Industrial fire brigade:principles and practice

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Dornan Scott.
Published: Jones and Bartlett,
Publisher Address: Sudbury, Mass.
Publication Dates: c2008.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: xxxi, 832 p.: col. ill. ; 28 cm.
ISBN: 9780763735029 (pbk.)
0763735027 (pbk.)
Index Number: X932
CLC: X932
Call Number: X932/D713
Contents: Includes index.
Brigade member qualifications and safety -- Standard operating procedures and guidelines -- Fire service communications -- Incident management system -- Fire behavior -- Building construction -- Portable fire extinguishers -- Brigade member tools and equipment -- Ropes and knots -- Response and size-up -- Forcible entry -- Ladders -- Search and rescue -- Ventilation -- Water supply -- Fire hose, nozzles, and streams -- Foam -- Brigade member survival -- Salvage and overhaul -- Brigade member rehabilitation -- Fire suppression -- Preincident planning -- Assisting special rescue teams -- Terrorism awareness -- Fire detection, protection, and suppression systems -- Fire cause determination -- Fire brigade leader.