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Anthony L. Avillo
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Fireground Strategies, 4Ed

By: Anthony Avillo

So you want to be an Incident Commander?  This is the book for you!

Chief Anthony Avillo's Fireground Strategies remains an invaluable resource for fire officers striving to master the art and science of firefighting strategy. Building on its legacy, this fourth edition incorporates the ever-evolving information ecosystem that every firefighter and department needs. It remains a cornerstone text for senior-level undergraduate firefighting strategy courses, as well as essential reading for promotional exams across the United States. 

This comprehensive guide leverages case studies, real-world examples, and actionable insights to equip fire officers with the tools to identify strategies, develop action plans, and implement effective tactics to achieve fireground objectives. 

What's New in the Fourth Edition? 

  • Expanded scene arrival protocols to better control an escalating fireground 

  • The concept of the RIT assist team (RAT) 

  • The concept of the RIT, after softening the structure, as an accountability team 

  • Mutual aid considerations for an escalating incident 

  • An analysis of the differences between exterior and interior size-up 

  • Expanded concepts on heat transfer and the modern fire environment 

  • Expanded and updated building construction chapter, including combustible cladding, mass timber, pedestal construction, engineered wood frame, OSB, and T-stud framing 

  • Use of exterior and interior control, the key indicators, and examples of their use 

  • Exterior strategic opportunity cues and options 

  • Updated cues for strategic modification 
    A guide to strategic transition from offensive to defensive operations 

  • Recognizing and managing the structural carcass 

  • Expanded private dwelling chapter to include attic and knee wall dangers and strategies, the recognition and dangers when confronted with dead man rooms, as well as porch fires, triple decker fires, and elevated structure challenges 

  • Updated engineered multiple dwelling sections 

  • Strategic considerations and the need to correctly implement and coordinate "The Big 6" tactical operations in high-rise firefighting 

  • Strategic considerations involving combustible roof fires in non-combustible structures such as strip malls 

  • Utilization of the "outside the aisle" strategy when fighting fires in rack storage 

  • Large footprint commercial structures and the requirement of an interior area of organization to support the area of operation 

  • New sections containing command considerations of active shooter, civil unrest, lithium-ion incidents, and highway operations 

  • More than 150 new photographs and captions highlighting critical subject matter 

 

 

 

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Table of Contents

 

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Incident Command I: Strategic Considerations of Size-Up

COAL WAS WEALTH Process

2. Incident Command II: Arrival Reports and Resource Requirements

  • The Arrival and Initial Progress Reports
  • C-BAR
  • Managing the Crowds: Freelance Prevention
  • Support Resources

3. Incident Command III: Fireground Organization, Ongoing Communications, and Post-Control Activities

  • Command Limitations: Managing the Unseen Area
  • Exterior versus Interior Size-Up: A Matter of Perception
  • Expanding the Command Structure: Decentralization
  • Postfire Control Activities
  • Post-Termination Activities

4. Strategic Considerations of Heat Transfer

  • The Stages of Fire
  • Effects of the Modern Fire Environment on Fire Behavior
  • Mechanisms of Heat Transfer
  • Case Study: 2-4 Potter Place Fire
  • Predicting and Preventing Flashover

5. Strategic Considerations of Building Construction

  • Buildings that Change the Rules of the Game
  • Class 1: Fire-Resistive Construction
  • Class 2: Noncombustible Construction
  • Class 3: Ordinary Construction
  • Class 4: Heavy Timber Construction
  • Class 5: Wood Frame Construction

6. Strategic Decision Making

  • Questions for Strategic Direction
  • Basic Classifications of Firefighting Strategy
  • Case Study: Rapido Taxi Fire
  • Changing Strategy
  • Case Study: Kennedy Boulevard Multiple Dwelling
  • Managing the Multiple Strategy Fire

7. Private Dwelling Fires

  • Firefighting Concerns in Private Dwellings
  • Case Study: Fifth Alarm on Palisade Avenue
  • Basic Structural Firefighting Procedures: The Five CRAVE Factors

8.  Multiple Dwellings

  • Old-Law Multiple Dwellings
  • New-Law Multiple Dwellings
  • Firefighting Concerns in Old- and New-Law Multiple Dwellings
  • Operational Summary for Multiple Dwellings
  • Fire-Resistive Multiple Dwellings
  • Engineered Multiple Dwellings
  • Life Hazard Concerns in All Multiple Dwellings

9. High-Rise Operations

  • Observations and Suggestions
  • High-Rise Construction and Characteristics
  • Command and Control Operations
  • The Command Kit: Operational Control Aid
  • Firefighting Concerns in High-Rise Structures
  • Life Safety Concerns
  • Basic Firefighting Procedures: CRAVE

10. Attached Structures

  • Firefighting Concerns
  • Life Hazard Concerns
  • Accountability and Decentralization
  • Case Study: The Roc Harbor Townhouse Complex Fires
  • Basic Firefighting Procedures: CRAVE

11. Small Commercial Occupancies: Mixed-Use Occupancies, Taxpayers, and Strip Malls

  • Mixed-Use Occupancies and Taxpayers
  • Firefighting Concerns in Taxpayers and Mixed-Use Occupancies
  • Life Hazard Concerns in Mixed-Use and Taxpayer Occupancies
  • Basic Firefighting Procedures for Taxpayers and Mixed-Use Occupancies
  • Conclusion Regarding Taxpayers and Mixed-Use Occupancies
  • Strip Malls
  • Basic Firefighting Procedures for Strip Malls

12. Large Commercial and Storage Occupancies

  • Firefighting Concerns in Commercial Occupancies
  • Life Hazard Concerns in Commercial Occupancies
  • Basic Firefighting Procedures
  • Storage Occupancies
  • CRAVE for storage occupancies
  • United States Postal Service Property Fires

13. Strategic Considerations for Vacant, Repurposed, and Renovated Structures

  • Vacant Building Concerns
  • Alerting Our Own
  • Case Study: Vacant Funeral Home Fire
  • Basic Firefighting Procedures: Vacant Structures
  • Renovated and Repurposed Building Concerns
  • Basic Firefighting Strategies: Structures under Repurposing and Renovation

14. Limited Intervention Incidents

  • Hazardous Materials Incidents
  • Basic Firefighting Procedures
  • Additional Limited, Defensive, or Non-Intervention Incidents
  • Active Shooter Incidents—Command Considerations
  • Civil Unrest Conditions—Command Considerations
  • Lithium-Ion Incidents—Command and Operational Considerations

15.  Fostering a Culture of Safety

  • Establishing Safety Values
  • Operating with Tactical Worksheets and Command Boards
  • Span of Control
  • Risk Management
  • Highway and Roadway Safety—Command Considerations
  • The Rapid Intervention Team
  • Command Considerations of RIT Activation—Reacting to the Mayday
  • Emergency Fireground Communication
  • Building Search Considerations
  • Thermal Imaging Considerations

16.  Conclusion: Final Thoughts

Index

About the Author

 

Additional Information
Format:
eBook
Number of Pages:
608
Published Date:
January 2025
ISBN:
E9781593705121