Firefighter's Guide
While 3D Firefighting: Training, Techniques, and Tactics adresses a broad fire service audience, this text will be designed for the firefighter and company officer who wants to develop a solid understanding of compartment fire behavior, risk assessment, and the impact of tactical operations. This work is an outgrowth of my work in CFBT as well as writing for Firehouse.com
It is my hope that you will be willing to share your knowledge and experience to make this the best available text on fire behavior and structural firefighting. Review the draft outline for the book and send me an e-mail with your feedback and suggestions. Progress on development of this text will be posted on the CFBT Blog, watch for links to draft chapters!.
Chapter 1: Introduction
- What is Fire?
- Practical Fire Dynamics and Firefighter Safety
- Placing Fire Behavior at the Center
Chapter 2: Combustion–A Little Chemistry and Physics
- Everyday Concepts: Energy, Heat, & Temperature
- Thermodynamics
- Energy
- Temperature
- Measuring Energy
- Heat and Work
- Heat Transfer
- Combustion
- Combustion Models (fire triangle & tetrahedron)
- Modes of Combustion
- Fuel
- Oxygen
- Heat of Combustion & Fire Load
- Heat Release Rate & Power
- Self-Sustained Chemical Chain Reaction
- Products of Combustion
Chapter 3: Fire Development in a Compartment
- Stages of Fire Development
- Incipient
- Growth
- Burning Regime
- Fully Developed
- Fully Developed
- Decay
- Variations in Conditions
- Factors Influencing Fire Development
Chapter 4: Extreme Fire Behavior
- Flashover
- Backdraft
- Smoke Explosion
- Flash Fire
Chapter 5: Reading the Fire-The FBI
- Experienced and Expertise
- Adaptive Expertise
- Fire Behavior Indicators-A Basic Framework
- Building Features
- Smoke
- Air Track
- Heat
- Flame
- FBI and Phases of Fire Development
Chapter 6: Fire Control Tactics
- Extinguishment by Cooling
- Fire Control Methods
- Direct Attack
- Indirect Attack
- 3D Gas Cooling
- Required Fire Flow
- Developing Fire Streams
- Nozzle Techniques
Chapter 7: Ventilation Strategies & Tactics
- What is Ventilation?
- Ventilation Profile
- Ventilation Classifications
- Advantages of Effective Ventilation
- Ventilation Strategies
- Key Concepts
- Ventilation Tactics
- Decision Making
- Tactical Ventilation
- Tactical Anti-Ventilation
- Special Challenges
- Tactical Ventilation Tools
- Potential Problems
Chapter 8 Building Expertise
- Fire Behavior Pre-Planning
- Post Fire Investigation
- Case Study (Developing and Using Cases)
- Understanding Fire Modeling
- Tactical Decision Simulations
- Live Fire Training
Glossary
- Terminology Matrix (Term, Definition, Importance)
Appendix A–Laboratory Demonstrations
- Steel Bar & Steel Wool (Surface to Mass)
- Diesel Fuel & Gasoline (Flash Point)
- Diesel Fuel & Clay Absorbent (Surface to Mass)
- Candle (Diffusion Flame)
- Candle & Metal Screen (Reaction Zone)
- Bunsen Burner (Pre-Mixed and Diffusion Flames)
- Copper Wires (Thermal Ballast)
- Cover Candle with Beaker (Oxygen Concentration and Thermal Ballast)
Appendix B–Small Scale Demonstrations and Experiments
- Single Compartment Dolls House
- Four Compartment Dolls House
- Two Compartment Dolls House
- Other Small Scale Demonstrations
Appendix C–CFBT Evolutions
- Demo/Attack Cell Demo 1
- Demo/Attack Cell Demo 2
- Window Cell Demo 1
- Demo/Attack Cell Fire Attack 1
- Demo/Attack Cell Fire Attack 2
- Door Entry Drill
- Demo/Attack Cell Fire Attack 3
- Window Cell Door Entry Drill
- L Cell Fire Attack 4
