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Fireground Strategies

Anthony Avillo

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  • 608 sidor
  • 2025
Chief Anthony Avillo's bestselling Fireground Strategies is an invaluable resource for the education and development of outstanding fire officers, and this fourth edition builds upon the art of strategic firefighting by keeping on top of its ever-evolving information ecosystem. Through case studies and illustrative examples, Avillo covers how to identify a strategy, develop an action plan, and implement tactics to meet the objectives of the course of action on a fireground. Fireground Strategies is a required text in senior-level undergraduate firefighting strategies courses and is recommended reading for promotional exams across the United States. Updates and Highlights for the Fourth Edition: Expanded scene arrival protocols to better control an escalating fireground The concept of the RIT assist team (RAT) The concept of the RIT, after softening the structure, as an accountability team Mutual aid considerations for an escalating incident An analysis of the differences between exterior and interior size-up Expanded concepts on heat transfer and the modern fire environment Expanded and updated building construction chapter, including combustible cladding, mass timber, pedestal construction, engineered wood frame, OSB, and T-stud framing Use of exterior and interior control, the key indicators, and examples of their use Exterior strategic opportunity cues and options Updated cues for strategic modification A guide to strategic transition from offensive to defensive operations Recognizing and managing the structural carcass Expanded private dwelling chapter to include attic and knee wall dangers and strategies, the recognition and dangers when confronted with dead man rooms, as well as porch fires, triple decker fires, and elevated structure challenges Updated engineered multiple dwelling sections Strategic considerations and the need to correctly implement and coordinate "The Big 6" tactical operations in high-rise firefighting Strategic considerations involving combustible roof fires in noncombustible structures such as strip malls Utilization of the "outside the aisle" strategy when fighting fires in rack storage Large footprint commercial structures and the requirement of an interior area of organization to support the area of operation New sections containing command considerations of active shooter, civil unrest, lithium-ion incidents, and highway operations More than 150 new photographs and captions highlighting critical subject matter
  • Författare: Anthony Avillo
  • Format: Inbunden
  • ISBN: 9781593705121
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 608
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2025-03-15
  • Förlag: Fire Engineering Books