House Fires

House Fires

Author: Jerry Knapp

Publisher: Fire Engineering Books

Published: 2019-03-04

Total Pages: 399

ISBN-13: 1593704127

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House Fires by Jerry Knapp & Chris Flatley provides a practical and comprehensive guide to strategy and tactics to fight house fires. Features and Benefits: --Interactive scenarios based on fireground experience to help develop your fireground decision making --Compilation of the best strategy and tactics for house fires from many experienced fire service experts --Firefighters: critical information, insight, and understanding of strategies you will be expected to execute on the fireground including size up, search/rescue, fire attack, ventilation, and engine and truck operations --Fire officers: scenario-based practical application of traditional and modern approaches to house fires --Students of fire suppression: a comprehensive text including the latest research on our most important alarm Examine and practice what must be done for you to determine how best to develop your strategy and tactics at your most important alarm—the house fire. Use this book as a reference as your career progresses—from firefighter to line officer to chief— after you experience different fire situations. You will gain a deeper understanding from the practical scenarios to improve your decision-making skills.


Fire Science and Technology 2015

Fire Science and Technology 2015

Author: Kazunori Harada

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-10-04

Total Pages: 891

ISBN-13: 9811003769

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This book focuses on topics in the entire spectrum of fire safety science, targeting research in fires, explosions, combustion science, heat transfer, fluid dynamics, risk analysis, structural engineering, and other subjects. The book contributes to a gain in advanced scientific knowledge and presents or advances new ideas in all topics in fire safety science. Two decades ago, the 1st Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology was held in Hefei, China. Since then, the Asia-Oceania Symposia have grown in size and quality. This book, reflecting that growth, helps readers to understand fire safety technology, design, and methodology in diverse areas including historical buildings, photovoltaic panels, batteries, and electric vehicles.


Firefighting Strategies and Tactics includes Navigate Advantage Access

Firefighting Strategies and Tactics includes Navigate Advantage Access

Author: James S. Angle

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Published: 2019-12-30

Total Pages: 415

ISBN-13: 1284180190

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The Fourth Edition of Firefighting Strategies and Tactics meets and exceeds the course outcomes of the National Fire Academy’s Fire and Emergency Services Higher Education (FESHE) course Strategy and Tactics (C0279). Firefighting Strategies and Tactics, Fourth Edition is a valuable resource for fire fighters studying for promotion or taking civil service examinations.The Fourth Edition reinforces safe and effective firefighting strategies and tactics for fire fighters and fire officers to employ during a wide spectrum of fire incidents. The chapters follow a natural progression, each chapter building on the previous foundation to provide a broad understanding of firefighting strategy and tactics.Firefighting Strategies and Tactics, Fourth Edition offers in-depth coverage of potential incident hazards, strategic goals, and tactical objectives at:One- and two-family dwellingsMultiple-family dwellingsCommercial buildingsPlaces of assemblyHigh-rise buildingsVehicle firesWildland firesThe Fourth Edition also includes:An Emphasis on Safety—Safety and professionalism are stressed throughout the chapters and are reinforced through discussions of incident effectiveness, hazard awareness, and strategic decision-making.Information for Today’s Fire Service—Expanded and new discussions on geographic information system (GIS mapping), drone use for creating preincident plans, cancer risks in the fire service, gross decontamination of bunker gear after fires to reduce carcinogens, lookouts-communications-escape routes and safety zones (LCES), and deployment of rapid intervention crews at wildland fires.Engaging Case Studies—Opening each chapter, case studies highlight actual events to emphasize the importance of developing sound strategies and tactics to fight fires effectively and safely. Additional case studies close out each chapter and provide students an opportunity to test their understanding in a safe environment. Knowledge in Action—The final chapter demonstrates how the strategies and tactics throughout this resource may be applied in scenarios set at various types of occupancies. This feature offers students an opportunity to see how concepts are applied in the real world.


