Author : Randy Okray
Publisher : PennWell Books
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 31,63 MB
Release : 2003-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781593700065
This resource aims to reduce injuries and fatalities on the fireground by preventing human error. It provides fire service professionals with the necessary communication, leadership, and decision-making tools to operate safely and effectively under stressful conditions. Although the concept of crew resource management has been around since the 1970s, this is the first book to apply C( to the fire service industry.
Author : Pam Powell
Publisher :
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 39,76 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Ships
ISBN : 9780879393861
Folded engineering diagram inserted.The maritime domain -- Organizational roles, structures, and resources -- Vessel types -- Vessel markings, arrangement, construction, and systems -- Vessel hazards and safety -- Fire detection, fire suppression, and inert gas systems -- Vessel plans, drawings, and documents -- Incident response -- Vessel stability -- Training for marine fire fighting.
Author : United States. Marine Corps
Publisher :
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 43,94 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Air defenses
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Page : pages
File Size : 34,82 MB
Release : 2019
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ISBN : 9780879396411
Author : Doug Gantenbein
Publisher : Tarcher
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 43,68 MB
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN :
A journalist goes behind-the-scenes to explore the lives of smokejumpers and wilderness firefighters, following the fire season of 2001, during which fires across the West devastated thousands of acres and took the lives of four firefighters.
Author : U K Stationery Office
Publisher : Stationery Office/Tso
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 32,70 MB
Release : 2014-01-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780117541146
This guidance will provide support for the fire and rescue services in the resolution of incidents involving breathing apparatus. This supersedes Technical Bulletin 1/1997 Breathing Apparatus Command and Control Procedures ISBNs: 9780113411627, 9780113412228, 9780113412624 and the consolidated edition ISBN 9780113412631. Fire and rescue service personnel operate in a dynamic and sometimes hazardous environment. The activities covered include incidents involving fire, water, height, road traffic collisions, chemicals, biological hazards, radiation and acts of terrorism. Operational guidance provides a consistency of approach and forms the basis for common operational practices.
Author : Maritime Training Advisory Board (U.S.)
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 31,53 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Ships
ISBN : 0788104780
A comprehensive training and reference manual used as a textbook in maritime institutions. Addresses the prevention, control, and extinguishing of fires aboard commercial vessels and on offshore drilling rigs. Includes chapters on emergency procedures and equipment as well as case studies of past shipboard fires. Generously illustrated with drawings, photos, diagrams, tables, and checklists. Recommended reading for all maritime personnel and kept both in shipboard reference libraries and in the offices of maritime executives.
Author : U.S. Department of Transportation
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 44,19 MB
Release : 2013-06-03
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 1626363765
Does the identification number 60 indicate a toxic substance or a flammable solid, in the molten state at an elevated temperature? Does the identification number 1035 indicate ethane or butane? What is the difference between natural gas transmission pipelines and natural gas distribution pipelines? If you came upon an overturned truck on the highway that was leaking, would you be able to identify if it was hazardous and know what steps to take? Questions like these and more are answered in the Emergency Response Guidebook. Learn how to identify symbols for and vehicles carrying toxic, flammable, explosive, radioactive, or otherwise harmful substances and how to respond once an incident involving those substances has been identified. Always be prepared in situations that are unfamiliar and dangerous and know how to rectify them. Keeping this guide around at all times will ensure that, if you were to come upon a transportation situation involving hazardous substances or dangerous goods, you will be able to help keep others and yourself out of danger. With color-coded pages for quick and easy reference, this is the official manual used by first responders in the United States and Canada for transportation incidents involving dangerous goods or hazardous materials.
Author : National Fallen Firefighters Foundation
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 28,39 MB
Release : 2010-09-29
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780132622769
This textbook was developed as a joint project between the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF) and Fire Protection Publications. It provides a detailed overview and implementation strategies for the 16 Fire Fighter Life Safety Initiatives that were developed by the NFFF at their landmark summit in 2004. Each of the chapters was written by a different highly-respected fire service subject matter expert on that topic. This text provides the information necessary to meet the FESHE courses Principles of Fire and Emergency Services Safety and Survival (associate degree level) and Advanced Principles in Fire and Emergency Services Safety and Survival (bachelor degree level).
Author : Craig H. Shelley
Publisher : Fire Engineering Books
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 44,45 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1593700814
Written to specifically prepare the municipal firefighter for responses to a wide range of industrial fires, this book is ideal for municipal firefighters at any stage of their career, as well as for personnel at industrial facilities who operate or coordinate response with municipal fire departments.
