Strategic & Tactical Considerations on the Fireground, 3rd Edition

Features

Text only. This product does NOT include a Resource Central Access Code Card. To purchase the text with a Resource Central Access Code Card, please use ISBN: 0-13-283006-X

 

For courses in college fire science courses, or at a fire training academy.

 

Blending theory with personal experience, Strategic and Tactical Considerations on the Fireground, Third Edition, features over 40 years of author experience. Using a systems approach, the text covers not only tactics, but also <

Hallmark Features:

 Offers a lifetime of real experience–for students to apply in their firefighting career.

·    Author, Chief James P. Smith, imparts his 41 years of experience in a large metropolitan fire department as a firefighter and fire officer who achieved every civil service rank and held the highest rank of deputy chief for over 20 years.

·    It is further bolstered by the authors 25 years of classroom experience to students throughout the United States. Chief Smith offers not only his personal experience, but has enlisted firefighting strategies and situations from experts from across the nation. 

·    Written to relative NFPA Standards, and follows FESHE Course Objectives and Outcomes.

 

Ideal for use in college fire science courses, or as a guide for fire officer promotional studies.

·    Written for firefighters by a seasoned veteran officer with a focused approach that offers a consistent theme that discusses strategic decisions as well as tactical operations.

·    It discusses, in easily understood language, what needs to be accomplished for safe and successful operations.

·    It contains systems that prepare a firefighter for handling a wide variety of situations on the fireground.

Text only. This product does NOT include a Resource Central Access Code Card. To purchase the text with a Resource Central Access Code Card, please use ISBN: 0-13-283006-X

 

Blending theory with personal experience, Strategic and Tactical Considerations on the Fireground, Third Edition, features over 40 years of author experience. Using a systems approach, the text covers not only strategic decisions but tactical operations, guiding students through the process of problem identification and solution response. From planning to incident scene control, this text provides knowledge and tools that can be applied to a variety of complex fire situations.

 

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Preparation

Chapter 2: Management Tools

Chapter 3: Decision Making

Chapter 4: Company Operations 

Chapter 5: Building Construction 

Chapter 6: Building Collapse and Scene Safety

Chapter 7: Special Situations and Occupancies

Chapter 8: Health Care and High-Risk Populations

Chapter 9: Commercial and Industrial

Chapter 10: Technical Operations

Chapter 11: After the Incident