Positive Pressure Attack for Firefighting and Ventilation
by Kriss Garcia, Reinhard Kauffmann, and Ray Schelble
In the past decades, lightweight building construction methods and the use of manmade materials in construction and furnishings have become more and more common. The time until structural failure can be expected in a fire has been reduced, and firefighters have seen hotter fires that generate high levels of deadly gasses. But the ventilation methods used by modern firefighters have not kept pace.
Positive pressure was first used in the fire service to ventilate a structure after the fire was knocked down. Authors Kriss Garcia, Reinhard Kauffmann, and Ray Schelble have taken positive pressure a step further to achieve effective ventilation in coordination with aggressive fire attack, called positive pressure attack (PPA). Properly used PPA allows firefighters great control over the interior environment of a fire building, and starts at the earliest stages of the operation when ventilation can provide the greatest benefit for victims, firefighters, and the structure. With a small investment in equipment and a commitment to training, any fire department can implement PPA at the company level.
Subjects covered in this book include:
Basics of positive pressure and how to maximize its effectiveness for fireground ventilation
PPA: how effective ventilation can be coordinated to support an aggressive fire attack
Safety considerations and limitations of PPA and positive pressure
Other ways positive pressure blowers can be used to help victims and firefighters in a variety of situations
Implementing PPA on a department, and how to train each engine company to become its own firefighting force that can accomplish both ventilation and fire attack
Contents:
Overview of Fireground Ventilation
What is Effective Ventilation
Conventional Ventilation Methods
Limitations of Conventional Methods
Positive Pressure Attack
Understanding Positive Pressure Ventilation
PPV + Initial Fire Attack = PPA = Coordinated Attack
Precautions for Using PPV and PPA
Beyond the Basics
PPA and Beyond
Introducting PPA to the Department
Positive Pressure Evolutions
A Deeper Understanding
Final Thoughts
Number of Pages: 330 Published Date: 2006 ISBN: 9781593700485
by Kriss Garcia, Reinhard Kauffmann, and Ray Schelble
In the past decades, lightweight building construction methods and the use of manmade materials in construction and furnishings have become more and more common. The time until structural failure can be expected in a fire has been reduced, and firefighters have seen hotter fires that generate high levels of deadly gasses. But the ventilation methods used by modern firefighters have not kept pace.
Positive pressure was first used in the fire service to ventilate a structure after the fire was knocked down. Authors Kriss Garcia, Reinhard Kauffmann, and Ray Schelble have taken positive pressure a step further to achieve effective ventilation in coordination with aggressive fire attack, called positive pressure attack (PPA). Properly used PPA allows firefighters great control over the interior environment of a fire building, and starts at the earliest stages of the operation when ventilation can provide the greatest benefit for victims, firefighters, and the structure. With a small investment in equipment and a commitment to training, any fire department can implement PPA at the company level.
Subjects covered in this book include:
Basics of positive pressure and how to maximize its effectiveness for fireground ventilation
PPA: how effective ventilation can be coordinated to support an aggressive fire attack
Safety considerations and limitations of PPA and positive pressure
Other ways positive pressure blowers can be used to help victims and firefighters in a variety of situations
Implementing PPA on a department, and how to train each engine company to become its own firefighting force that can accomplish both ventilation and fire attack
Contents:
Overview of Fireground Ventilation
What is Effective Ventilation
Conventional Ventilation Methods
Limitations of Conventional Methods
Positive Pressure Attack
Understanding Positive Pressure Ventilation
PPV + Initial Fire Attack = PPA = Coordinated Attack
Precautions for Using PPV and PPA
Beyond the Basics
PPA and Beyond
Introducting PPA to the Department
Positive Pressure Evolutions
A Deeper Understanding
Final Thoughts
Number of Pages: 330 Published Date: 2006 ISBN: 9781593700485
by Kriss Garcia, Reinhard Kauffmann, and Ray Schelble
In the past decades, lightweight building construction methods and the use of manmade materials in construction and furnishings have become more and more common. The time until structural failure can be expected in a fire has been reduced, and firefighters have seen hotter fires that generate high levels of deadly gasses. But the ventilation methods used by modern firefighters have not kept pace.
Positive pressure was first used in the fire service to ventilate a structure after the fire was knocked down. Authors Kriss Garcia, Reinhard Kauffmann, and Ray Schelble have taken positive pressure a step further to achieve effective ventilation in coordination with aggressive fire attack, called positive pressure attack (PPA). Properly used PPA allows firefighters great control over the interior environment of a fire building, and starts at the earliest stages of the operation when ventilation can provide the greatest benefit for victims, firefighters, and the structure. With a small investment in equipment and a commitment to training, any fire department can implement PPA at the company level.
Subjects covered in this book include:
Basics of positive pressure and how to maximize its effectiveness for fireground ventilation
PPA: how effective ventilation can be coordinated to support an aggressive fire attack
Safety considerations and limitations of PPA and positive pressure
Other ways positive pressure blowers can be used to help victims and firefighters in a variety of situations
Implementing PPA on a department, and how to train each engine company to become its own firefighting force that can accomplish both ventilation and fire attack
Contents:
Overview of Fireground Ventilation
What is Effective Ventilation
Conventional Ventilation Methods
Limitations of Conventional Methods
Positive Pressure Attack
Understanding Positive Pressure Ventilation
PPV + Initial Fire Attack = PPA = Coordinated Attack
Precautions for Using PPV and PPA
Beyond the Basics
PPA and Beyond
Introducting PPA to the Department
Positive Pressure Evolutions
A Deeper Understanding
Final Thoughts
Number of Pages: 330 Published Date: 2006 ISBN: 9781593700485