Searching Smarter
by John "Skip" Coleman, Assistant Chief (Ret.), Toledo (OH) Department of Fire and Rescue
In his latest book, best-selling author Skip Coleman takes a comprehensive look at search for the fire service.
Searching Smarter defines the four most common types of search (the standard, oriented, vent/enter/search, and team search) and applies them to existing common occupancy types (residential and commercial). It also discusses the relationship between command and other divisions/groups, search basics, and reading buildings for search.
Searching Smarter is an important resource for firefighters riding all apparatus types, company and chief officers, and paid and volunteer firefighters.
Features and benefits:
Covers the best methods of search for specific instances
Discusses search plans, search focus, and search continuity
Illustrates search techniques with diagrams and photographs
An all-in-one search textbook
Contents:
Introduction
The scope of the problem
Types of search used today
Incident commander and the search group
The relationship between search and groups/divisions
The standard method of search
Team search
The oriented search
Vent/Enter/Search (VES)
Search basics
Primary and secondary searches
Prioritizing search
Search vs. rescue
Reading the building for search
Where to start and where to stop searches
How long should a search last?
Searching with a hoseline
Searching with a tool
Searching with a thermal imager
Single family occupancies
Multi-family occupancies
Low-rise motels
Nursing homes and other health care/institutional occupancies
Restaurants
Strip malls
Places of worship
Industrial occupancies
Newer office buildings
Large malls and big box stores
Final thoughts
Index
Pages 262/Hardcover/8.5x11/2011, ISBN 13 9781593702588
by John "Skip" Coleman, Assistant Chief (Ret.), Toledo (OH) Department of Fire and Rescue
In his latest book, best-selling author Skip Coleman takes a comprehensive look at search for the fire service.
Searching Smarter defines the four most common types of search (the standard, oriented, vent/enter/search, and team search) and applies them to existing common occupancy types (residential and commercial). It also discusses the relationship between command and other divisions/groups, search basics, and reading buildings for search.
Searching Smarter is an important resource for firefighters riding all apparatus types, company and chief officers, and paid and volunteer firefighters.
Features and benefits:
Covers the best methods of search for specific instances
Discusses search plans, search focus, and search continuity
Illustrates search techniques with diagrams and photographs
An all-in-one search textbook
Contents:
Introduction
The scope of the problem
Types of search used today
Incident commander and the search group
The relationship between search and groups/divisions
The standard method of search
Team search
The oriented search
Vent/Enter/Search (VES)
Search basics
Primary and secondary searches
Prioritizing search
Search vs. rescue
Reading the building for search
Where to start and where to stop searches
How long should a search last?
Searching with a hoseline
Searching with a tool
Searching with a thermal imager
Single family occupancies
Multi-family occupancies
Low-rise motels
Nursing homes and other health care/institutional occupancies
Restaurants
Strip malls
Places of worship
Industrial occupancies
Newer office buildings
Large malls and big box stores
Final thoughts
Index
Pages 262/Hardcover/8.5x11/2011, ISBN 13 9781593702588
by John "Skip" Coleman, Assistant Chief (Ret.), Toledo (OH) Department of Fire and Rescue
In his latest book, best-selling author Skip Coleman takes a comprehensive look at search for the fire service.
Searching Smarter defines the four most common types of search (the standard, oriented, vent/enter/search, and team search) and applies them to existing common occupancy types (residential and commercial). It also discusses the relationship between command and other divisions/groups, search basics, and reading buildings for search.
Searching Smarter is an important resource for firefighters riding all apparatus types, company and chief officers, and paid and volunteer firefighters.
Features and benefits:
Covers the best methods of search for specific instances
Discusses search plans, search focus, and search continuity
Illustrates search techniques with diagrams and photographs
An all-in-one search textbook
Contents:
Introduction
The scope of the problem
Types of search used today
Incident commander and the search group
The relationship between search and groups/divisions
The standard method of search
Team search
The oriented search
Vent/Enter/Search (VES)
Search basics
Primary and secondary searches
Prioritizing search
Search vs. rescue
Reading the building for search
Where to start and where to stop searches
How long should a search last?
Searching with a hoseline
Searching with a tool
Searching with a thermal imager
Single family occupancies
Multi-family occupancies
Low-rise motels
Nursing homes and other health care/institutional occupancies
Restaurants
Strip malls
Places of worship
Industrial occupancies
Newer office buildings
Large malls and big box stores
Final thoughts
Index
Pages 262/Hardcover/8.5x11/2011, ISBN 13 9781593702588