Description
Book SynopsisThe study guide will assist all serious students of firefighting in developing a thorough understanding of the best-selling 5th Edition of Chief Norman's
Fire Officer's Handbook of Tactics. This practical study guide gives updated questions and new sections that offer training, development, and guidance which can benefit everyone in the fire service.
The study guide's format includes multiple choice and short answer questions.
Table of Contents
- Part I General principles of firefighting
- • Size-up
- • Engine company operations
- • Hoseline selection, stretching, and placement
- • Water supply
- • Sprinkler systems and standpipe operations
- • Ladder company operations
- • Forcible entry
- • Ventilation
- • Search and rescue
- -Part II
- • Firefighter survival
- • Operations in lightweight buildings
- • Private dwellings
- • Multiple dwellings
- • Garden apartment and townhouse fires
- • Store fires-Taxpayers and strip malls
- • High-rise office buildings
- • Buildings under construction, renovation, and demolition
- • Fire-related emergencies: Incinerators, oil burners, and gas leaks
- • Electrical fires and emergencies
- • Structural collapse
- • Fire department roles in terrorism and homeland security
- -Part III
- • Final examination questions
- -Part IV
- • Answers
- -Part VI
- • Answer sheets
