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Fire and Ice - Tales from an Alaskan Volunteer Fire Chief
ISBN: 9780978976682 / Angielski / Miękka / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Chief Dewey Whetsell, a 34-year veteran with the Cordova (Alaska) Volunteer Fire Department and recipient of Alaska's highest fire service award, chronicles his experiences. (Technology & Industrial Arts)
Chief Dewey Whetsell, a 34-year veteran with the Cordova (Alaska) Volunteer Fire Department and recipient of Alaska's highest fire service award, chro...
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76,67 zł |
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Air Management for the Fire Service
ISBN: 9781593701291 / Angielski / Twarda / 651 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Even though firefighters have strapped on some type of self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) for more than a century, the proud history of fire service always revered the toughest of the "smoke eaters." Intermittent use of SCBA, lack of proper procedures and training, and sometimes even those time-honored fire service traditions resulted in a tragic loss of life. The toughest of these lessons are here for all firefighters to read and learn. Proper use of SCBA and PASS devices, stricter enforcement of procedures, and an unflinching adherence to the rules will benefit firefighters in every...
Even though firefighters have strapped on some type of self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) for more than a century, the proud history of fire se...
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360,96 zł |
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Industrial Firefighting for Municipal Firefighters
ISBN: 9781593700812 / Angielski / Twarda / 370 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Although municipal firefighters respond to industrial fires or emergencies on a daily basis, even the largest fire departments often focus most of their training and attention on residential and commercial structures, vehicles or wildland firefighting. This book was written to specifically prepare the municipal firefighter for responses to a wide range of industrial fires, where the situation will be much different. As advances in automation and reductions in industrial fire brigades are made, it is increasingly likely that firefighters will be called to an incident at one of these vulnerable...
Although municipal firefighters respond to industrial fires or emergencies on a daily basis, even the largest fire departments often focus most of the...
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282,91 zł |
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Firefighters and Highrises: 2nd Edition
ISBN: 9781478759423 / Angielski / Miękka / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After serving many years as an engine officer in the same suburban fire station, you pull up in front of your first real highrise fire. It's a 30 story senior living facility with fire showing at several windows about half way up the building. With your highrise hose pack, you and your crew rush into lobby where they're met by a security officer. She tells you the fire is in on the 16th floor and leads you to a recalled freight elevator. Try as they might, you can't get the elevator going so you start climbing the nearest stairs-all in line with departmental SOPs. Right away you run into a...
After serving many years as an engine officer in the same suburban fire station, you pull up in front of your first real highrise fire. It's a 30 stor...
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111,69 zł |
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Ladder Company Fireground Operations 3e
ISBN: 9780763744960 / Angielski / Miękka / 251 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Learn Proven Ladder Company Fireground Operations With Ladder Company Fireground Operations, Third Edition. Fire Department Ladder Companies Face Many Challenges. Ladder Company Personnel Are An Integral Part Of Fire Fighting Operations At The Fireground, And This Book Emphasizes The Point That Fire Fighters Performing Ladder Company Tasks Must Be Properly Trained, Possess The Proper Equipment, And Be Adequately Staffed. Ladder Company Fireground Operations, Third Edition Covers The Basic Objectives Of Ladder Company Work Including The Assignments Of Conducting A Primary Search, Rescuing...
Learn Proven Ladder Company Fireground Operations With Ladder Company Fireground Operations, Third Edition. Fire Department Ladder Companies Face Many...
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700,08 zł |
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Special Locking Devices: Guard Plates, Locks, Bolts, and Bars
ISBN: 9781593701178 / Angielski / Other Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One of the country's leading forcible entry specialists, Chief (Ret.) Tom Brennan (1940-2006) shares with you the techniques, equipment, and procedures necessary to carry out the forcible entry operation. This five-part series introduces you to various locking mechanisms and security devices that you may encounter. Chief Brennan discusses safe techniques needed to bypass special locking devices, along with simple, conventional forcible entry.
Originally released on VHS in 1990 and now on DVD.
One of the country's leading forcible entry specialists, Chief (Ret.) Tom Brennan (1940-2006) shares with you the techniques, equipment, and procedure...
