Fireground Size-Up
| AUTHOR | Terpak, Michael |
| PUBLISHER | Fire Engineering Books (06/19/2019) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Hardcover (Hardcover) |
Description
Learn how fire ground size-up can make your operations efficient, effective, and safe. Fire officers have many decisions to make when they approach a scene--decisions that could mean the difference between life and death. Pre-incident information combined with your on-scene size-up give the fire officer the advantage of knowing what to expect when arriving and operating at a fire scene. In this definitive guide to fireground size-up, author Michael A. Terpak gives fire fighters an in-depth and expanded review of 15 size-up points to help them make decisions that are efficient, effective, and safe. In each different type of building referenced, Terpak covers the following points:
- Construction concerns
- Occupancy
- Apparatus and staffing
- Life hazard
- Terrain
- Water supply
- Auxiliary appliances and aides
- Street conditions
- Weather
- Exposures
- Area
- Location and extent of fire
- Time
- Height
- Special considerations
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Product Format
Product Details
ISBN-13:
9781593704858
ISBN-10:
1593704852
Binding:
Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language:
English
Edition Number:
0002
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Page Count:
339
Carton Quantity:
14
Product Dimensions:
8.70 x 0.80 x 11.20 inches
Weight:
2.75 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Bibliography,
Index
Country of Origin:
US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Technology & Engineering | Fire Science
Dewey Decimal:
628.925
Library of Congress Control Number:
2019004623
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publisher marketing
Learn how fire ground size-up can make your operations efficient, effective, and safe. Fire officers have many decisions to make when they approach a scene--decisions that could mean the difference between life and death. Pre-incident information combined with your on-scene size-up give the fire officer the advantage of knowing what to expect when arriving and operating at a fire scene. In this definitive guide to fireground size-up, author Michael A. Terpak gives fire fighters an in-depth and expanded review of 15 size-up points to help them make decisions that are efficient, effective, and safe. In each different type of building referenced, Terpak covers the following points:
- Construction concerns
- Occupancy
- Apparatus and staffing
- Life hazard
- Terrain
- Water supply
- Auxiliary appliances and aides
- Street conditions
- Weather
- Exposures
- Area
- Location and extent of fire
- Time
- Height
- Special considerations
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