Command and Control of Fires and Emergencies by Vincent Dunn

Command and Control of Fires and Emergencies by Vincent Dunn

A busy fire officer handles numerous tasks: administration, budgets, political interaction, medical response, fire prevention, inspections, ect. This book brings the chief fire officer back to his job's focus: Fighting fires and responding to emergencies. Contents Command presence Life-and-death decision making Locating a fire Size-up of a fire Command and control at a fire Hoseline placement Preventing a fire spread Changing strategy Ventilation Terrorism Fireground communications Demobilization Fireground dangers Products of combustion Managing fireground risks and dangers Epilogue Answers to study questions.

Deputy Chief Vincent Dunn (ret.) is safety consultant to the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), reviewing and commenting on firefighter fatalities. He was an expert consultant with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) department, investigating the World Trade Center emergency response on September 11, 2001. Dunn writes the column Safety and Survival on the Fireground for Firehouse magazine; he is an adjunct Professor at John Jay College, City University of New York; and he taught fire protection design at the Manhattan College civil engineering department. He was one of the original developers of the National Fire Academy's course Command and Control of Fire Department Major Operations. Chief Dunn is a contributing editor for B Shifter e-magazine and Fire Engineering magazine. He is the author of four textbooks published by Fire Engineering Books and Videos: Safety and Survival on the Fireground (2nd edition, 2015); Collapse of Burning Buildings (2nd edition, 2010); Strategy of Firefighting (2007); and Command and Control of Fires and Emergencies (2000).During a 42-year career with the FDNY, he served 7 years as firefighter, 10 years as a company officer, and 25 years a fireground chief officer, attending college at night with the assistance of the G.I. Bill, receiving an AAS in fire administration, a BA in sociology, and an MA in urban studies from Queens College, City University of New York.

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ISBN 13	9780912212845
ISBN 10	0912212845
Title	Command and Control of Fires and Emergencies
Author	Vincent Dunn
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Fire Engineering Books
Year published	1999-01-30
Number of pages	293
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