Structural Firefighting: Strategy and Tactics includes Navigate Advantage Access

Structural Firefighting: Strategy and Tactics includes Navigate Advantage Access

Author: Bernard "Ben" J. Klaene

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Published: 2020-09-14

Total Pages: 457

ISBN-13: 1284226905

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The fourth edition of Structural Firefighting: Strategy and Tactics meets and exceeds the course objectives and outcomes for the National Fire Academy’s Fire and Emergency Services Higher Education (FESHE) non-core course, Strategy and Tactics (C0279).Structural Firefighting: Strategy and Tactics prepares the fire officer to take command at structure fires, effectively using available resources. The goal of this text is to explain proven tactics and strategies used at structure fires. It is designed to be used by all fire officers, from company officer to chief of department.The Fourth Edition provides the necessary tools to achieve maximum productivity under adverse fireground conditions. It references NFPA fire investigations, applicable NFPA statistics and standards, the NIOSH Firefighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program, and the Technical Report Series from the U.S. Fire Administration. It has been expanded to include information from recent studies by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Underwriters Laboratories (UL), and others. The Fourth Edition contains new content on integration of initial rapid intervention crews, updated content on vent-enter-isolate-search tactics, and more, while continuing to emphasize the role of preincident planning and command decisions that maximize life safety, extinguishment, and property conservation. A multitude of case studies, incident summaries, and extensive end-of-chapter activities promote application of chapter content and critical thinking skills. This text allows a company officer or incident commander to learn fireground procedures at an accelerated pace, thus reducing the cost in lives and property associated with learning by experience only.The Fourth Edition also includes:New and significantly expanded, in-depth Suggested Activities that challenge the reader to apply the strategies and tactics presented in each chapterIncident Summaries that summarize real fireground events and lessons learnedFallacy/Fact boxes that defuse myths and clarify the factsUpdated statistics on significant fires in various occupancy typesSafety and strategy tips throughout each chapter


Principles of Fire Prevention includes Navigate Advantage Access

Principles of Fire Prevention includes Navigate Advantage Access

Author: David Diamantes

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Published: 2020-10-19

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 1284231186

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Principles of Fire Prevention, Fourth Edition meets and exceeds the FESHE Associate Core level course called Fire Prevention (C0286). It will provide readers with a thorough understanding of how fire prevention and protection programs can greatly reduce fire loss, deaths, and injuries. The Fourth Edition features current statistics, codes, standards and references from the United States Fire Administration, National Interagency Fire Center, National Fire Protection Association, Underwriters Laboratories, FM Global, Insurance Service Office, and the International Code Council. Additionally, Principles of Fire Prevention, Fourth Edition covers the elements of public education, plan review, inspection, fire investigation, community risk reduction as well as the logistics of staffing and financial management so that readers are fully prepared to lead successful fire prevention programs


The Quest of Noel Croucher

The Quest of Noel Croucher

Author: Vaudine England

Publisher: Hong Kong University Press

Published: 1998-01-01

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 9789622094734

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Noel Groucher nad a secret penchant for philanthropy. From simple beginnings in England, he arrived in Hong Kong at the turn of the century to live through eight decades of change on the China Coast. Myster surrounded Noel Croucher. Seen as tight-fisted by some yet loved by others, he endowed Hong Kong with its richest academic charity in The Croucher Foundation. He became Commodore of the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club and chairman of the Stock Exchange. To many he was a throwback to the glory days of empire. Yet he battled prejudice to get ahead in the colony. That era has now passed. This timely, fresh look at the lives lived on the Coast - through Noel Croucher's life story - brings out the realities of those times.


Development of an Environmental and Economic Assessment Tool (Enveco Tool) for Fire Events

Development of an Environmental and Economic Assessment Tool (Enveco Tool) for Fire Events

Author: Francine Amon

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-08-02

Total Pages: 115

ISBN-13: 149396559X

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This book investigates the feasibility of developing a tool that enables fire departments to estimate the value of their services to a community in terms of environmental and financial impact. This book provides a summary of this effort, which resulted in development of a prototype tool for fire department use. The impact of fire on a community is usually measured in terms of the number of fires, human casualties, and property damage. There are, however, more subtle impacts of fire that are not so easily estimated but contribute to the measure of overall performance of the fire service in protecting a community. While environmental and economic impact assessment methodologies exist as separate systems, they generally require a high level of knowledge that is outside the scope of most fire departments. A relatively simple methodology for estimating the environmental and economic impact of fires helps communities understand the degree to which fire department activities can benefit a community’s environmental and economic well-being. The scope and approach for this prototype tool is explained, including risk assessment, cost benefit analysis, life cycle assessment, integration and implementation, and sensitivity and uncertainty analysis. It includes multiple case studies and offers statistical support for future expansion of the tool. Fire service professionals will find this a useful new approach to presenting value in a community, as well as a method for examining their own financial and environmental plans.


2012 International Building Code

2012 International Building Code

Author: International Code Council

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781609830403

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Offers the latest regulations on designing and installing commercial and residential buildings.


Building Codes Illustrated

Building Codes Illustrated

Author: Francis D. K. Ching

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2016-03-28

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 1119150922

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Portion of edition taken from page 4 of cover.