Fire Officer's Handbook of Tactics Study Guide - Softcover

Norman, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1593700792 ISBN 13: 9781593700799

Publisher: Fire Engineering Books & Videos, 2006

Synopsis

This study guide is for all serious students of firefighting. John Norman offers lessons learned from an extensive and honored career by developing a thorough understanding of the third edition of Fire Officer's Handbook of Tactics. This practical study guide gives updated questions and new sections that offer training, development, and guidance that can benefit every person in the fire force.  The study guide's format includes multiple choice and short answer questions. The Fire Officer's Handbook of Tactics Third Edition Study Guide also includes a 100-question final examination, answers with corresponding textbook page numbers, and tear-out answer sheets for easy classroom use.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Features & Benefits:
*A new chapter addressing fires in garden apartments and townhouses, a growing problem throughout the country.
* A new chapter on the fire department's role in terrorism and homeland security -- the first fire service text to address the new roles first responders play in detecting, preventing, and responding to the newest threats America faces.
* The chapters on high rise office building fires and sections on building construction have been expanded to included the lessons learned from the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center.

About the Author:

Deputy Assistant Chief John Norman is a veteran of more than 35 years in the fire service, with a wide range of experience. He has fought fires in rural, suburban, and urban settings. Since Sept. 11, 2001, Norman has been the Chief of Special Operations with the New York Fire Department. Until that date, as a Battalion Chief, he had been assigned to the 16th Battalion in Harlem. In the days after the collapse of the Twin Towers, Norman was designated as the Search and Rescue manager for the World Trade Center site. He operated in that position as a member of the Incident Commanders General Staff for two months before assuming his assisgnment as the Chief in Charge of the Special Operations Command on a full-time basis. He is the best-selling author of Fire Officer's Handbook of Tactics, Second Edition, also from Fire Engineering Books & Videos.

About this edition

• Publisher: Fire Engineering Books & Videos
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1593700792
• ISBN 13: 9781593700799
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 220