Command and Control of Fires and EmergenciesA 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. |
Contents
| 1 | |
LIFEANDDEATH DECISION MAKING | 9 |
LOCATING A FIRE | 19 |
SIZEUP OF A FIRE | 29 |
COMMAND AND CONTROL AT A FIRE | 61 |
HOSELINE PLACEMENT | 71 |
PREVENTING FIRE SPREAD | 87 |
CHANGING STRATEGY | 97 |
WILDFIRES | 173 |
TERRORISM | 183 |
FIREGROUND COMMUNICATIONS | 201 |
DEMOBILIZATION | 219 |
FIREGROUND DANGERS | 229 |
PRODUCTS OF COMBUSTION | 239 |
MANAGING FIREGROUND RISKS AND DANGERS | 255 |
EPILOGUE | 265 |
Common terms and phrases
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References to this book
First In, Last Out: Leadership Lessons from the New York Fire Department John Salka Limited preview - 2005 |
First In, Last Out: Leadership Lessons from the New York Fire Department John Salka Limited preview - 2005 |