Books from Fire Engineering Books

  • Disaster Planning and Control
    By William Michael Kramer

    Mitchell, J. T. 1988. Using the REAPER model 12. to learn to cope. Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS). September. Mitchell, J. T. 1988. The history, status, and 13. future of critical incident stress debriefing team.

  • Fire Engineering's Study Guide for Firefighter I and II
    By Anthony Avillo, James Kirsch

    Fire marks b. Property markers c. Protection marks d. Assurance marks 8. of terror. a. Articles ofConfederation b. Federalist Papers c. Declaration ofIndependence d. Philadelphia Gazette 9. After a series of major fires in the years ...

  • Elevator and Escalator Rescue: A Comprehensive Guide
    By Theodore Lee Jarboe, John O'Donoghue

    Assistant ChiefJohn J. (Jack) Brown,Jr. (Loudoun County (VA) Department of Fire and Rescue Services). ... During most of those years, Ted's brother, James (Jim) E.Jarboe, Fire Chief, Takoma Park (MD) Volunteer Fire Department, ...

  • Air Management for the Fire Service
    By Mike Gagliano

    This handbook includes examples from international departments, the newest technology breakthroughs, and more.

  • Step Up and Lead
    By Frank Viscuso

    Tell them what you expect before they arrive to work on their first day: We don't steal, lie, fight, or betray our brotherhood. We don't vent our frustrations in public or on social media sites. I speak to high school kids on career day ...

  • Tom Brennan's Random Thoughts
    By Thomas F. Brennan

    FOR CAPTAIN NOLAN was like workingforan historical figure named Florian1—a great firefighter, an officer, a teacher, a leader, and a saint. Everyone, it seemed to us as we worked for him and could observe people and events around him, ...

  • Five Alarm Leadership: From the Firehouse to the Fireground
    By Rick Lasky, John Salka

    He gave a wave to the two teams of hosemen lined up waiting behind him to follow; with assistant foreman John L. Rooney at his side, he moved quickly to the stairway. Assistant foreman Rooney was a winner of the Gordon Bennett medal for ...

  • Incident Management for the Street-Smart Fire Officer
    By John Coleman

    In the second edition of Incident Management for the Street-Smart Fire Officer, author Skip Coleman expands on the mindset and tactics necessary to manage the fireground with more control and less chaos.

  • The Engine Company
    By John Salka

    The gear includes the bunker coat and pants with suspenders, a helmet, hood (not yet pulled up), gloves, and boots. Additionally, he is equipped with an SCBA (with face piece in stand-by mode), portable radio, flashlight (he has two, ...

  • Fire Officer's Handbook of Tactics
    By John Norman

    In this new fourth edition, readers will find a new chapter on lightweight construction, a new chapter on electrical fires and emergencies, updates to many chapters including such topics as wind-driven fires, and many new illustrations.

  • Fire Department Special Operations
    By John Norman

    Ray Downey wrote the first edition of The Rescue Company in the early 1990s.

  • The Art of Reading Buildings
    By John Mittendorf, Dave Dodson

    In 2007, the Clark County Fire Department (NV) responded to “smoke showing” from a large vacant warehouse building. While initial resources were involved in forcible entry operations, the fire quickly accelerated to the point that fire ...

  • Incident Command for EMS
    By Karen Owens

    Written for EMS supervisors and shift supervisors, paramedics, and lieutenants, Incident Command for EMS looks in detail at the overall ICS structure, specifically the positions related to the EMS provider, and uses scenarios to ensure that ...

  • 25 to Survive: Reducing Residential Injury and LODD
    By Capt. Daniel Shaw, Lt. Douglas Mitchell

    e apply to fires in high-rise structures. When Technician Kyle Wilson died on April 16, 2007, in Prince William County, Virginia while fighting a fire in a residential structure, we learned that wind—driven fires occur in the ...

  • Human Performance for Tactical Athletes
    By O2x Human Performance

    "A guide to the Eat, Sweat, Thrive curriculum used for Navy Seals intended to enhance training for firefighters, law enforcement officers, EMTs, and other tactical athletes"--

  • Strategy of Firefighting
    By Vincent Dunn

    This is a “how to” book written by a “know how” person for anyone who practices firefighting strategy.

  • Industrial Firefighting for Municipal Firefighters
    By Craig H. Shelley, Anthony R. Cole, Timothy E. Markley

    Written to specifically prepare the municipal firefighter for responses to a wide range of industrial fires, this book is ideal for municipal firefighters at any stage of their career, as well as for personnel at industrial facilities who ...

  • Residential Fire Rescue
    By Mark van der Feyst, Eric Wissner, James Petruzzi

    The book includes sample lesson plans that can be customized for various skills (including VES, drags and removals); step-by-step instructions combined with photos to show the various rescue techniques and positions; and, a DVD to aid the ...

  • Fire Engineering's Handbook for Firefighter I and II
    By Glenn P. Corbett

    ... 876–877 mobile data terminal (MDT), 67, 877, 1077 mobile radio systems, 876 mobile radios, 65 mobile water supply apparatus, 34 model building codes, 19 Model Fire Department Standard Operating Guide, 531 modified direct method of ...

  • Effective Fire and Emergency Services Administration
    By Robert S. Fleming

    Discuss the importance of integrating fire and emergency services into a community's comprehensive plan. 18. Discuss the role of a fire and emergency ... The Fire Department Water Supply Handbook.Tulsa, OK: PennWell. Foster, T. (2010).