| The Art of Reading Buildings Contributor(s): Mittendorf, John (Author), Dodson, Dave (Author) |
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ISBN: 1593703422 ISBN-13: 9781593703424 Publisher: Fire Engineering Books OUR PRICE: $101.65 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Fire Science |
| Dewey: 628.92 |
| LCCN: 2014024469 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 8.7" W x 11.1" (3.20 lbs) 430 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Art of Reading Buildings focuses on the practical art of reading a building and applying its positive and negative attributes in developing a size-up for fireground operations that center on structure fires. First-due company officers, incident commanders, and safety officers will appreciate the practical "street-wise" lessons captured in the book. Chief officers, training officers, engineers, firefighters, and fire science degree candidates will benefit from the wide range of building construction topics covered in this text. - Learn on-the-spot building construction assessment using the authors' custom rapid-read street guides- Understand the technical and practical aspects of building construction - Develop a quick construction size-up for immediate application to fireground operations - Recognize firefighter traps in newer and alternative-construction methods - This text covers objectives for the National Fire Academy's Fire and Emergency Services in Higher Education (FESHE) Building Construction for Fire Protection course |