Author: Center for Fire Research (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fire prevention
Languages : en
Pages : 48
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Attacking the Fire Problem
Author: Center for Fire Research (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fire prevention
Languages : en
Pages : 48
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Wildland Fire Incident Management Field Guide
Author: NWCGPublisher: NWCG Training Branch
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
The Wildland Fire Incident Management Field Guide is a revision of what used to be called the Fireline Handbook, PMS 410-1. This guide has been renamed because, over time, the original purpose of the Fireline Handbook had been replaced by the Incident Response Pocket Guide, PMS 461. As a result, this new guide is aimed at a different audience, and it was felt a new name was in order.
Fire Problems
Author: T. D. PilcherPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fire control (Gunnery)
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Bulletin
Author: Technical Research Note
Author: U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social SciencesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military research
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Why Japanese Factories Work
Author: Robert H. HayesPublisher:
ISBN: 9780000814081
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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The Attack on Pearl Harbor
Author: Alan D. ZimmPublisher: Casemate
ISBN: 1612000215
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
“Uses modern methods of operational analysis to determine exactly how the Japanese planned and executed the great raid . . . a worthy, useful analysis” (Naval History). The December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor has been portrayed by historians as a dazzling success. With most American historians concentrating on command errors and the story of participants’ experiences, the Japanese attack has never been subjected to a comprehensive critical analysis of the military side of the operation. This book presents a detailed evaluation of the attack on the operational and tactical level. It examines such questions as: Was the strategy underlying the attack sound? Were there flaws in planning or execution? How did Japanese military culture influence the planning? How risky was the attack? What did the Japanese expect to achieve, compared to what they did achieve? Were there Japanese blunders? What were their consequences? What might have been the results if the attack had not benefited from the mistakes of the American commanders? The book also addresses the body of folklore about the attack, assessing contentious issues such as the skill level of the Japanese aircrew; whether mini submarines torpedoed Oklahoma and Arizona, as has been recently claimed; whether the Japanese ever really considered launching a third-wave attack—and the consequences for the Naval Shipyard and the fuel storage tanks if it had been executed. In addition, the analysis has detected for the first time deceptions that a prominent Japanese participant in the attack placed into the historical record, most likely to conceal his blunders and enhance his reputation. The centerpiece of the book is an analysis using modern Operations Research methods and computer simulations, as well as combat models developed between 1922 and 1946 at the US Naval War College. The analysis sheds new light on the strategy and tactics employed by Yamamoto to open the Pacific War, and offers a dramatically different appraisal of the effectiveness of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Positive Pressure Attack for Ventilation & Firefighting
Author: Kriss GarciaPublisher: PennWell Books
ISBN: 1593700482
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
In the past decades, lightweight building construction methods and the use of manmade materials in construction and furnishings have become more and more common. The time until structural failure can be expected in a fire has been reduced, and firefighters have seen hotter fires that generate high levels of deadly gasses. But the ventilation methods used by modern firefighters have not kept pace. Positive pressure was first used in the fire service to ventilate a structure after the fire was knocked down. Authors Kriss Garcia and Reinhard Kauffmann have taken positive pressure a step further to achieve effective ventilation in coordination with aggressive fire attack, called positive pressure attack (PPA). Properly used PPA allows firefighters great control over the interior environment of a fire building, and starts at the earliest stages of the operation when ventilation can provide the greatest benefit for victims, firefighters, and the structure. With a small investment in equipment and a commitment to training, any fire department can implement PPA at the company level. Subjects covered in this book include: - Basics of positive pressure and how to maximize its effectiveness for fireground ventilation. - PPA: how effective ventilation can be coordinated to support an aggressive fire attack. - Safety considerations and limitations of PPA and positive pressure. - Other ways positive pressure blowers can be used to help victims and firefighters in a variety of situations. - Implementing PPA on a department, and how to train each engine company to become its own firefighting force that can accomplish both ventilation and fire attack.
Report of the National Advisory Committee on Civil Disorders
Author: United States. National Advisory Commission on Civil DisordersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
FEMA's Response to the September 11th Attacks
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public WorksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Emergency management
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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