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An all-inclusive guide to truck company operations for fire departments, it combines modern fire tactics with proven training methods to support coordinated fire attacks and lifesaving maneuvers. Emphasizing attitude, tailored standard guidelines, and street-smart approaches, it ensures optimal performance under limited staffing.
Contents
Acknowledgments Foreword
Preface
1. The Essentials: Fireground Concepts and Functions
An Essential Element of the Coordinated Attack
Truck Work Defined
Failure
Progressing from the Mission to Implementing Fireground Actions
Locate
Rescue
Contain and Confine
Extinguishment
Safe. Effective. Efficient.
The #1 Structural Firefighting Concept
One One Concept
Building Consistency
Truck Company Functions
2. Attitude, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Attitude, Culture, and Environment: Defining Truck Company Operations
Culture
NIOSH Five: Top Factors Involved in Firefighter Deaths and Injuries
Time Is Opportunity, and Opportunity Is Time
Truck Work Further Defined
3. Prioritizing Fireground Functions: The Start of Tactical Implementation
Fireground Example
Prioritized Functions
The Rescue Decision Matrix
Truck Size-Up
Necessary Resources
4. The Fire Floor
Introduction
The Fire Floor
Prioritized Strategies
Essential Fire Floor Functions
Fire Floor Application
5. Second-Due Truck Work: Completing the Incomplete Truck Company Functions
Search
Ventilation
The Second-Due Truck Company
Exterior Truck Company Functions
Utilities, Salvage, and Overhaul
Summary of Complete Truck Company Operations
6. The Experience and Expertise Challenge
Veteran Testimony
7. Ventilation and Fire Behavior
Physics and Ventilation in the Modern Fire Environment
Additional Resources for Understanding Fire Dynamics
Ventilation Tactics
8. Smart Truck Company Operations from the Streets
Things to Know: Tricks of the Trade and Occupational Knowledge
Basic Tools for Truck Work
Acquiring Speed in Skills
Be Prepared!
Best Practices: Search
9. Developing a Safety Net for Effective Operations: Facilitating a Safe Fire Attack
Fire Service Risk-Based Management: Go or No Go
The Fireground Safety Net
Rapid Intervention Teams
Creating a Fire Floor Buddy System
10. Developing Functional Standard Operating Guidelines
Standard Operating Guideline Methodology
Functional Standard Operating Guidelines
Developing Standard Operating Guidelines
11. Specialty Apparatus: Quints and Squads
The Quint Fire Apparatus
Squads
12. Quotes from the Line
Quote Contributors
Appendix
A. Fire Service Saws
Incorrect Positioning
Performing a Morning Check
Fuel
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Firefighter Behind Officer
Firefighter Behind Chauffeur (Four-Person Crew)
Chauffeur
D. Search and Victim Removal Tips
Search Tips
Rescue Tips
Index
About the Authors
