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Title: Fire Officer's Handbook of Tactics, Second Edition by John Norman ISBN: 0-912212-72-1 Publisher: Fire Engineering Bk Dept Pub. Date: March, 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $55.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The New Essentials
Comment: This is quite possibly the finest tactical instruction manual on the market. Despite regional variences in tactics, this book will expand your understanding of your current SOP's and allow you to try something new with a proven record. Masterfully written and not the boring text you're used to in textbooks. This is a must read for anyone wishing to advance in the fire service...truly a new essential.
Rating: 5
Summary: Firefighting... You Never Learn It All
Comment: Firefighting... you never learn it all.
John Norman and I have come from different firefighting backgrounds. Most of his book reflects his experience in larger metropolitan areas. His book's chapters on ladder companies and high rises raise issues which are seldom used in smaller, semi-rural communities like the one in which I live. Likewise he does not address wildland fires or oil well fires such as the ones which we deal with here in East Texas.
However I appreciate our differences and it here that I learn how to become a better firefighter than I am. When I was first taught scene size-up, I was taught four basic questions: What do I have? What do I need? What do I want? and Who's in command? Norman prefers the acronym COAL WAS WEALTH. (Pardon me if I refer to page 17 of Norman's book at this time.) The last of my four questions should reflect my adherrence to the Incident Command System which is something that Norman's index cites only on page 70.
You never learn it all. Norman includes chapters on ventilation, search and rescue, forcible entry, firefighter survival, etc. Even though Norman writes for larger metropolitan areas, all firefighters can learn from it. Every page of my copy has something highlighted.
Rating: 5
Summary: Finally, a fire service manual that is an easy read...
Comment: This is the first fire service manual that I have ever read that does a good job of putting all of the pieces together. Mr. Norman talks the talk after obviously having walked the walk. The book is very well laid out and won't bore you to death. Includes plenty of real life examples to support the strategies and tactics being presented. A very good read for anyone involved in the fire service at any level.
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Title: Building Construction for the Fire Service, Third Edition by Francis L. Brannigan ISBN: 087765381X Publisher: Natl Fire Protection Assn Pub. Date: 01 January, 1992 List Price(USD): $74.95 |
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Title: Collapse of Burning Buildings: A Guide to Fireground Safety (Firefighter Survival Training Series) by Vincent Dunn ISBN: 0878149023 Publisher: Pennwell Books Pub. Date: 1988 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: Company Officer by Clinton H. Smoke ISBN: 0827384726 Publisher: Delmar Thomson Learning Pub. Date: 17 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $51.95 |
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Title: Safety and Survival on the Fireground by Vincent Dunn ISBN: 0912212233 Publisher: Pennwell Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 1992 List Price(USD): $39.00 |
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Title: Fire Command (FWTEXT02) by Alan V. Brunacini ISBN: 0877655006 Publisher: National Fire Protection Association Pub. Date: 01 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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