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Canadian Fundamentals of fire fighter skills and hazardous materials response / International Association of Fire Chiefs, National Fire Protection Association.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Burlington, MA : Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC, [2020]Edition: Canadian Fourth editionDescription: 1 online resource (3700 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781284177695
  • 1284177696
Other title:
  • Fire Fighter Skills and Hazardous Materials Response
Uniform titles:
  • Fundamentals of fire fighter skills.
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Canadian Fundamentals of Fire Fighter Skills and Hazardous Materials Response.DDC classification:
  • 628.9/25 23
LOC classification:
  • TH9146 .F855 2020
Online resources:
Contents:
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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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.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 01, 2020).

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