Firefighting
Published on 7. November 2002
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-0-7513-4888-0 (ISBN)
Description
A vivid chronicle of the firefighter's struggle to subdue nature's most primal and destructive force throughout history. Contains blazing reports on hundreds of notable fires from all around the world including ship fires, explosions, forest fires and fires used as weapons.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Dimensions
Height: 310 mm
Width: 263 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
1157 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7513-4888-0 (9780751348880)
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Person
Jack Gottschalk served for many years as a licensed fire investigator, gaining hands-on experience of all facets of fire prevention, detection and analysis. He has written numerous articles for US and international journals, and maintains close tieswith firefighting agencies around the world. He lives in New Jersey.
Content
Part 1 The great fires: early firefighting; conflagrations; theater fires; hotel fires; ship fires; earthquake and fire; wildfires; fire in the workplace; nightclub fires; tent and amusement park fires; fire as a weapon; great explosions; school fires; fires in public places; subteranean fuel fires; in the line of duty. Part 2 Fire science and technology: physics of fire; forensics; safety implementation; clothing; old engines; pumpers; ladder trucks; rescue; air and sea; outdoor training techniques; indoor training techniques; fire safety tips.