Fire Engineering Books: Command and Control of Fires and Emergencies

Fire Engineering Books: Command and Control of Fires and Emergencies by Deputy Chief (Ret.) Vincent Dunn, FDNY

• Learn about command presence •
• Develop a fireground strategy

A busy fire officer handles multiple tasks: administration, budgets, political interaction, medical response, fire prevention, inspections, etc. This book brings the fire officer back to his job'’s focus: Fighting fires and responding to emergencies.

Contents:

• •Command presence •
• Life-and-death decision making •
• Locating a fire •
• Size-up of a fire •
• Command and control at a fire •
• Hoseline placement •
• Preventing fire spread •
• Changing strategy •
• Ventilation •
• Terrorism •
• Fireground communications •
• Demobilization •
• Fireground dangers •
• Products of combustion •
• Managing fireground risks and dangers •
• Epilogue •
• Answers to study questions

293 pages/Softcover/1999