Firefighting Operations in High-Rise and Standpipe-Equipped Buildings
  • Author : David M. McGrail
  • Release Date : 30 March 2023
  • Publisher : PennWell Books
  • Genre : Architecture
  • Pages : 384
  • ISBN 13 : 9781593700546
  • Total Download : 986
  • File Size : 47,7 Mb

Firefighting Operations in High-Rise and Standpipe-Equipped Buildings PDF Summary

This book establishes a proper firefighting mindset and promotes maintaining preparedness for the extreme physical and mental demands of firefighting operations in high-rise and standpipe-equipped buildings ... Among the many valuable topics covered in this book are: standpipe system pressure regulating devices, pressure restricting devices and pressure reducing valves; cautious and disciplined elevator use during high-rise operations; elevator rescue operations; proper engine company suppression selection, including techniques to operate more powerful firefighting weapons with limited manpower; air support operations during high-rise emergencies, with or without an internal resource.