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NFPA Guide to Portable Fire Extinguishers
Get plain talk for fighting fire in the NFPA Guide to Portable Fire Extinguishers! Fire extinguishers can stop fire in its tracks, especially if you know the ins and outs of proper fire extinguisher selection, placement, and use. Ideal for building owners, company managers, and safety trainers, this guide helps you choose the right extinguishers for any environment, plus understand exactly how extinguishers work so you can teach anyone how to take expert aim! Comprehensive, loaded with photographs, Quick Tips, FAQs, worksheets, tables, and written in everyday language, the NFPA Guide to Portable Fire Extinguishers lets you put the power to stop fire into the right hands.
Fundamentals of Fire Fighter Skills
Fire fighter stories of dreams realized, bravery tested, and lives saved. Twelve men and women who haved devoted their lives to saving others tell their stories.
Operation of Fire Protection Systems
Fire Science (FESHE)
Adsorption of Halogenated Fire-extinguishing Agents on Powders
The amounts of four different Freons adsorbed by carbon, silica gel, alumina, and molecular sieves were determined at pressures up to 225 lb/sq in. The carbon adsorbed 50 to 100 percent and the silica gels, 30 to 50 percent of their own weight of Freon. Several adsorbed systems were tested in a standard dry-powder extinguisher on a 5-sq-ft gasoline fire for their effectiveness in putting out a fire. One of the Freons (bromotrifluoromethane) and carbon extinguished fires about as well as bicarbonate powder and nitrogen.
Handbook of Industrial Toxicology and Hazardous Materials
Providing vital safety information on over 1000 commerical chemicals, this work explores up-to-date data on fire and chemical compatibility, response methods for incidents involving chemical spills and fires, and personnel and worksite safety monitoring and sampling. The book includes more than 700 illustrations, structures, equations and tables, and a glossary with over 700 definitions.
Fundamentals of Fire Fighter Skills
No other training program has had as great an impact on the fire service as the First Edition of Fundamentals of Fire Fighter Skills. In addition to the innovative features found within the text, fire fighter students and instructors were introduced to a wealth of superior teaching and learning tools along with cutting edge technological resources. Now, with the release of the Second Edition, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, the International Association of Fire Chiefs, and the National Fire Protection Association have joined forces to raise the bar for the fire service once again. Fundamentals of Fire Fighter Skills, Second Edition features a laser-like focus on fire fighter safety with a ded...
Fire Protection Systems
In addition to architects, engineers, and design professionals, fire fighters also need to understand fire protection systems in order to manage the fire scene and minimize risks to life and property. Fire Protection Systems, Second Edition provides a comprehensive overview of the various types of fire protection systems, their operational abilities and characteristics, and their applications within various types of structures. The new Second Edition meets the latest course objectives from the Fire and Emergency Services Higher Education’s (FESHE) Fire Protection Systems model curriculum and covers: • Water supply basics, including sources, distribution networks, piping, and hydrants. â€...
