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Structural Fire Fighting: High-Rise Fire Fighting

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Structural Fire Fighting: High-Rise Fire Fighting

The second edition of this book provides an overview of historical high-rise fires, construction features, fire behaviour, water supply, fire-protection systems and more.

August 24, 2011 
By Fire Fighting in Canada


structuralfirefightingAug. 24, 2011 – Structural Fire Fighting: High-Rise Fire Fighting (2nd Edition) is designed to be a companion to IFSTA's other Structural Fire Fighting manuals: Truck Company Skills and Tactics and Initial Response Strategy and Tactics.

This manual provides an overview of historical high-rise fires,
construction features, fire behaviour, water supply, fire protection
systems, elevators and escalators, evacuation procedures, pre-incident
planning, incident command, strategy and tactics, and special
situations.

Topics such as hazardous exposures, wind-driven fires, staging and
communications, and working with fire protection systems are given
special emphasis.

For more information, or to purchase this product, visit the Firehall Bookstore.

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