Download or read book Engine Company Fireground Operations Study Guide written by James W. Hensen and published by Davis Publishing Company. This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Engine Company Fireground Operations written by Raul Angulo and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2020-03-26 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and Jones & Bartlett Learning are pleased to bring you the fourth edition of Engine Company Fireground Operations. This expanded edition incorporates the latest recommendations from UL and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) into every aspect of fire attack and ventilation and presents an extensive study of engine company fire ground operations. This new edition is an ideal resource for fire service personnel preparing for promotion or studying for a civil service examination. Firefighters and company officers will gain knowledge in fire science, building construction, and the effects of burning modern fuels that result in extreme fire behavior. Specific features include: Detailed illustrations that show the tactics and approaches described in each chapter Case studies of strategies and tactics that resulted in firefighter line of duty deaths, as well as those that were successful, incorporated into the recommended practices of engine company fire attack, rescue, and ventilation Detailed information on size-up that applies risk management principles to the Value-Time-Size method, which considers survivability profiling and threshold limits, identifying problems, selecting strategies and tactics, developing a quick incident action plan, and applying a functional accountability system for safety A significant emphasis on attacking residential and commercial basement fires A one-of-its-kind chapter on fireground operations and responsibilities for company level high-rise firefighting, with special attention paid to fire behavior within high-rise buildings In-depth coverage of all the basic engine company responsibilities, including: Equipment Initial hose lays and water supplies The deployment of attack, back-up, and exposure hose lines Rapid intervention teams Search and rescue Master streams Fire protection systems Standpipe operations Salvage and overhaul
Download or read book Truck Company Fireground Operations Study Guide written by David Dunay and published by Alabama Fire College. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Engine Company Fireground Operations written by Harold Richman and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2006-03 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Classic Text Describes And Illustrates Engine Company Procedures For Working Structural Fires. From Water Supply To Extinguishing Agents, The Complete Range Of Operations Is Covered In Engine Company Fireground Operations.
Download or read book Study Guide for Truck Company Fireground Operations written by Alabama Fire College Foundation and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Truck Company Fireground Operations written by Harold Richman and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2006 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This outstanding text presents complete coverage of truck company operational procedures. Truck Company Fireground Operations describes procedures for working structural fires, and helps you train responders on rescue, ventilation, forcible entry, salvage, and more!
Download or read book Fire Engineering s Study Guide for Firefighter I and II written by Anthony Avillo and published by Fire Engineering Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the fire service, information is critical to firefighter safety and efficiency. Fire Engineering's Study Guide for Firefighter I and II will provide the student with a comprehensive review of the material presented in each chapter of Fire Engineering's Handbook, providing a further check on how well the student absorbed the material. The Study Guide's multiple-choice questions provide both direct knowledge and situational application of the material. It is suggested that the student complete the Study Guide chapter-by-chapter, both before reading the Handbook as a pre-test and after reading the Handbook as an informational comprehension check. Used properly, Fire Engineering's Study Guide will reinforce the information learned and enhance the effectiveness of the educational package. Features: * Multiple-choice, short-answer, and true-or-false questions for each chapter of the Handbook * Answers at the end of each chapter * Corresponding page numbers to each answer in the Handbook
Download or read book Truck Company Operations written by John Mittendorf and published by PennWell Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author John Mittendorf has completely rewritten his best-selling book, Truck Company Operations, a must-have for all firefighters who are assigned to the truck and who have responsibilities for the truck on the fireground. The new second edition covers the many aspects, tasks, and functions of a truck company, and contains new and expanded information related to search, reading a building, reading smoke, the Ten Commandments of truck company operations, operating truck apparatus, and more--all from a truck company perspective.
Download or read book Fireground Operational Guides written by Frank Viscuso and published by Fire Engineering Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important new book is designed to serve many purposes in the fire service, ranging from being a starting point and refresher guide for firefighters seeking promotions at any level, to being a field operational guide for on-scene Incident Commanders and Company Officers. It offers an easy-to-follow, step-by-step action plan for firefighters working in Acting Capacities, and can be used when developing SOPís, and when organizing and planning training evolutions. Itís definitely a book every firefighter, officer, and aspiring officer will want to own!
