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Fireground Strategies, 3rd Edition

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Title: Fireground Strategies, 3rd Edition
Author: Anthony Avillo
ISBN: 1593703538 / 9781593703530
Format: Hard Cover
Pages: 623
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Year: 2015
Availability: In Stock
     
 
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The third edition of Chief Anthony Avillo’s bestselling Fireground Strategies is an invaluable resource for the education and development of outstanding fire officers. Through case studies and illustrative examples, Avillo covers how to identify a strategy, develop an action plan, and implement tactics to meet the objectives of the course of action on a fireground. Fireground Strategies is a required text in senior-level undergraduate firefighting strategies courses and is recommended reading for promotional exams across the United States.

New to the third edition

  • Expanded incident command chapters covering all aspects of fireground control
  • Street-level strategies focusing on the modern fire environment
  • Improved section on resource management and additional alarm guidelines
  • Retailored strategic and tactical activities to integrate the latest attack and ventilation research
  • Revamped operational safety chapter including department-level safety programs and mechanisms designed to support and foster a culture of safety
  • New case studies designed to drive home main points including lessons learned
  • Strategic considerations of solar panels
  • Comprehensive guidelines on “Buildings that Change the Rules of the Game”
  • Updated vent-enter-isolate-search (VEIS) information
  • Expanded section on risk management and “who, what, where” vs. LUNAR
  • Improved operational suggestions for high-rise operations

Foreword by Kevin S. Malley
Acknowledgments
Introduction

Chapter 1 : Incident Command I : Strategic Considerations of Size-Up
Chapter 2 : Incident Command II : Arrival Reports and Resource Requirements
Chapter 3 : Incident Command III : Fireground Organization, Ongoing Communications, and Post Control Activities
Chapter 4 : Strategic Considerations of Heat Transfer
Chapter 5 : Strategic Considerations of Building Construction
Chapter 6 : Strategic Modes of Operation
Chapter 7 : Private Dwelling Fires
Chapter 8 : Multiple Dwellings
Chapter 9 : High-Rise Operations
Chapter 10 : Contiguous Structures : Row Houses, Garden Apartments, and Townhouses
Chapter 11 : Small Commercial Occupancies : Mixed-Use Cccupancies, Taxpayers, and Strip Malls
Chapter 12 : Large Commercial and Storage Occupancies
Chapter 13 : Strategic Considerations for Vacant and Renovated Structures
Chapter 14 : Limited Intervention Incidents : Strategic Considerations of the First Responder
Chapter 15 : Fostering a Culture of Safety
Chapter 16 : Conclusion

Index

 
 
 
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