Euro firefighter / Paul Grimwood.

• Machine derived contents note: Author biography xv -- Acknowledgments xvi -- Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE) xvii -- Chapter 1 Guiding principles and managing risk at fires I -- 1.1 Introduction 2 -- 1.2 Chief John Norman's 'Five Guiding Principles of -- Firefighting' 6 -- 1.2.1 RECEO/REVAS 6 -- 1.3 Managing 'risk' on the fire-ground 7 -- 1.4 What is considered an 'acceptable risk'? 8 -- 1.4.1 Property conservation 10 -- 1.4.2 Life hazard 12 -- 1.5 Command and control 15 -- 1.5.1 Risk assessment or size-up? 17 -- 1.5.2 Mode of attack 19 -- 1.5.3 M odes of command 20 -- 1.6 Crew Resource Management (CRM) -- The error chain 25 -- 1.7 The Sixteen Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives 30 -- Chapter 2 Venting structures -- The reality 33 -- 2.1 Introduction 34 -- 2.2 US fire ventilation tactics 36 -- 2.3 European fire zoning tactics 38 -- 2.4 Anti-ventilation 40 -- 2.5 Tactical ventilation 41 -- 2.6 Ventilation profile 43 -- 2.7 Pre-existing ventilation 44 -- 2.8 Unplanned ventilation 44 -- 2.9 Objectives of venting 47 -- 2.10 Considerations of venting 47 -- 2.11 Creating safe vent openings 47 -- 2.12 Air-track management 48 -- 2.13 Selecting ventilation locations 53 -- 2.14 Timing ventilation openings 54 -- 2.15 Venting for LIFE (including VES) 54 -- 2.16 Venting for FIRE 56 -- 2.17. Venting for SAFETY 57 -- 2.18 Venting large floor spaces. 57 -- 2.19 Horizontal ventilation -- The Glass Rules 58 -- 2.20 Vertical ventilation -- Resource dependent 58 -- 2.21 Positive Pressure Ventilation. 59 -- 2.22 Positive Pressure Attack. 60 -- 2.23 Limited-staffing issues 70 -- 2.24 FDNY Ladders 3 -- Occupied non-fireproof tenements 71 -- 2.25 FDNY Ladders 4 -- Private dwellings 75 -- 2.26 Risk management -- Venting structures. 76 -- 2.27 Venting and rapid fire progress 79 -- 2.28 Combining US-EURO tactics. 81 -- Chapter 3 Venting structures -- International round table discussion 83 -- 3.1 Introduction 83 -- 3.2 Attributes of a pre-assigned task-based venting strategy 84 -- 3.3 Attributes of a reactive conditions-based venting strategy 88 -- 3.4 Tactical errors when using either strategy 89 -- 3.5 Staffing requirements for primary response venting tactics 91 -- 3.6 Situations when not to ventilate. 93 -- 3.7 Situations where venting should be a primary action 96 -- 3.8 Simplifying the tactical approach to venting structures 99 -- 3.9 Basic Glass Rule concepts 101 -- 3.10 Avoiding the error chain in venting tactics 102 -- 3.11 Creating an opening -- Who is responsible? 104 -- 3.12 Door control and air-track management 105 -- 3.13 Exterior wind hazards 106 -- 3.14 Author's summary 108 -- Chapter 4 Important European and US case studies. 111 -- 4.1 Introduction 111 -- 4.2 Learning from the past 114 -- 4.3 Case study -- Student exercise (Blaina, UK) 115 -- 4.4 Five minutes on the fire-ground 119 -- 4.5 Keokuk, Iowa 1999 119 -- 4.6 Fairfax County, Virginia 2007 127 -- 4.7 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1995 129 -- 4.8 Coos Bay, Oregon 2002 130 -- 4.9 Michigan 2005 130 -- 4.10 Cincinnati, Ohio 2003 131 -- 4.11 Worcester, Massuchusetts 1999 132 -- 4.12 Charleston, South Carolina 2007 133 -- 4.13 Tayside, Scotland 2007 135 -- Chapter 5 Limited staffing -- Three-person crews 139 -- 5.1 Introduction 139 -- 5.2 Critical Task Performance Index 140 -- 5.3 Three-phased training approach 142 -- 5.4 Increasing performance of limited-staffed crews 143 -- 5.5 Exterior attack strategy 146 -- 5.6 Completing the CTPI -- Classroom exercise 146 -- 5.7 OSHA Two in/Two out 147 -- Chapter 6 Primary command and control -- Tactical deployment 151 -- 6.1 Introduction 151 -- 6.2 Military Rules of Engagement and strategic principles 153 -- 6.3 Firefighting Rules of Engagement 154 -- 6.4 Critical Tasking and the Performance Index (CTPI), 156 -- 6.5 Primary response (first alarm) systems 157 -- 6.6 Primary response 158 -- 6.7 Incident Command System (ICS) 162 -- 6.8 Tactical Deployment Instructor's (TDI) course 163 -- 6.9 'Take the fire first' 165 -- 6.10 Search and rescue 167 -- Chapter 7 Operations -- Tactics -- Strategy -- 'Back to Basics'. 