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240,24 zł |
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Flammability Handbook for Plastics
ISBN: 9781566766517 / Angielski / Twarda / 326 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A mini-encyclopedia of basic information on the fire properties of plastics, the Flammability Handbook for Plastics has been widely used and recognized as a basic guide and reference to the fire behavior and fire retardance of plastics. This new updated edition reflects the changing plastics market by providing entirely new sections on thermoplastic elastomers, conductive polymers, multicapability test methods, chlorofluorocarbons and flammability, recycling of plastics and depolymerization of plastics. All new in this edition is both a plastics alphabet and an organization alphabet.
A mini-encyclopedia of basic information on the fire properties of plastics, the Flammability Handbook for Plastics has been widely used and recognize...
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414,56 zł |
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Euro Firefighter: Global Firefighting Strategy and Tactics, Command and Control and Firefighter Safety
ISBN: 9781906600259 / Angielski / Miękka / 380 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Paul Grimwood has responded and worked from over a hundred fire stations in the USA and Europe. In this, his third book, he demonstrates how the very best strategies and tactical approaches from Europe and the USA may be effectively combined to enhance firefighter tactics and safety at structure fires. The book also covers and exceeds the 2007 syllabus of the European (UK) EDEXCEL CFBT Instructor Qualification (90 hours) for practical Fire Behavior Training (flashover training in ISO shipping containers and other FDS units). Euro Firefighter is for the CFBT instructor, firefighter, company...
Paul Grimwood has responded and worked from over a hundred fire stations in the USA and Europe. In this, his third book, he demonstrates how the very ...
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322,81 zł |
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Computational Fluid Dynamics in Fire Engineering : Theory, Modelling and Practice
ISBN: 9780750685894 / Angielski / Twarda / 532 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Fire and combustion presents a significant engineering challenge to mechanical, civil and dedicated fire engineers, as well as specialists in the process and chemical, safety, buildings and structural fields. We are reminded of the tragic outcomes of 'untenable' fire disasters such as at King's Cross underground station or Switzerland's St Gotthard tunnel. In these and many other cases, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is at the forefront of active research into unravelling the probable causes of fires and helping to design structures and systems to ensure that they are less likely in the...
Fire and combustion presents a significant engineering challenge to mechanical, civil and dedicated fire engineers, as well as specialists in the proc...
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390,22 zł |
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M31 Distribution System Requirements for Fire Protection
ISBN: 9781583215807 / Angielski / Miękka / 60 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Get specific guidance on designing, operating, and maintaining water distribution systems as they relate to fire protection and fire suppression activities and maximize fire protection benefits, while delivering safe, potable water to customers. Benefits: The fourth edition has all the information you need to
Get specific guidance on designing, operating, and maintaining water distribution systems as they relate to fire protection and fire suppression ac... |
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623,56 zł |
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Fanning the Flames
ISBN: 9783639070842 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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316,10 zł |
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Chemicals Used for Illegal Purposes
ISBN: 9780470187807 / Angielski / Twarda / 466 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Chemicals Used for Illegal Purposes helps hazmat professionals and others determine if chemicals at a suspicious site could be used to make illegal substances such as drugs, explosives, pyrotechnics, nerve agents, and other toxins. It profiles dangerous chemicals, covering their appearance, smell, incompatibilities, and identification tests. It features diagrams to assist responders in identifying illegal laboratories. This is a hands-on reference for crime scene responders, policemen, firemen, bomb squad members, drug enforcement officials, and others who need to be able to identify...
Chemicals Used for Illegal Purposes helps hazmat professionals and others determine if chemicals at a suspicious site could be used to make ill...
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569,68 zł |
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The Common Sense Approach to Hazardous Materials
ISBN: 9781593701949 / Angielski / Twarda / 591 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An accomplished author with decades of experience working in the plastics industry and teaching the chemistry of hazardous materials to emergency responders, Frank Fire has updated his book covering the basic approach to hazardous materials.
In the new third edition, each chapter has been revised (where required) to reflect changes since the second edition was published. For example, each chemical mentioned whose volume or usage has changed has been updated, including their usage as a chemical warfare agent. A new chapter covers each class of chemical warfare agents. An excellent... An accomplished author with decades of experience working in the plastics industry and teaching the chemistry of hazardous materials to emergency resp...
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365,83 zł |
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The Engine Company
ISBN: 9781593700805 / Angielski / Twarda / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In his new book, Battalion Chief Salka, a nationally recognized speaker and author with years of service in several career and volunteer departments, looks at both the similarities and differences in the engine company operations practiced by fire departments throughout the United States and discusses in detail the equipment, staffing, and operations of engine company firefighters at structural fires and emergencies in urban, suburban, and rural settings.
