Fire Officer's Handbook of Tactics, Fifth Edition

Fire Officer's Handbook of Tactics, Fifth Edition

by John Norman, Battalion Chief, Fire Department of New York OUR NO. 1 BESTSELLER!

This edition covers improvements on methodology, tactics, and strategy and introduces firefighters to new problems. The book covers structural firefighting concepts, guidelines, and specific situations faced by firefighters.

-Contents:
• I. General firefighting tactics
• Size-up
• Engine company operations
• Hoseline selection, stretching, and placement
• Water supply
• Standpipe and sprinkler operations
• Ladder company operations
• Forcible entry
• Ventilation
• Search and rescue
• II. Specific fire situations: Firefighter survival
• Private dwellings
• Multiple dwellings
• Taxpayers
• High-rise office buildings
• Buildings under construction, renovation, demolition
• Fire-related emergencies: Incinerators, oil burners, and gas leaks
• Collapse

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