Fire Stream Management Handbook
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Fire Stream Management Handbook by David P Fornell
In These Pages You Will Learn from 60 Years of Intense Experience Putting Out Fires Fire stream management can be defined as the systematic application of water streams to a fire for the purpose of extinguishment. Managing fire streams considers the following points: Flow rate Reach and penetration of the stream Form of water discharge Water supply Safety Integration with other functions, such as ventilation This book focuses on the essentials: water movement and application of water for structural firefighting. It addresses and explains that basic aspect of firefighting that most of us thought we mastered early in our careers. Reason tells us something must be amiss since we continue to burn firefighters as well as buildings despite what is believed to be aggressive attack tactics. Let’s start here, at square one. The techniques and procedures outlined in this book have been effectively developed and used in actual fire combat throughout author David P. Fornell’s more than 60 years in the fire service. If you have ever dragged a line down a blistering, living-hell hallway only to be pushed back by fire lapping over your stream, you need to know why it happened and how to prevent it in the future. A good hydraulics book will tell you how to make fire streams. This book will tell you how to effectively and safely use them.
David P. Fornell held the position of Deputy Fire Commissioner, second in command of the Detroit Fire Department, with fire operations, buildings, public information, and logistics as his primary responsibilities.
Before coming to Detroit, Fornell was assistant chief of the Casstown Community Fire Company, protecting 88 square miles of rural area in and around Casstown, OH. He formerly held the rank of captain of the Beckerle & Company Hose Company, Engine No. 9 of the Danbury, CT, Fire Department, and was the career chief of the Westchester, IL, Fire Department, a suburb of Chicago.
Fornell is a certified fire service instructor specializing in engine company operations, company officer development, water flow, and fireground safety courses. He has taught nationwide, including at the Fire Department Instructors Conference; Notre Dame Michiana Fire School; University of Missouri; Connecticut Fire School; University of Akron; South Carolina Fire Academy; Illinois Fire Service Institute; Monroe, WI, Annual Fire School; Firehouse Expo; International Association of Fire Chiefs’ annual conference; and the California Fire Instructors’ annual conference.
Fornell serves as a consultant on operations, management, and safety issues, and counts the departments of New York City, Detroit, Boston, Chicago, Grand Rapids, and Memphis as among his many clients. For his work on the bunker gear program in New York City, he holds the rank of honorary battalion chief of the New York City Fire Department.
Fornell served 7 years as the executive editor of Fire Apparatus and has written articles for Fire Engineering and Firehouse magazines in the United States, and Fire and Rescue and Military Firefighter in the United Kingdom. He has hosted the rural water supply, engine company operations, and line officer training segments of “The First Line Supervisor” for the Fire Emergency and Training television network.
Before coming to Detroit, Fornell was assistant chief of the Casstown Community Fire Company, protecting 88 square miles of rural area in and around Casstown, OH. He formerly held the rank of captain of the Beckerle & Company Hose Company, Engine No. 9 of the Danbury, CT, Fire Department, and was the career chief of the Westchester, IL, Fire Department, a suburb of Chicago.
Fornell is a certified fire service instructor specializing in engine company operations, company officer development, water flow, and fireground safety courses. He has taught nationwide, including at the Fire Department Instructors Conference; Notre Dame Michiana Fire School; University of Missouri; Connecticut Fire School; University of Akron; South Carolina Fire Academy; Illinois Fire Service Institute; Monroe, WI, Annual Fire School; Firehouse Expo; International Association of Fire Chiefs’ annual conference; and the California Fire Instructors’ annual conference.
Fornell serves as a consultant on operations, management, and safety issues, and counts the departments of New York City, Detroit, Boston, Chicago, Grand Rapids, and Memphis as among his many clients. For his work on the bunker gear program in New York City, he holds the rank of honorary battalion chief of the New York City Fire Department.
Fornell served 7 years as the executive editor of Fire Apparatus and has written articles for Fire Engineering and Firehouse magazines in the United States, and Fire and Rescue and Military Firefighter in the United Kingdom. He has hosted the rural water supply, engine company operations, and line officer training segments of “The First Line Supervisor” for the Fire Emergency and Training television network.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781593706098 |
| ISBN 10 | 159370609X |
| Title | Fire Stream Management Handbook |
| Author | David P Fornell |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Fire Engineering Books |
| Year published | 2025-03-18 |
| Number of pages | 356 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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