Title: House Fires Author: Chris Flatley, Jerry Knapp ISBN: 1593704127 / 9781593704124 Format: Hard Cover Pages: 278 Publisher: Fire Engineering Year: 2019 Availability: Out of Stock
Description
Contents
House Fires provides a practical and comprehensive guide to strategy and tactics to fight house fires.
Features and Benefits:
Interactive scenarios based on fireground experience to help develop your fireground decision making
Compilation of the best strategy and tactics for house fires from many experienced fire service experts
Firefighters: critical information, insight, and understanding of strategies you will be expected to execute on the fireground including size up, search/rescue, fire attack, ventilation, and engine and truck operations
Fire officers: scenario-based practical application of traditional and modern approaches to house fires
Students of fire suppression: a comprehensive text including the latest research on our most important alarm
Examine and practice what must be done for you to determine how best to develop your strategy and tactics at your most important alarm—the house fire.
Use this book as a reference as your career progresses—from firefighter to line officer to chief— after you experience different fire situations. You will gain a deeper understanding from the practical scenarios to improve your decision-making skills.
How to Use this Book
Chapter 1 : The Importance of House Fires to Firefighters Chapter 2 : Construction, Types of Houses, and Floor Plans Chapter 3 : Hazards of House Fires Chapter 4 : Size-Up of House Fires Chapter 5 : Command, Control, and Fire Attack Strategies Chapter 6 : Search and Rescue Operations Chapter 7 : Preparing for Successful Fire Attack Chapter 8 : Ventilation Chapter 9 : Basement and Garage Fires Chapter 10 : First and Second Floor Fires Chapter 11 : Attic and Exterior Fires Chapter 12 : Common Nonfire Calls to Homes