Collapse of Burning Buildings: A Guide to Fireground Safety, Second Edition

Chief Vincent Dunn, a 42-year fire service veteran, has updated his best-selling book which examines the dangers of structural failure caused by fire. This is the second edition of the first textbook written to warn firefighters, company officers, and fire chiefs about exactly how structures collapse when destroyed by fire -- and examines the subject of burning building collapse in great detail. More importantly, this book, unlike any other publication, instructs firefighters and fire officers in how to survive burning building collapse.

Contents:

Foreword
Acknowledgments
General collapse information
Constructive terms of building design
Building construction: Firefighting problems and structural
Masonry wall collapse
Collapse dangers of parapet walls
Wood floor collapse
Sloping peak roof collapse
Timber truss roof collapse
Flat roof collapse
Lightweight steel roof collapse
Lightweight wood truss collapse
Ceiling collapse
Stairway collapse
Fire escape
Wood-frame building collapse
Collapse hazards of buildings under construction
Collapse caused by master stream operation
Search and rescue at a building collapse
Safety precautions prior to collapse
Why the world trade center collapsed
Future high rise building collapse
Post-fire analysis
Through the door though the floor collapse
Appendix: Post-fire analysis
Epilogue

Approx. 400 Pages/Hardcover/7x10/October 2010