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Authors Jerry Tracy, Jack J. Murphy and James J. Murtagh invite fire chiefs, fire officers, firefighters, fire protection engineers, building management and the greater fire community to explore High-Rise Buildings: Understanding the Vertical Challenges as a foundation for coordination and control of high-rise building operations.Features: Learn about cognitive command from many invaluable high-rise fire case histories. Manage and respond to all-hazards events within the high-rise environment for generations to come. A guideline and reference for fire professionals, building owners and system engineers, the building construction community, property managers.

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High-Rise Buildings: Understanding the Vertical Challenges fills an important void in high-rise firefighting and is an important asset to fire officers. --Glenn P. Corbett Technical Editor

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Gerald (Jerry) Tracy, Chief (ret.), served more than 30 years with the Fire Department of the City of New York, retiring as a battalion chief. Jack J. Murphy, MA, Fire marshal (ret.)/former deputy chief; past chairman, Fire/Life Safety Directors Association of Greater New York; and adjunct professor at John Jay College/Fire Science Institute (NYC). James J. Murtagh, Assistant chief/deputy chief (ret.), Fire Department of the City of New York; commanding officer, Bronx Borough Command; commander, Bureau of Training; commander, 15th Division in the Borough of Brooklyn; and associate professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (NYC).

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