Title: Collapse of Burning Buildings : A Guide to Fireground Safety, 2nd Edition Author: Vincent Dunn ISBN: 1593702337 / 9781593702335 Format: Hard Cover Pages: 364 Publisher: Fire Engineering Year: 2010 Availability: Out of Stock
Description
Contents
Chief Vincent Dunn, a 42-year fire service veteran, has updated his best-selling book which examines the dangers of structural failure caused by fire. This is the second edition of the first textbook written to warn firefighters, company officers, and fire chiefs about exactly how structures collapse when destroyed by fire and examines the subject of burning building collapse in great detail. More importantly, this book, unlike any other publication, instructs firefighters and fire officers in how to survive burning building collapse.
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 : General Collapse Information Chapter 2 : Terms of Construction and Buildings Design Chapter 3 : Building Construction : Firefighting Problems and Structural Hazards Chapter 4 : Masonry Wall Collapse Chapter 5 : Collapse Dangers of Parapet Walls Chapter 6 : Wood Floor Collapse Chapter 7 : Sloping Peak Roof Collapse Chapter 8 : Timber Truss Roof Collapse Chapter 9 : Flat Roof Collapse Chapter 10 : Lightweight Steel Roof and Floor Collapse Chapter 11 : Lightweight Wood Truss Collapse Chapter 12 : Ceiling Collapse Chapter 13 : Stairway Collapse Chapter 14 : Fire Escape Dangers Chapter 15 : Wood-Frame Building Collapse Chapter 16 : Collapse Hazards of Buildings Under Construction Chapter 17 : Collapse Caused by Master Stream Operations Chapter 18 : Search-and-Rescue at a Building Collapse Chapter 19 : Safety Precautions Prior to Collapse Chapter 20 : Why the World Trade Center Towers Collapsed Chapter 21 : High-Rise Building Collapse Chapter 22 : Post-Fire Analysis Chapter 23 : Early Floor Collapse
Epilogue : Are Architects, Engineers, and Code-Writing Officials Friends of the Firefighter?
Index