This is a “how to” book written by a “know how” person for anyone who practices firefighting strategy. Deputy Chief Vincent Dunn is passing on to the next generation of firefighters the lessons he learned from his years of firefighting experience. He describes firefighting strategies for the most common types of fire scenarios and identifies specific firefighting problems presented to an incident commander, by occupancy and construction type. More importantly, he explains firefighting solutions and offers firefighting plans, standard procedures, action plans, ideas, guidelines, explanations, key steps, and systems of firefighting procedures. This book is not about tactics. It’s about strategy – plans of firefighting and logical ways to solve problems at fires.
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 : Strategy for the 21st Century
Chapter 2 : Prefire Inspection
Chapter 3 : Size-up
Chapter 4 : Wood-Dwelling Fires
Chapter 5 : Strip Mall Fires
Chapter 6 : Row House Fires
Chapter 7 : Fires in Places of Worship
Chapter 8 : Restaurant Kitchen Fires
Chapter 9 : Fires in Truss Buildings
Chapter 10 : Stairway and Hallway Fires
Chapter 11 : Cellar Fires
Chapter 12 : Apartment Fires
Chapter 13 : High-Rise Residence Fires
Chapter 14 : Heavy Timber Factory Fires
Chapter 15 : Fires in Noncombustible Buildings
Chapter 16 : High-Rise Office Building Fires
Chapter 17 : Grass and Brush Fires
Chapter 18 : Fires in Vacant Buildings
Chapter 19 : Terrorism Explosions
Chapter 20 : Hose Placement
Chapter 21 : Stopping Fire Spread
Chapter 22 : Opposing Hose Lines
Chapter 23 : Smoke Venting
Chapter 24 : Searching at Fires
Chapter 25 : Evacuating People from Burning Buildings
Chapter 26 : Master Streams
Chapter 27 : Fire and Explosions
Chapter 28 : Collapse Size-up
Chapter 29 : Collapse Search and Rescue
Chapter 30 : Fire Ground Safety
Chapter 31 : Postfire Strategy
Chapter 32 : Strategy Errors and Failures
Chapter 33 : Secondary Strategies (for Small Problems)
Chapter 34 : Myths and Misconceptions
Chapter 35 : Post-Fire Investigations
Glossary
Index
