In his first book, William Mora, a 30-year fire service veteran and firefighter safety advocate, discusses how to prevent traumatic structural firefighter fatalities. Firefighter disorientation can be defined as “the loss of direction due to the lack of vision in a structure fire.” To combat this problem, Mora outlines a multipronged approach to effectively address the components that contribute to disorientation and structural firefighter fatalities. This text includes many case studies and guidelines for size-up factors and is an important resource for all firefighters.
Preface
Chapter 1 : Introduction
Chapter 2 : The Structural Firefighter Fatality Problem
Chapter 3 : Terms, Risk, and Assumptions
Chapter 4 : Types of Enclosed Structures
Chapter 5 : Types of Obscured Visibility and Types of Firefighter Disorientation
Chapter 6 : Similarities in Disorientation Fires
Chapter 7 : The Firefighter Disorientation Sequence
Chapter 8 : Initial Size-Up Factors
Chapter 9 : Avoiding Life-Threatening Hazards
Chapter 10 : Hose Evolutions and Fireground Realities
Chapter 11 : Hazards of Construction
Chapter 12 : Coordinated Ventilation
Chapter 13 : Enclosed Structure Tactics and Guidelines
Chapter 14 : Firefighter Disorientation Case Reviews: Considering Enclosed Structure Tactics
Summary and Conclusion
Appendix A : Unprotected Enclosed Structures: a Global Problem
Glossary
