Fireground Operational Guides
by Deputy Chiefs Frank Viscuso and Michael Terpak
This important book is designed to serve many purposes in the fire service, ranging from being a starting point and refresher guide for firefighters seeking promotions at any level, to being a field operational guide for on-scene Incident Commanders and Company Officers. It offers an easy-to-follow, step-by-step action plan for firefighters working in Acting Capacities, and can be used when developing SOPëís, and when organizing and planning training evolutions.
Deputy Chiefs Viscuso and Terpak introduce you to their Universal Tactical Worksheet for Structure Fires (UTW) and teach you how to use it to achieve maximum results. Following the UTW are 70 incident-specific operational guides, listing the essential steps required when responding to a specific type of incident.
Well-researched, practiced, and prepared, the UTW and operational guides will assist you through an entire incident, from the initial call until reports have been completed. To make them your own, printable versions are provided on the CD included with the book. Having these operational guides at an incident is like having a team of highly-educated chief officers standing next to you, offering tips to help you safely and effectively mitigate a situation. This is definitely a book every firefighter, officer, and aspiring officer will want to own!
Features and benefits
A good refresher for firefighters seeking a promotion
Easy-to-follow, step-by-step action plans for firefighters working in acting capacities, especially those called upon to act as an incident commander
Field operational guides for incident commanders and high-ranking company officers
Invaluable guidance in developing departmental SOPs
Companion CD containing downloadable Universal Tactical Worksheet for Structural Fires, Operational Guides, and Bonus Guide for Probationary Firefighters
Contents:
Foreword by Bobby Halton
Acknowledgments
Introduction—How to use this book
Operational guides and tactical worksheets
Structure fires
Electrical emergencies
Natural gas emergencies
Carbon monoxide
Water emergencies
Confined fires
Outdoor fires
Vehicle fires and accidents
Non-fire emergencies
Oil burner emergencies
General operations
Administrative
Afterword
304 Pages/Hardcover/8.5x11/2011, ISBN 9781593702595
by Deputy Chiefs Frank Viscuso and Michael Terpak
This important book is designed to serve many purposes in the fire service, ranging from being a starting point and refresher guide for firefighters seeking promotions at any level, to being a field operational guide for on-scene Incident Commanders and Company Officers. It offers an easy-to-follow, step-by-step action plan for firefighters working in Acting Capacities, and can be used when developing SOPëís, and when organizing and planning training evolutions.
Deputy Chiefs Viscuso and Terpak introduce you to their Universal Tactical Worksheet for Structure Fires (UTW) and teach you how to use it to achieve maximum results. Following the UTW are 70 incident-specific operational guides, listing the essential steps required when responding to a specific type of incident.
Well-researched, practiced, and prepared, the UTW and operational guides will assist you through an entire incident, from the initial call until reports have been completed. To make them your own, printable versions are provided on the CD included with the book. Having these operational guides at an incident is like having a team of highly-educated chief officers standing next to you, offering tips to help you safely and effectively mitigate a situation. This is definitely a book every firefighter, officer, and aspiring officer will want to own!
Features and benefits
A good refresher for firefighters seeking a promotion
Easy-to-follow, step-by-step action plans for firefighters working in acting capacities, especially those called upon to act as an incident commander
Field operational guides for incident commanders and high-ranking company officers
Invaluable guidance in developing departmental SOPs
Companion CD containing downloadable Universal Tactical Worksheet for Structural Fires, Operational Guides, and Bonus Guide for Probationary Firefighters
Contents:
Foreword by Bobby Halton
Acknowledgments
Introduction—How to use this book
Operational guides and tactical worksheets
Structure fires
Electrical emergencies
Natural gas emergencies
Carbon monoxide
Water emergencies
Confined fires
Outdoor fires
Vehicle fires and accidents
Non-fire emergencies
Oil burner emergencies
General operations
Administrative
Afterword
304 Pages/Hardcover/8.5x11/2011, ISBN 9781593702595
by Deputy Chiefs Frank Viscuso and Michael Terpak
This important book is designed to serve many purposes in the fire service, ranging from being a starting point and refresher guide for firefighters seeking promotions at any level, to being a field operational guide for on-scene Incident Commanders and Company Officers. It offers an easy-to-follow, step-by-step action plan for firefighters working in Acting Capacities, and can be used when developing SOPëís, and when organizing and planning training evolutions.
Deputy Chiefs Viscuso and Terpak introduce you to their Universal Tactical Worksheet for Structure Fires (UTW) and teach you how to use it to achieve maximum results. Following the UTW are 70 incident-specific operational guides, listing the essential steps required when responding to a specific type of incident.
Well-researched, practiced, and prepared, the UTW and operational guides will assist you through an entire incident, from the initial call until reports have been completed. To make them your own, printable versions are provided on the CD included with the book. Having these operational guides at an incident is like having a team of highly-educated chief officers standing next to you, offering tips to help you safely and effectively mitigate a situation. This is definitely a book every firefighter, officer, and aspiring officer will want to own!
Features and benefits
A good refresher for firefighters seeking a promotion
Easy-to-follow, step-by-step action plans for firefighters working in acting capacities, especially those called upon to act as an incident commander
Field operational guides for incident commanders and high-ranking company officers
Invaluable guidance in developing departmental SOPs
Companion CD containing downloadable Universal Tactical Worksheet for Structural Fires, Operational Guides, and Bonus Guide for Probationary Firefighters
Contents:
Foreword by Bobby Halton
Acknowledgments
Introduction—How to use this book
Operational guides and tactical worksheets
Structure fires
Electrical emergencies
Natural gas emergencies
Carbon monoxide
Water emergencies
Confined fires
Outdoor fires
Vehicle fires and accidents
Non-fire emergencies
Oil burner emergencies
General operations
Administrative
Afterword
304 Pages/Hardcover/8.5x11/2011, ISBN 9781593702595