Fire Officer's Handbook of Tactics

ISBN-13: 9781593704186 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 642 str.

John Norman

Spis treści

• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Part I: General firefighting tactics
• General principles of firefighting
• Size-Up
• Engine company operations
• Hoseline selection, stretching, and placement
• Water supply
• Sprinkler systems and standpipe operations
• Ladder company operations
• Forcible entry
• Ventilation
• Search and rescue
• Part II: Specific fire situations
• Firefighter survival
• Operations in lightweight buildings
• Private dwellings
• Multiple dwellings
• Garden apartment and townhouse fires
• Store fires--taxpayers and strip malls
• High-rise office buildings
• Buildings under construction, renovation, and demolition
• Fire-related emergencies: incinerators, oil burners, and gas leaks
• Electrical fires and emergencies
• Structural collapse
• Fire department roles in terrorism and homeland security
• Glossary
• Index