Synopsis
Gleaned from years of experience in fire fighting, Mahoney's text discusses every phase of firefighting operations and the importance to overall fire suppression. It relates various operations and tactics to different types of fires ranging from structural, mobile, flammable liquid and gas fires to wildland and various miscellaneous fires. What's more, this volume presents a format useful for self-study, a college course, or studying for promotion; explains the division of fire operations and the relationship of company organization by functional responsibility; includes review questions at the end of each chapter that provide needed stimulus for learning and preparing for advancement in rank; contains approximately 100 illustrations and a number of photographs to clarify subject matter; and uses references to actual fires throughout the text to describe real-life scenarios.