
Fireground Size-Up
Fire officers have many decisions to make when they approach a scene—decisions that could mean the difference between life and death. Pre-incident information combined with your on-scene size-up give the fire officer the advantage of knowing what to expect when arriving and operating at a fire scene. In this definitive guide to fireground size-up, author Michael A. Terpak gives fire fighters an in-depth and expanded review of 15 size-up points to help them make decisions that are efficient, effective, and safe.
In each different type of building referenced, Terpak covers the following points:
- Construction concerns
- Occupancy
- Apparatus and staffing
- Life hazard
- Terrain
- Water supply
- Auxiliary appliances and aides
- Street conditions
- Weather
- Exposures
- Area
- Location and extent of fire
- Time
- Height
- Special considerations
- Författare
- Michael Terpak
- Upplaga
- Second Edition
- ISBN
- 9781593704858
- Språk
- Engelska
- Vikt
- 333 gram
- Utgivningsdatum
- 2019-06-19
- Förlag
- PennWell Books
- Sidor
- 339
