A busy fire officer handles numerous tasks: administration, budgets, political interaction, medical response, fire prevention, inspections, etc. This book brings the active fire officer back to his job’s focus: Fighting fires and responding to emergencies.
Acknowledgments
Preface
Chapter 1 : Command Presence
Chapter 2 : Life-and-Death Decision Making
Chapter 3 : Locating A Fire
Chapter 4 : Size-up of A Fire
Chapter 5 : Command and Control at A Fire
Chapter 6 : Hoseline Placement
Chapter 7 : Preventing Fire Spread
Chapter 8 : Changing Strategy
Chapter 9 : Ventilation
Chapter 10 : Using Elevators at Fires
Chapter 11 : Stairways and Strategy
Chapter 12 : High-Rise Firefighting
Chapter 13 : Wildfires
Chapter 14 : Terrorism
Chapter 15 : Fireground Communications
Chapter 16 : Demobilization
Chapter 17 : Fireground Dangers
Chapter 18 : Products of Combustion
Chapter 19 : Managing Fireground Risks and Dangers
Epilogue
Answers to study questions
Index
