Both Building Construction manual & Study Guide * Building Construction Related to the Fire Service Manual - The firefighter must understand building construction in order tounderstand the behavior of buildings under fire conditions. Meanwhile,building construction and materials are constantly changing. Thefirefighter must contend not only with the variety of buildings as theyare currently being constructed, but also with a variety of buildingsthat were constructed with materials and methods that may now beobsolete. Unfortunately for fire suppression personnel, buildings mayhave been designed without regard for fire safety.
The 2nd edition provides the reader with basic information about howbuildings are designed and constructed and how this relates to firecontrol and prevention. This new edition also includes case studies ofthe lessons learned from the behavior of buildings under fireconditions. This manual has value for fire inspectors, pre-incidentplanners, fireground commanders, and investigators as well asfirefighters.
* Building Construction Related to the Fire Service Study Guide - This study guide was designed to help the reader understand andremember the material presented in the second edition of BuildingConstruction Related to the Fire Service. It contains more than 900questions -- 165 matching, 223 true/false, 427 multiple choice, and 96identify. |
