Overview
All fire fighters need the safe and controlled 'real life' training offered through live fire exercises in order to be fully prepared for the hazards of the fireground. Live Fire Training: Principles and Practice, Second Edition provides a definitive guide on how to ensure safe and realistic live fire training for both students and instructors. Updated to address all the requirements for NFPA 1403, Standard on Live Fire Training Evolutions, 2018 Edition, including the following new requirements: ' Prerequisites for all live fire training participants ' Fire dynamics ' Health and safety ' Fundamentals of fire behavior ' Fire development in a compartment ' Nozzle techniques and door control ' Documentation of prescribed minimum training ' How to develop ventilation-controlled evolution Incident Reports of actual live fire training accidents are included, along with detailed instructions for how to prepare for live burns in acquired structures, gas-fired and non-gas-fired permanent structural props, exterior live fire props, and mobile enclosed live fire training props.
Full Product Details
Author: International Society of Fire Service Instructors ,
Susan Schell
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
Imprint: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Weight: 0.510kg
ISBN: 9781284140729
ISBN 10: 1284140725
Pages: 260
Publication Date: 08 June 2018
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Author Information
Dave Casey, EFO, MPA, CFO, is managing partner of Ascend Leadership, a promotional testing and training provider. He is the co-author of the IAFC/NFPA/ISFSI textbook Live Fire Training: Principles & Practice and the officer leadership video series “The Right Seat” (Fire Engineering). 'He served as Director of Louisiana’s Municipal fire training/certification program and as Chief of Fire Standards & Training for Florida. Formerly the Fire Chief of Clay County (FL) for 11 years. Concurrently, for 15 years he was a career firefighter/paramedic with Sunrise Fire Rescue (5 stations), rising through the ranks retiring as the Training/Personnel Division Chief and for 14 years as a volunteer firefighter with the Plantation Fire Dept (also 5 station) leaving as Assistant Fire Chief Brian P. Kazmierzak, EFO, CTO, has been a member of the fire service since 1991.' 'Brian is currently employed by the Penn Twp. Fire Dept. in Mishawaka, IN as Battalion Chief on C-Shift and also the Chief of Training. He was a founding member of the MABAS Division 201 Tactical Rescue Team and currently serves as a Team Leader, MABAS 201 TRT provides technical rescue response using a coordinated system of six fire departments serving a nine county area in Indiana and Michigan.' Brian has an associate’s degree in Emergency Services Administration from Indiana University, an associate’s degree in Fire Science from Ivy Tech State College and a bachelor’s degree in fire service administration from Southern Illinois University.' In addition, Brian completed the National Fire Academy’s Executive Fire Officer Program in 2006, is a CPSE credentialed Chief Training Officer.
