Canadian Fundamentals of fire fighter skills and hazardous materials response /

Canadian Fundamentals of fire fighter skills and hazardous materials response / Fire Fighter Skills and Hazardous Materials Response International Association of Fire Chiefs, National Fire Protection Association. - Canadian Fourth edition. - 1 online resource (3700 pages)

Revised edition of: Fundamentals of fire fighter skills.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The fire service -- Fire fighter health and safety -- Personal protective equipment -- Fire service communications -- Fire behavior -- Building construction -- Portable fire extinguishers -- Fire fighter tools and equipment -- Ropes and knots -- Forcible entry -- Ladders -- Search and rescue -- Ventilation -- Water supply systems -- Fire hose, appliances, and nozzles -- Supply line and attack line evolutions -- Fire suppression -- Fire fighter survival -- Salvage and overhaul -- Fire fighter rehabilitation -- Wildland and ground cover fires -- Establishing and transferring command -- Advanced fire suppression -- Vehicle rescue and extraction -- Assisting special rescue teams -- Fire detection, suppress, and smoke control systems -- Fire and life safety initiatives -- Fire origin and cause -- Hazardous materials regulations, standards, and laws -- Recognizing and identifying the hazards -- Properties and effects -- Understanding the hazards -- Estimating potential harm and planning a response -- Implementing the planned response -- Hazardous materials responder health and safety -- Hazardous materials responder personal protective equipment -- Product control.

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Fire prevention.
Fire extinction.
Fire protection engineering.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING--Environmental--General.
Fire prevention.
Fire protection engineering.


Electronic books.

TH9146 / .F855 2020

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