169 -- 7.1 Introduction 169 -- 7.2 Firefighting tips and tactics 170 -- 7.2.1 The firefighter 170 -- 7.2.2 The company officer 173 -- 7.2.3 The fire chief 174 -- Chapter 8 SCBA air management -- BA control 176 -- 8.1 The history of BA control procedures in the British Fire -- Service 176 -- 8.2 UK BA control -- The system basics 180 -- 8.3 Rapid Deployment Procedures 181 -- 8.4 Stage One procedure 181 -- 8.5 Stage Two procedure 183 -- 8.6 M ain control procedure 184 -- 8.7 Rapid Intervention (BA emergency teams) 185 -- 8.8 SCBA air management. 185 -- 8.9 Trapped firefighters -- Air conservation 190 -- Chapter 9 CFBT (Fire Behavior) Instructor 191 -- 9.1 History of CFBT and 3D firefighting tactics 192 -- 9.2 Compartment fire growth and development 198 -- 9.3 Fire dynamics and fire behavior 198 -- 9.4 Firefighting flow-rate 198 -- 9.5 Water droplets and cooling theory 210 -- 9.6 Nozzle techniques 227 -- 9.7 One-Seven Compressed Air Foam 229 -- 9.8 W ater-fogging systems 230 -- 9.9 Fire Development Simulator -- Demonstrator 232 -- 9.10 Fire Development Simulator -- Attack unit 233 -- 9.11 Fire Development Simulator -- Window unit 233 -- 9.12 Fire Development Simulator -- Backdraft unit 235 -- 9.13 Fire Development Simulator -- Tactical units 235 -- 9.14 Fire Development Simulator -- Gas-fired units 236 -- 9.15 Fire Development Simulator -- Loading units 237 -- 9.16 Fire Development Simulator -- Safe operation 241 -- 9.17 PPE and firefighter heat stress/thermal injury 247 -- 9.18 CFBT health and safety 253 -- 9.19 Small-scale Demonstration units 255 -- 9.20 Reading the fire -- B-SAHF (Be Safe) 257 -- 9.21 Stabilizing the environment 259 -- 9.22 Door entry procedure 262 -- 9.23 Gaseous-phase cooling 263 -- 9.24 Gaseous-phase combustion 263 -- 9.25 Fuel-phase combustion 266 -- 9.26 Working with case histories 266 -- 9.27 Training risk assessment 267 -- 9.28 Operational risk assessment 267 -- Chapter 10 Compartment Fire Behavior 269 -- 10.1 Introduction 269 -- 10.2 Learning objectives 270 -- 10.3 Combustion 271 -- 10.4 Units of measure 279 -- 10.5 Heat release and combustion data 279 -- 10.6 Fire growth and development 281 -- 10.7 C lasses of fire 283 -- 10.8 Fire plumes and detached flaming combustion -- Fire -- types 284 -- 10.9 Rapid fire progress (RFP) 285 -- 10.10 Further terminology 299 -- Chapter 11 High-rise firefighting -- The basics 302 -- 11.1 Introduction 302 -- 11.2 Telstar House fire (London, England 2003) 303 -- 11.3 Edificio Windsor fire (Madrid, Spain 2005) 307 -- 11.4 Two major office fires -- Similar experiences! 311 -- 11.5 High-rise commercial fires -- Past lessons learned 312 -- 11.6 Is there a training need? 315 -- 11.7 High-rise residential fires 316 -- 11.8 BDAG research UK -- Safe working practice in high- -- rise fires 322 -- 11.9 Model high-rise procedure for limited-staffing response 327 -- Chapter 12 CFBT Training Modules 341 -- 12.1 Introduction 34 1 -- 12.2 Unit One -- Fundamentals of Compartment Fire Behavior 343 -- 12.3 Unit Two -- Application of Compartment Fire Behavior -- T raining 345 -- 12.4 Unit Three -- Application of Positive Pressure Ventilation -- training 349.

Ämnesord

Brandsläckning  (sao)

Command and control at fires.  (LCSH)

Fire extinction  -- Safety measures. (LCSH)

Command and control at fires.  (fast)

Fire extinction  -- Safety measures. (fast)

Fire extinction  (LCSH)

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TH9310.8 (LCC)

628.925 (DDC)

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