Fireground Size-Up, Second Edition by Deputy Chief Mike Terpak

Fireground Size-Up, Second Edition by Deputy Chief Mike Terpak


Learn how fireground size-up can make your operations efficient, effective, and safe. Fire officers have many decisions to make when they approach a scene-decisions that could mean the difference between life and death. Pre-incident information combined with your on-scene size-up give the fire officer the advantage of knowing what to expect when arriving and operating at a fire scene. In this definitive guide to fireground size-up, author Michael A. Terpak gives fire fighters an in depth and expanded review of 15 size-up points to help them make decisions that are efficient, effective, and safe. 

In each type of building referenced, Terpak covers the following points: 
- Construction concerns
- Occupancy 
- Apparatus and staffing 
- Life hazard 
- Terrain
- Water supply 
- Auxiliary appliances and aides
- Street conditions 
- Weather 
- Exposures
- Area 
- Location and extent of fire
- Time
- Height
- Special considerations