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Reading Fire examines the selection of appropriate tactics for the stages of fire development and burning profiles and includes a detailed comparison of techniques, including Tactical Ventilation, Transitional Attack, Water Application and Nozzle ...

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Fire safety has been at the forefront of the public consciousness since the tragedy at Grenfell Tower in 2017. The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 is the main piece of legislation dealing with fire safety in premises other than dwelling...

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The Grenfell Tower tragedy was the worst residential fire in London since World War II. It killed seventy-two people in the richest borough of one of the wealthiest countries in the world. Like other catastrophic events before it and since, it has...

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The Grenfell Tower tragedy was the worst residential fire in London since World War II. It killed seventy-two people in the richest borough of one of the wealthiest countries in the world. Like other catastrophic events before it and since, it has...

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The Grenfell Tower tragedy was the worst residential fire in London since World War II. It killed seventy-two people in the richest borough of one of the wealthiest countries in the world. Like other catastrophic events before it and since, it has...

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Making sense of the worst fire in the UK since 1945 can seem like an impossible task given the confusion observed in the media and in the courts since the fire. Tony Prosser and Mark Taylor together have nearly 80 years of experience in the fire a...

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Colour Edition: A fascinating journey discovering methods used by humankind to light fire throughout history, this one-stop compact book provides a comprehensive description of well- and lesser-known techniques, with a simplified description of th...

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Natural disasters demolish everything in their path, but your peace of mind and sense of safety don't have to be among them. Here's what you need to know...   Do you live in an area that is often hit with some form of natural catastrophe? &nb...

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In a world where global wildfires increasingly dominate the news headlines, can the Australian experience help? The management of fire in the southern continent is, after all, based on some 40,000 years or more of practice. Australian bushfire is ...

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STOP THE BURN is a book chronicling California's destructive and deadly firestorms of 2017-2018, and the conditions leading up to this wildfire epidemic. Beginning by referencing the Northern California Hanly Fire of 1964, the author brings us to ...

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This book is a complete guide to becoming a firefighter. The author put everything he knows into simple, easy-to-understand language so that you can easily learn all there is to know about becoming a firefighter - things like: First Steps to Getti...

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The continuing encroachment of human settlements into fire-prone areas and extreme fire seasons in recent years make it urgent that we better understand both the physical and human dimensions of managing the risk from wildfire. Wildfire Risk follo...

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US aircraft carriers are more important, and more vulnerable, than ever. The US Navy knows a lot about damage control for large ships (even if it sometimes appears to forgotten what it once knew!). This thesis is important for anyone who wants to ...

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Creating fire is easy, yet understanding and learning to live with this friend and foe has never been easy; stopping fire is a dangerous-and often deadly-pursuit. Drawing on his experiences as an environmental historian, firefighter and life safet...

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S. Dixon & Son, Limited was one of the United Kingdom's most prominent suppliers of firefighting equipment. Originally founded in 1730 by Sam Dixon in Wolverhampton, England, Dixon's original focus was the brass and tube trade. The company later m...

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It was a bike ride that forever changed Captain Marshall Allen's life. Seven years later, a very similar bike ride would do the same for magazine editor Alexandra Allred. While many believed it was destiny that Alex would take a bike route that wo...

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No Nice Girl Swears is the original, trailblazing guide to the new etiquette, brimming with timeless advice on style, romance, and grace, and finally back in print 90 years after its original release. Forewords by todays editor in chief of Town &a...

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Leadership skills save lives. Become the exceptional firefighter and leader that your community can count on! A good fire officer can read smoke, understand building construction, and fight fires. Exceptional leadership, though, means going above ...

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Leadership skills save lives. Become the exceptional firefighter and leader that your community can count on! A good fire officer can read smoke, understand building construction, and fight fires. Exceptional leadership, though, means going above ...

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Today, more than ever, we know how important our first responders are. This notebook is one in a series of five first responder journals. This one has been dedicated to honoring firefighters in their first responder duties. First responders like f...

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This is the foremost guide to hydraulically designing sprinkler systems for commercial and residential buildings. Sprinkler Hydraulics, Third Edition includes the latest developments in automatic sprinkler design, as well as going beyond the NFPA ...

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This is the foremost guide to hydraulically designing sprinkler systems for commercial and residential buildings.  Sprinkler Hydraulics, Third Edition includes the latest developments in automatic sprinkler design, as well as going beyond the...

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This book gathers the best peer-reviewed papers presented at the Italian Concrete Days national conference, held in Rome, Italy, on October 27-28, 2016. The conference topics encompass the aspects of design, execution, rehabilitation and control o...

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The Second Edition of this introduction to fire protection systems is completely revised and updated to offer the student, architect or engineer the basics of fire protection devices and equipment, and how they may be applied to any given project....

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This edited volume is an up-to-date guide for students, policy makers and engineers on earthquake engineering, including methods and technologies for seismic hazard detection and mitigation. The book was written in honour of the late Professor Jai...

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The natural disasters are the killer agents which can/can't be predicted even though we have modern technology. Every year, in one place or another, disasters striking which is devastating the area and surroundings, leading to ecological disr...

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