Description
Book SynopsisGas leaks can turn deadly in an instant. The firefighter’s mission at gas emergencies is life safety. A near-death experience at a routine gas leak is the genesis for this book, which incorporates hard-won experience, expertise, and battle-tested tactical lessons that will help improve your fire department’s response procedures and training methods.
Are your fire department’s response procedures based on gas industry best practices?
Tactical Response to Natural Gas Emergencies explains the proper and rapid size-up of gas emergencies, the uses and limitations of air monitors, new laser-based gas detectors, how to improve your standard operating procedures, all in service of making effective strategic and tactical decisions. Learn what aggressive, effective, sensible, and manageable risks you should take to meet our mission of life safety for civilians and firefighters.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1 Routine Gas Leaks Are Not Routine
- 2 Natural Gas Facts You Need to Know
- 3 Pipes That Break and Leak Natural Gas
- 4 Tactical Air Monitoring
- 5 Tactical Response Procedures
- 6 Outside Odor of Gas
- 7 The Locked Building
- 8 Building Explosions
- 9 Excavation Damage
- 10 Inside Odor of Gas
- 11 When a Gas Leak Ignites
- 12 Transmission Line Emergencies
- 13 Training and Funding Sources
- Index
