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A collection of fire scene photography by Tim Olk, who has been capturing the history of the Chicago Fire Department, the second largest in the United States with about 5,000 firefighters and 96 fire houses. He has covered fires, explosions, wrecks, hazmat incidents, funerals, special operations, dive calls, and more in Chicago for nearly 30 years.
Read this book so YOU can start teaching classes in the fire service. Instructor 1 for Fire and Emergency Services by Phil Jose provides the information necessary to become certified as a Fire Instructor 1 according to the National Fire Protection Association's 1041 standards. It covers lesson plans, learning styles, how to construct a lecture, audiovisual equipment and classroom setup, mentoring, distance learning, and testing. Features: - Provides the information you need to become certified as a Fire Instructor 1 - Meets the requirements for Fire Instructor 1 in NFPA 1041: Standard for Fire and Emergency Service Instructor Professional Qualifications - Points of Performance highlight effective teaching methods - Provides sample lesson plans, skill sheets, and courses - Builds a solid foundation for your fire service teaching career
Establishing a strong foundation in management and leadership principles is critical to becoming an effective company officer and leader. Company Officer for Fire and Emergency Services is both a valuable resource to current company officers, and a preparation tool for aspiring ones. It provides a comprehensive overview of the roles and responsibilities of company officers within contemporary fire and emergency services organizations. The book also includes questions and projects to assist candidates in preparing for the knowledge and skills competencies outlined for Fire Officer I and Fire Officer II in NFPA 1021, Standard for Fire Officer Professional Qualifications. Learn how to lead fire and emergency services organizations effectively, efficiently, and safely with this resource.
Ventilation can make or break the outcome of a fire. Ensuring its success requires a knowledge of how it works and what precautions must be taken. Coordinating Ventilation: Supporting Extinguishment and Survivability examines ventilation and its relationship to fire behavior to identify how it affects the fire, operations, and—most importantly—victim survivability. Ventilation can be universally applied, from the smallest rural community to the largest metropolitan city. FEATURES: --Guiding principles and practices to help streamline your decision-making process and improve our overall effectiveness and efficiency --Common pitfalls and the associated misconceptions to reduce potential er...
Fundamentals of Firefighter Skills, Fifth Edition with Navigate Premier Access is the complete teaching and learning solution for Firefighter I and Firefighter II courses.
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This 16-month wall calendar is filled with heart-stopping, on-scene photography of fire trucks in the heat of action curated by noted fire truck photographer and expert Larry Shapiro. Fire Trucks in Action 2023 features on-scene photography of fire trucks in the heat of action. With a convenient page that shows the months of September, October, November, and December 2022, followed by individual pages for the months of 2023, each incredible image is accompanied by an informative caption that details the vehicles pictured, location, and the firefighters’ emergency response. The calendar is curated by long-time fire buff and photographer Larry Shapiro, your guide to the hero-making world of firefighting.
Firefighting is an inherently dangerous calling. Firefighters can be exposed to extreme environments from the firehouse to the fireground. Occupational health risks - occupational cancers, cardiovascular events, and behavioral health injuries - continue to be the scourge of the fire service. Surviving the Fire Service contains vital information about cancer, cardiovascular risk, medical exams and screening, nutrition, managing heat stress, women in the fire service, human performance and the tactical athlete and fireground survival. This book addresses how to manage and reduce risks in the fire service and use the tools you need to implement within your fire department to address each of these threats. Edited by Chief Todd J. LeDuc (ret.) CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS: --Susie Day, MS, PhD --Bryan Frieders, Firefighter Cancer Support Network --Michael Hamrock, MD --Denise Smith, PhD, FACSM --Stefanos Kales, MD, MPH, FACP, FACOEM --Gavin Horn, PhD --Sara Jahnke, PhD --Jeffery S. Johnson, Newport News (VA) Fire Chief --Adam LaReau, O2X founder --Frank Leto, captain, FDNY --Lori Moore-Merrell, International Public Safety Data Institute
See some of the hottest fire-truck and rescue-vehicle photography available! Firefighters across the nation battle blazes and perform death-defying rescues. Each month's main photograph is of an on-scene, modern emergency response vehicle and is complemented by a sidebar image. Every exemplary on-scene photo is also accompanied by an informative caption and uses the moment's dramatic lighting and action to capture the situation's tension.