Fundamentals of Fire Fighter Skills, 2nd Edition (With CD-ROM)

Safety Is Fundamentals! The Second Edition features a laser-like focus on fire fighter injury prevention, including a dedicated chapter on safety. Reducing fire fighter injuries and deaths requires the dedicated efforts of every fire fighter, of every fire department, and of the entire fire community working together. It is with this goal in mind that we have integrated the 16 Fire Fighter Life Safety Initiatives developed by the National Fallen Fire Fighter Foundation into Chapter 2, Fire Fighter Safety. In most of the chapters, actual National Fire Fighter Near-Miss Reporting System cases are discussed to drive home important points about safety and the lessons learned from those real-life incidents. It is our profound hope that this textbook will contribute to the goal of reducing line-of-duty deaths by 25 percent in the next 5 years.

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Chapter 1 : The History and Orientation of the Fire Service
Chapter 2 : Fire Fighter Safety
Chapter 3 : Fire Service Communications
Chapter 4 : Incident Command System
Chapter 5 : Fire Behavior
Chapter 6 : Building Construction
Chapter 7 : Portable Fire Extinguishers
Chapter 8 : Fire Fighter Tools and Equipment
Chapter 9 : Ropes and Knots
Chapter 10 : Response and Size-Up
Chapter 11 : Forcible Entry
Chapter 12 : Ladders
Chapter 13 : Search and Rescue
Chapter 14 : Ventilation
Chapter 15 : Water Supply
Chapter 16 : Fire Hose, Nozzles, Streams and Foam
Chapter 17 : Fire Fighter Survival
Chapter 18 : Salvage and Overhaul
Chapter 19 : Fire Fighter Rehabilitation
Chapter 20 : Wildland and Ground Fires
Chapter 21 : Fire Suppression
Chapter 22 : Preincident Planning
Chapter 23 : Fire and Emergency Medical Care
Chapter 24 : Emergency Medical Care
Chapter 25 : Vehicle Rescue and Extrication
Chapter 26 : Assisting Special Rescue Teams
Chapter 27 : Hazardous Materials : Overview
Chapter 28 : Hazardous Materials : Properties and Effects
Chapter 29 : Hazardous Materials : Recognizing and Identifying the Hazards
Chapter 30 : Hazardous Materials : Implementing a Response
Chapter 31 : Hazardous Materials : Personal Protective Equipment, Scene Safety, and Scene Control
Chapter 32 : Hazardous Materials : Response Priorities and Actions
Chapter 33 : Hazardous Materials : Decontamination Techniques
Chapter 34 : Terrorism Awareness
Chapter 35 : Fire Prevention and Public Education
Chapter 36 : Fire Detection, Protection, and Suppression Systems
Chapter 37 : Fire Cause Determination

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