Fire officer's handbook of tactics /
Norman, John, 1952-
Fire officer's handbook of tactics / John Norman. - Fifth edition. - xiv, 642 pages 29 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
General firefighting tactics -- General principles of firefighting -- Size-up -- Engine company operations -- Hoseline selection, stretching, and placement -- Water supply -- Sprinkler systems and standpipe operations -- Ladder company operations -- Forcible entry -- Ventilation -- Search and rescue -- Specific fire situations -- Firefighter survival -- Operations in lightweight buildings -- Below-grade fires : basements and subbasements, cellars and subcellars, and crawl spaces -- Private dwellings -- Multiple dwellings -- Garden apartment and townhouse fires -- Store fires; taxpayers and strip malls -- High-rise office buildings -- Buildings under construction, renovation, and demolition -- Fire-related emergencies: incinerators, oil burners, and gas leaks -- Electrical fires and emergencies -- Structural collapse -- Fire department roles in terrorism and homeland security.
"Fire extinction--general tactics and specific fire situations"--
9781593704186
2018048753
Fire extinction.
TH9145 / .N59 2019
628.9/25
Fire officer's handbook of tactics / John Norman. - Fifth edition. - xiv, 642 pages 29 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
General firefighting tactics -- General principles of firefighting -- Size-up -- Engine company operations -- Hoseline selection, stretching, and placement -- Water supply -- Sprinkler systems and standpipe operations -- Ladder company operations -- Forcible entry -- Ventilation -- Search and rescue -- Specific fire situations -- Firefighter survival -- Operations in lightweight buildings -- Below-grade fires : basements and subbasements, cellars and subcellars, and crawl spaces -- Private dwellings -- Multiple dwellings -- Garden apartment and townhouse fires -- Store fires; taxpayers and strip malls -- High-rise office buildings -- Buildings under construction, renovation, and demolition -- Fire-related emergencies: incinerators, oil burners, and gas leaks -- Electrical fires and emergencies -- Structural collapse -- Fire department roles in terrorism and homeland security.
"Fire extinction--general tactics and specific fire situations"--
9781593704186
2018048753
Fire extinction.
TH9145 / .N59 2019
628.9/25