In this book, Salka teaches readers: * The abilities and limitations of engine companies, depending on equipment, staffing, and... In his new book, Battalion Chief Salka, a nationally recognized speaker and author with years of service in several career and volunteer departments, ...
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282,91 zł |
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volunteer training officer's handbook
ISBN: 9780878148349 / Angielski / Miękka / 161 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This comprehensive guide, by Eddie Buchanan, Jr., will provide the volunteer training officer everything needed to develop and implement a successful program while promoting quality and discipline in today's volunteer firefighter. Alternative delivery options will be presented that allow the volunteer to achieve their training goals while meeting their responsibilities at home. Each chapter is broken down into subcategories that thoroughly explain all of the duties of the volunteer training officer. Buchanan carefully covers topics such as fire service training philosophies, organizational...
This comprehensive guide, by Eddie Buchanan, Jr., will provide the volunteer training officer everything needed to develop and implement a successful ...
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156,09 zł |
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Incident Management for the Street-Smart Fire Officer
ISBN: 9781593701505 / Angielski / Twarda / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A new and improved version of the original best seller, Incident Management for the Street-Smart Fire Officer, is for everyone who wants to learn new ways to enhance the flow of their fire department's management system. Whether you are a firefighter looking to become an officer, or an officer whose future probably includes the word "Chief," you will benefit from this book. The second edition of Incident Management for the Street-Smart Fire Officer provides an overview of the Incident Command System (ICS) with an expanded look at the initial firefighting tactical and strategic considerations....
A new and improved version of the original best seller, Incident Management for the Street-Smart Fire Officer, is for everyone who wants to learn new ...
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321,93 zł |
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Conducting Prescribed Fires: A Comprehensive Manual
ISBN: 9781603441346 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Landowners and managers, municipalities, the logging and livestock industries, and conservation professionals all increasingly recognize that setting prescribed fires may reduce the devastating effects of wildfire, control invasive brush and weeds, improve livestock range and health, maintain wildlife habitat, control parasites, manage forest lands, remove hazardous fuel in the wildland-urban interface, and create residential buffer zones.
In this practical and helpful manual, John R. Weir, who has conducted more than 720 burns in four states, offers a step-by-step guide to the systematic... Landowners and managers, municipalities, the logging and livestock industries, and conservation professionals all increasingly recognize that setting ...
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107,26 zł |
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Industrial Fire Safety Guidebook
ISBN: 9780815514206 / Angielski / Twarda / 539 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Offers technical information that can assist in responding to a hazard material incident that could lead to a fire hazard situation. This book gives information and technical data on petroleum based products since these are among the widely consumed products.
Offers technical information that can assist in responding to a hazard material incident that could lead to a fire hazard situation. This book gives i...
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731,67 zł |
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Fire Engineering's Handbook for Firefighter I and II [With 2 DVDs and Paperback Book]
ISBN: 9781593701352 / Angielski / Twarda Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Written to include all the minimum requirements of the 2008 NFPA professional qualifications standards 1001 and 472 and beyond, Fire Engineering's Handbook for Firefighter I and II lays out the combined wisdom and experience of more than 40 accomplished fire service professionals from around the United States -- the only collection of its kind in one book
Edited by Glenn Corbett, Fire Engineering magazine's technical editor, this new text is aimed at giving readers access to practical, real-world, time-tested knowledge and skills and being a trusted resource for instructors and students... Written to include all the minimum requirements of the 2008 NFPA professional qualifications standards 1001 and 472 and beyond, Fire Engineering's Han...
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331,68 zł |
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Fire Department Special Operations
ISBN: 9781593701932 / Angielski / Twarda / 456 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ray Downey wrote the first edition of The Rescue Company in the early 1990s. Building on Downey's legacy, John Norman has written Fire Department Special Operations to take into consideration the earth-shattering events, funding increases, research advances, expanded capabilities, and changes in regulations and standards that have widened the knowledge gap since the publication of Chief Downey's book.
Fire Department Special Operations is an excellent guide for agencies and individuals in establishing, staffing, operating, and maintaining heavy rescue units in the many forms they may... Ray Downey wrote the first edition of The Rescue Company in the early 1990s. Building on Downey's legacy, John Norman has written Fire Department Spec...
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419,49 zł |
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