TINITALY 1.1 (INGV) — CC BY 4.0, citation required
Tarquini S., I. Isola, M. Favalli, A. Battistini, G. Dotta (2023). TINITALY, a digital elevation model of Italy with a 10 meters cell size (Version 1.1). Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV). https://doi.org/10.13127/tinitaly/1.1. Tarquini S., I. Isola, M. Favalli, F. Mazzarini, M. Bisson, M.T. Pareschi, E. Boschi (2007). TINITALY/01: a new triangular irregular network of Italy. Annals of Geophysics. https://doi.org/10.4401/ag-4424.
Fuel
- Fuel classification: FIREBOX D1.1
Gamba, R., Passamani, C., Moris, J.V., Spadoni, G.L., Rainsford, F. & Ascoli, D. (2026) D1.1 Fuel type classification and national fuel dataset, PRIN PNRR Project FIRE-BOX (P2022MXRK9), NRRP Mission 4 Component 2 Investment 1.1, WP1 leader UNITO
Typeface
- IBM Plex Sans — SIL Open Font License 1.1
Copyright 2019 IBM Corp. All rights reserved.
Project credits
Tecnica - Formazione - Sicurezza s.r.l. (TFS): co-conception, design and development of WildRelay.
ICE & FIRE s.r.l.: co-conception and technical-scientific consultancy.