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Positive Pressure Attack for Ventilation & Firefighting
Kriss Garcia
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Description for Positive Pressure Attack for Ventilation & Firefighting
Hardcover. Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: TNKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 736.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Fire Engineering Books & Videos
Condition
New
Number of Pages
330
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781593700485
SKU
V9781593700485
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Kriss Garcia
Kriss has served in the fire service for 25 years and currently holds the positions of Battalion Chief with the Salt Lake City Fire Department and Chief of the Tooele City Volunteer Fire Department. He has a Bachelor Degree in Public Administration, is a licensed engineering contractor and Paramedic, and is a National Fire Academy Instructor. He serves on the ... Read more
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