This unique resource provides fire and emergency personnel with the information about potential legal liabilities encountered every day. Learn how to research, read and understand the various statutes, regulations and cases. Actual cases are presented in detail and followed by explanations that identify the most important legal issues facing fire departments, EMS, and related organizations. … >>

SOFTCOVER VERSION: The 2006 International Fire Code?,coordinated with the 2006 International Building Code?, references national standards to comprehensively address fire safety in new and existing buildings. It provides modern, up-to-date fire code, and addresses conditions hazardous to life and property from fire, explosion, handling or use of hazardous materials, and the use and occupancy of … >>

For courses in Fire Service Supervision and Fire Officer Training. This thought-provoking book provides insights into making the transition from fire fighter to fire officer. The author shares his knowledge gained from personal experience on many topics, including advice on taking over a new organization and building a team. The elements of change and organizational … >>

Management of EMS utilizes the career development model of the National Fire Academy and the model curriculum of the Fire Emergency Service Higher Education (FESHE) group, to provide both officers and students alike with all of the elements of EMS management from core competencies, such as strategic planning, training and education, and fleet management to … >>

Preparing candidates for an assessment center process, this resource manual contains seventy case studies on different aspects of the skills needed by a company officer to be successful. It focuses on a variety of company officer level management issues and incidents to assist in evaluation and on-going training in dealing with these events. Case studies … >>

A series of Guidance Notes has been issued, each of which enlarges upon and amplifies the particular requirements of a part of BS 7671:2001 (IEE Wiring Regulations, 16th Edition). Each of these Guides is extensively cross-referenced to the Regulations thus providing convenient and ready access. Some Guidance Notes contain information not included in the 16th … >>

ISBN13: 9781593701185 Condition: New Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed The new Interactive Study Guide offers all the benefits and features of the best-selling print version. It will assist all serious students of … >>

Completely updated in a new edition with updated examples and illustrations and step-by-step solutions to situations not covered in other books, this comprehensive look at fire hydraulics covers the “how” and the “why” of fire hydraulic problems for those interested in either the engineering aspects of fire protection or those responsible for producing adequate hose streams … >>

This book has eleven chapters containing over 3,000 selections of information and questions with answers, that all Firefighter candidates should know, when preparing for entrance level Fire Service exams. Topic include: type of exas and questions, general aptitude, spelling, grammar, reading comprehension, science, math/arithmetic, mechanical comprehension, and more!

Fundamentally, fire prevention and control refer to systems and practices that increase a facility’s ability to avoid fires, limit the development and spread of fires, and rapidly and effectively control fires. Changing safety codes and regulations along with recent technological advances have rendered the first edition of this popular handbook somewhat out of date and … >>

From the inception of the Friendship Hose Company No. 1 of Orwigsburg in 1820 to the organization of the West Penn Fire Company No. 1 in 1999, more than 130 volunteer fire companies have served Schuylkill County. This proud tradition of volunteer service for the protection of fellow man continues strong to this day as … >>

This exhaustive victimology reader is a collection of ten original essays focusing on the potential areas of conflict between police officers and victims of crime. Compiled in conjunction with prominent scholars in a variety of related fields and a sampling of experienced police officers, the volume is designed to provide readers with a broad view … >>

As the focus of fire research shifts from improvements in flame extinguishing to the development of fire-retardant and fire-resistant materials, polymers are playing an increasingly important role. This new volume provides an examination of this important research. Among the topics covered in its 34 chapters are: toxic smoke and particulate matter; fire retardants and fire … >>