| Although municipal firefighters respond on a daily basis to industrial fires or emergencies, even the largest fire departments often focus most of their training and attention to residential and commercial structures, vehicles or wildland firefighting. This book was written to specifically prepare the municipal firefighter for responses to a wide range of industrial fires, where the situation will be much different.
As advances in automation and reductions in industrial fire brigades are made, it is increasingly likely that firefighters will be called to an incident at one of these vulnerable facilities due to a fire or terrorist event, and municipal firefighters must be prepared to respond.
An educated and efficient response will assist with the mitigation of large loss fires or other events, minimizing business interruption and the resultant dollar loss as well as minimizing the impact to the community at large.
Features & benefits:
- Obtain a better understanding of the industrial processes that may be encountered.
- Provides a knowledge base for pre-incident planning.
- Covers response procedures and operational tactics to be employed by municipal firefighters at industrial fire incidents.
- Details the types of operational structures, firefighting equipment, and personnel available at industrial facilities.
This book is perfect for municipal firefighters at any stage of their career, as well as for personnel at industrial facilities that have to operate or coordinate response with municipal fire departments.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Industrial Firefighting for Municipal Firefighters: Purpose of This Book
Industrial qualifications and skills required
Industrial emergency response teams and municipal
Interface
Incident management
Pre-incident response planning
Drills and exercises
General firefighting tactics and response concerns
Fixed and semi-fixed suppression systems and water supplies
Fire and gas detection systems
Terrorism and security issues
Hazardous materials
Petroleum refining
Chemical and petrochemical facilities
Nuclear facilities
Bulk grain storage and processing occupancies
Textiles
Storage and warehouses
Recycling facilities
Pulp and paper manufacturing
Plastics manufacturing
Woodworking facilities
Food and beverage facilities
Laboratories
Marine operations including shipyards
Storage of liquefied flammable gases
Steel and aluminum manufacturing
Printing establishments
Quenching and annealing
Aircraft and aircraft facilities
Electric power generation
Storage tank facilities
Well drilling sites
Pipelines
Automotive manufacturing
Glossary
Acronyms and abbreviations
384 pages/Hardcover/8.5x11/October 2007
ISBN10 1-59370-081-4 | 
