Collapse of Burning Buildings : A Guide to Fireground Safety, 2nd Edition

Chief Vincent Dunn, a 42-year fire service veteran, has updated his best-selling book which examines the dangers of structural failure caused by fire. This is the second edition of the first textbook written to warn firefighters, company officers, and fire chiefs about exactly how structures collapse when destroyed by fire and examines the subject of burning building collapse in great detail. More importantly, this book, unlike any other publication, instructs firefighters and fire officers in how to survive burning building collapse.

Foreword
Acknowledgments

Chapter 1 : General Collapse Information
Chapter 2 : Terms of Construction and Buildings Design
Chapter 3 : Building Construction : Firefighting Problems and Structural Hazards
Chapter 4 : Masonry Wall Collapse
Chapter 5 : Collapse Dangers of Parapet Walls
Chapter 6 : Wood Floor Collapse
Chapter 7 : Sloping Peak Roof Collapse
Chapter 8 : Timber Truss Roof Collapse
Chapter 9 : Flat Roof Collapse
Chapter 10 : Lightweight Steel Roof and Floor Collapse
Chapter 11 : Lightweight Wood Truss Collapse
Chapter 12 : Ceiling Collapse
Chapter 13 : Stairway Collapse
Chapter 14 : Fire Escape Dangers
Chapter 15 : Wood-Frame Building Collapse
Chapter 16 : Collapse Hazards of Buildings Under Construction
Chapter 17 : Collapse Caused by Master Stream Operations
Chapter 18 : Search-and-Rescue at a Building Collapse
Chapter 19 : Safety Precautions Prior to Collapse
Chapter 20 : Why the World Trade Center Towers Collapsed
Chapter 21 : High-Rise Building Collapse
Chapter 22 : Post-Fire Analysis
Chapter 23 : Early Floor Collapse

Epilogue : Are Architects, Engineers, and Code-Writing Officials Friends of the Firefighter?
Index