Download or read book Fire officer s handbook of tactics written by John Norman and published by PennWell Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern firefighting is a continually evolving science with new technologies constantly being applied to the fire service. In the latest edition of this perennial favorite, Norman examines these new technologies and how they affect fire ground tactics. He also details the new role firefighters play in homeland security.
Download or read book Firefighting Operations in High Rise and Standpipe Equipped Buildings written by David M. McGrail and published by PennWell Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book establishes a proper firefighting mindset and promotes maintaining preparedness for the extreme physical and mental demands of firefighting operations in high-rise and standpipe-equipped buildings ... Among the many valuable topics covered in this book are: standpipe system pressure regulating devices, pressure restricting devices and pressure reducing valves; cautious and disciplined elevator use during high-rise operations; elevator rescue operations; proper engine company suppression selection, including techniques to operate more powerful firefighting weapons with limited manpower; air support operations during high-rise emergencies, with or without an internal resource.
Download or read book Fire Officer s Handbook of Tactics written by John Norman and published by Fire Engineering Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Norman has updated his best-selling book, a guide for the firefighter and fire officer who, having learned the basic mechanics of the trade, are looking for specific methods for handling specific situations. In this new fourth edition, readers will find a new chapter on lightweight construction, a new chapter on electrical fires and emergencies, updates to many chapters including such topics as wind-driven fires, and many new illustrations.
Download or read book Fire Captain Written Exam Study Guide written by Arthur R. Couvillon and published by Information Guides. This book was released on 1993 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 320 page book with eleven chapters containing over 3000 selections of information that all Firefighters should know. This book is designed to assist Firefighters prepare for the FIRE CAPTAIN-LIEUTENANT promotional WRITTEN EXAM. Topics included: fire administration, leadership management, fire prevention, fire behavior, hazardous materials, fire-fighting, as well as a 100 question practice exam and muchmore!
Download or read book Fire Officer s Handbook of Tactics written by John Norman and published by PennWell Books. This book was released on 1999 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fire Officer's Handbook of Tactics Study Guide is a valuable training tool when used in conjunction with the book. Written by John Norman, this guide enhances the lessons put forth in the text. This set will benefit instructors developing tests, as well as students reviewing the assigned material. The study guide is organized according to the text, with a total of eighteen chapters, plus a final exam. Questions and answers are included along with references to the pages in the text where the most pertinent information appears for each question.
Download or read book Fireground Strategies Scenarios Workbook written by Anthony Avillo and published by Fire Engineering Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the new second edition of the Scenarios Workbook, Chief Avillo presents all new scenarios, taking advantage of his method of "challenge-based learning" to reinforce the lessons learned from the Fireground Strategies textbook. As with his first Scenarios Workbook, the new edition is a workable study guide that serves as a companion to the textbook, giving students the opportunity to test themselves in simulated fireground situations. Following each scenario section, there are multiple-choice and short-answer questions, along with answers and explanations. Chief Avillo has provided in-depth explanations of answers to help students understand the reason for the strategy or tactic.
Download or read book Strategic and Tactical Considerations on the Fireground Study Guide written by James P. Smith and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2011-10-19 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study guide is meant as an accompaniment to the book Strategic and Tactical Considerations on the Fireground, Third Edition written by retired Deputy Chief James P. Smith of the Philadelphia, PA, Fire Department and published by Brady/Prentice-Hall. It is not meant to be an all-inclusive text or to answer all-encompassing questions; it is meant to reinforce the text after it is read. In many cases the questions are narrow in design and emphasize specific points made within the text.
Download or read book Fundamentals of Fire Fighter Skills written by David Schottke and published by Jones & Bartlett Publishers. This book was released on 2014 with total page 1229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
