Command and Control of Fires and Emergencies

Vincent Dunn
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Command and Control of Fires and Emergencies

by Vincent Dunn, Deputy Chief (Ret.), Fire Department of New York

  • Learn about command presence
  • Develop a fireground strategy

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'Œëí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
Format:
Softcover
Number of Pages:
293
Published Date:
1999
ISBN:
9780912212845