Author: Walter M. Haessler ISBN: 0824780248 / 9780824780241 Year: 1989 Availability: In Stock
Fire : Fundamentals and Control is an excellent, concise reference for readers seeking quick answers to basic questions about the combustion phenomenon.
Written in simple, direct language, the book...
Author: Richard Kolomay, Robert Hoff ISBN: 0878148299 / 9780878148295 Year: 2003 Availability: In Stock
Deliberate training in firefigher rescue and survival is a field that is new to many in the fire service and private industry alike. For those firefighters and company officers assigned to a Rapid I...
Author: W. Edward Buchanan ISBN: 0878148345 / 9780878148349 Year: 2003 Availability: In Stock
This comprehensive guide, by Eddie Buchanan, Jr., will provide the volunteer training officer everything needed to develop and implement a successful program while promoting quality and discipline i...
Author: Brett Martinez ISBN: 0878148647 / 9780878148646 Year: 2002 Availability: In Stock
The process of tracking a multiple fire setter begins before profilers are called in to help. This book will help your department identify MFS patterns and understand the motivation behind these cri...
Author: John M. Eversole, Robert C. Barr ISBN: 0878148302 / 9780878148301 Year: 2003 Availability: Out of Stock
The future of the fire service is all about change. From the way we respond to fires and EMS incidents, to the very makeup of departments themselves. One book is available to guide today’s fir...
Author: Battalion Chief, Brian G. Anderson, Miami-Dade (FL) Fire Rescue ISBN: 1593700210 / 9781593700218 Year: 2005 Availability: In Stock
Extricating trapped victims from vehicles is the most common type of rescue performed by firefighters. By mastering the basic tools used in extrication, departments of all types can increase their e...
Author: Richard A. Fritz ISBN: 0912212624 / 9780912212623 Year: 1997 Availability: Out of Stock
Each day, firefighters throughout the country use numerous tools for extrication, forcible entry, extinguishment, rescue, ventilation, overhaul, salvage, and other functions associated with the &ldq...
Author: FDNY, John O’Connell ISBN: 0912212594 / 9780912212593 Year: 2005 Availability: Out of Stock
Finally, a complete resource on shoring and stabilization of emergency scenes. This new book takes the reader step-by-step through the basic principles of emergency shoring operations so they may le...
Author: Warren E. Isman ISBN: 0878149058 / 9780878149056 Year: 1984 Availability: In Stock
Isman discusses the mathematical aspects of pump operation, procedures and hydraulics....
Author: Dick Sylvia, edited by James F. Casey ISBN: 0912212055 / 9780912212050 Year: 1984 Availability: Out of Stock
This time-honored classic has been used to help instruct personnel throughout the country in the science and art of fire service hydraulics. The fundamentals of hydraulics are unchanging. Topics dis...
Author: Vincent Dunn ISBN: 0912212845 / 9780912212845 Year: 2006 Availability: Out of Stock
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 ...
Author: Vincent Dunn ISBN: 0878149023 / 9780878149025 Year: 1988 Availability: Out of Stock
Learn how to protect yourself from collapse by understanding why it occurs and the signs that lead to it. Dunn reviews general building design and construction methods, along with the types of colla...
Author: William F. Eckman ISBN: 0912212357 / 9780912212357 Year: 1994 Availability: Out of Stock
Without a good understanding of the water supply, suppression activities could be limited and lives endangered. The author discusses various planning strategies, departmental water supply needs, shu...
Author: William E. Clark ISBN: 0878149201 / 9780878149209 Year: 1991 Availability: In Stock
This classic look at the basics of firefighting provides up-to-date information on firefighting operations beginning with fire behavior and on through to fundamental approaches, strategy, coordinati...
Author: William C. Peters ISBN: 0912212330 / 9780912212333 Year: 1994 Availability: In Stock
This text details the step-by-step instructions needed to write specifications, go out to bid, evaluate the bids, inspect the apparatus, and save your department money. Chief Peters provides insight...
Author: Erwin Rausch, Harry R. Carter ISBN: 0763744018 / 9780763744014 Year: 2007 Availability: Out of Stock
This revised edition of Management in the Fire Service is the best source for proven strategies on handling the managerial challenges unique to your field. You'll find the latest on vital topics suc...
Author: Kriss Garcia, Ray Schelble, Reinhard Kauffmann ISBN: 1593700482 / 9781593700485 Year: 2006 Availability: Out of Stock
In the past decades, lightweight building construction methods and the use of manmade materials in construction and furnishings have become more and more common. The time until structural failure ca...
Author: TEAM ISBN: 0766805816 / 9780766805811 Year: 2000 Availability: Out of Stock
Firefighter`s Handbook is the newest comprehensive , full-color book detailing the job of today`s firefighter, beginning with the basic requirements of Firefighter I & II, and including extensive in...
Author: Peter M. Bochnak ISBN: 0824784138 / 9780824784133 Year: 1991 Availability: In Stock
Provides managers, architects, plant engineers, technicians, and others with a concise background in the principles of fire protection and property loss control (a new chapter on life safety element...
Author: Charles A. Harper ISBN: 0071388915 / 9780071388917 Year: 2003 Availability: Out of Stock
The first handbook devoted to the coverage of materials in the field of fire engineering. Fire Protection Building Materials Handbook walks you through the challenging maze of choosing form the hund...
Author: Paul T. Dansbach and Michael A. Terpak ISBN: 0878148973 / 9780878148974 Year: 2003 Availability: Out of Stock
This study guide brings the lessons learned in Fireground Size-Up to life. Authors Michael A. Terpak and Paul T. Dansbach use a variety of photos to illustrate lessons, allowing the student to &ldqu...
Author: John Norman ISBN: 1593700792 / 9781593700799 Year: 2006 Availability: Out of Stock
This study guide is for all serious students of firefighting. John Norman offers lessons learned from an extensive and honored career by developing a thorough understanding of the third edition of H...
Author: Gordon M. Sachs ISBN: 0912212802 / 9780912212807 Year: 1999 Availability: In Stock
Fire and EMS Emergency medical service represents more than 80 percent of the response activity in emergency response agencies. The whole concept of EMS has undergone drastic changes and improvement...
Author: Bennie L. Crane and Dr. Julian Williams ISBN: 0878148426 / 9780878148424 Year: 2002 Availability: In Stock
No matter what race, gender, or other sociocultural group we are born into, we all have one thing in common: our humanity. From this common ground we can begin to establish and work toward common go...
Author: Chief Ron Graner ISBN: 1593701047 / 9781593701048 Year: 2006 Availability: In Stock
The Fire Chief’s Toolbox presents a clear view of the personal and professional issues affecting a new fire chief and offers tools to address the issues successfully. The Fire Chief’s To...