Firefighter's Handbook: Firefighter I & II, Canadian Edition

Firefighter's Handbook: Firefighter I & II, Canadian Edition



Paperback: 1060 pages

1 edition (2010)

ISBN-13: 9781439058923


The trusted content from Delmar Cengage Learning?s Firefighter?s Handbook is now newly revised to truly meet the needs of Canadian firefighters! This Canadian Firefighter?s Handbook divides need-to-know firefighting content into separate sections for Firefighter I, Firefighter II and Hazardous Materials, Terrorism and Disaster Response, while meeting 100% of the 2008 NFPA Standard 1001 and the Hazardous Materials Awareness and Operations requirements of the 2008 NFPA Standard 472.

This book touches on new practices, technology and initiatives that are a consideration for all firefighters. Current topics include large incident and disaster response, fire life safety initiatives, managing air supply, predicting building collapse, GPS technology, thermal imaging use in search and rescue, and more! In addition, content in this version includes the metric system as primary measurement method and reflects the uniqueness of the Canadian fire service history and Canadian national requirements.


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