Command and Control of Fires and Emergencies

Command and Control of Fires and Emergencies

A 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:

• 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

(1999) 293 Pages