Fireground Strategies covers the business of fighting fires with a straightforward approach to learning the fundamentals. The information is presented for a solid and safe approach to the fireground.

Fireground Strategies addresses many fire situations to invoke and explain tactics that are relevant to each situation. It is written from the point of view of the fire officer who must identify a strategy, develop an action plan, and implement tactics to meet the objectives of that plan.

Fireground Strategies provides the strategist with the skills to make decisions about such activities as:

• line placement
• ventilation considerations
• resource distribution
• and other fireground concerns

Key Features & Benefits:

• Extensive use of case studies to bring lessons to life
• Lists and memory devices to help students retain information
• Illustrations of symbols found on the fireground
• Forms and checklists to help assist with the job
• More than 350 photographs to illustrate chapter lessons

Contents

1. Size-Up, Pre-Fire Planning, & Incident Communications
2. Heat Transfer: Strategic Considerations
3. Building Construction & Firespread
4. Strategic Modes of Operation
5. Private Dwelling Fires
6. Multiple Dwellings
7. High-Rise Operations
8. Contiguous Structures: Row Houses, Garden Apartments, & Townhouses
9. Taxpayers & Mixed-Use Occupancies
10. Commercial Occupancies & Strip Malls
11. Hazardous Materials Incidents
12. Operational Safety

Index

Fireground Strategies: Scenarios accompanies Fireground Strategies: Scenarios Workbook

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