STUDY METHODOLOGY
受访者。30000多名消防部门那t protect populations of 100,000 or fewer were surveyed by means of a 23-item questionnaire. Questions ranged from “What is the rural department’s most pressing problem (other than funding)” to “What kinds of mutual-aid agreements does your department have in place?” In addition, the committee visited fire sites (in California, Florida, and West Virginia) of varying terrains and demographics that had sustained large wildfires. Nearly one in five departments responded.
Data processing. The USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry Office in Radnor, Pennsylvania, tabulated the data, and the Fire Analysis and Research Division of the National Fire Protection Association (NF^PA) in Quincy, Massachusetts, analyzed it. John R. Hall. Jr., assistant vice president for the NFPA’s Fire Analysis and Research Division, prepared a report in 1993 covering the survey data obtained from the rural fire departments.
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