For Aerial Apparatus Driver/Operator Handbook manual and BOTH study guides (print and CD-ROM). *Aerial Apparatus Driver/Operator Handbook - While technology has brought a great amount of change to the fire service in recent years, one thing has not changed. The trucks still cannot extinguish fires by themselves. Competent, well-trained driver/operators, fire officers, and truck company members are essential for the optimum use of the aerial apparatus. The driver/operator must be thoroughly versed in the proper operation of the vehicle, and the aerial device, the proper positioning of the vehicle, and the care and maintenance of the vehicle and its equipment. The fire officer and the truck company members must be prepared to perform any of the common truck company functions, including search and rescue, ventilation, salvage, forcible entry, exposure protection, and elevated master stream operations. The handbook is designed to educate the driver/operators responsible for operating fire apparatus equipped with aerial devices. These include aerial ladders, aerial ladder platforms, articulating elevating platforms, telescoping elevating platforms, and water towers. * Aerial Apparatus Driver/Operator Handbook Study Guide (print) - This study guide was developed to be used in conjunction with and as a supplement to the first edition of the Aerial Apparatus Driver/Operator Handbook. The questions in this guide are designed to help you remember the information and to make you think. The guide contains 809 questions broken down as follows: 366 multiple choice, 248 true/false, 138 identify and classify, and 57 matching. * Aerial Apparatus Driver/Operator Handbook Study Guide (CD-ROM) - Electronic versions of the classic printed study guides. The student can proceed through the questions in any order, find out immediately if their answer is right or wrong. Program also tracks the results of each session. |
