The Art of Reading Buildings

The Art of Reading Buildings focuses on the practical art of reading a building and applying its positive and negative attributes in developing a size-up for fireground operations that center on structure fires. First-due company officers, incident commanders, and safety officers will appreciate the practical “street-wise” lessons captured in the book. Chief officers, training officers, engineers, firefighters, and fire science degree candidates will benefit from the wide range of building construction topics covered in this text.
• Learn on-the-spot building construction assessment using the authors’ custom rapid-read street guides• Understand the technical and practical aspects of building construction • Develop a quick construction size-up for immediate application to fireground operations • Recognize firefighter traps in newer and alternative-construction methods • This text covers objectives for the National Fire Academy’s Fire and Emergency Services in Higher Education (FESHE) Building Construction for Fire Protection course

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Fire Engineering Books (January 7, 2015)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 430 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1593703422
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1593703424
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.25 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9 x 1 x 11.5 inches