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FIS 101 - Introduction to Fire Science Course Documents
FIS 106 - Safety Engineering Course Documents
FIS 104 - Risk Management
FIS 296 - Managing Emergency Incidents Course Documents
FPM 712 - Theory and Design of Fire Protection Systems

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FIS 101 - Introduction to Fire Science Course Documents

Course Text
SECTION 1 COURSE READING

Unit 1 - Fire Protection History

Unit 2 - Fire Protection Organizations

Unit 3 - America's Fire Problem

Unit 4 - Occupancy & Use Groups

Unit 5 - Human Behavior & Fires

SECTION 2 COURSE READING

Unit 1 - Fire Behavior

Unit 2 - Fire Hazards of Materials

Unit 3 - Hazardous Materials

SECTION 3 COURSE READING

Unit 1 - Fire Prevention

Unit 2 - Building & Fire Codes

SECTION 4 COURSE READING

Unit 1 - Fire Investigation

Unit 2 - Arson

SECTION 5 COURSE READING

Unit 1 - Life Safety and Building Design

Unit 2 - Building Construction

SECTION 6 COURSE READING

Unit 1 - Fire Alarm and Detection Systems

Unit 2 - Extinguishing Properties of Water

Unit 3 - Automatic Sprinkler Systems

Unit 4 - Extinguishing Systems

SECTION 7 COURSE READING

Unit 1 - Evaluation of Fire Risk

Unit 2 - Industrial Fire Brigades

Unit 3 - Fire Service Equipment

Unit 4 - Fire Service Health & Safety

Unit 5 - Fire Service Organization & Management

Unit 6 - Fire Ground Operations

Unit 7 - Fire Ground Command

Unit 8 - Recognizing Terrorism

Additional Reading Material

Fire-Related Reports

Arson in the United States

Establishing a Relationship between Alcohol and Casualties of Fire

Fire Death Rate Trends: An International Perspective

Firefighter Fatality Retrospective Study

Fire in the United States, 13th Edition

Rural Fire Problem in the United States

Socioeconomic Factors and the Incidence of Fire

Urban Fire Problem in the United States

Firefighter Fatality Reports from U.S.F.A.

2003 Firefighter Fatalities

2002 Firefighter Fatalities

2001 Firefighter Fatalities

Empire State Building Plane Crash - 1945

The Plane That Crashed Into the Empire State Building

Collision in New York, 1945

News Broadcast of 1945 Empire State Building Plane Crash

Articles on Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

Article by Paul Rosa

Cornel University Website

Information on Great Chicago Fire and Peshtigo Fire

Chicago Historical Society

Praireghosts.com

Great Peshtigo Fire

Iroquois Theater Fire

The Iroquois Theater Fire

Iroquois Theater Fire

Information on Automatic Sprinkler Systems

The Case for Residential Sprinklers (Article)

Reducing America's Fire Losses with Residential Fire Sprinkler System (Article)

TheScotsdale Report

NFSA White Paper on Residential Fire Sprinklers

9/11 Information

World Trade Center Report from N.I.S.T.

Why WTC Building Collapsed by Deputy Chief Vincent Dunn, FDNY (Retired)

NOVA on PBS - Why the Towers Fell

McKinsey Report - Increasing FDNY's Preparedness

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks on The United States [9/11 Commission Report]

9/11 Commission Report, Chapter 1

9/11 Commission Report, Chapter 9

Final Report on 9/11 Pentagon Attack

Hazardous Material Information

DOT Hazardous Material Emergency Response Guide 2008
DOT Emergency Response Guide Web Site
Search DOT Guide Book by Name of Material
Search DOT Guide Book by ID Number

Rhode Island

Final Report on the Station Nightclub Fire in West Warwick, Rhode Island

96 Dead in Fire Ignited at Rhode Island Club

Suddenly, Rock Show Turns Stage for Horrors

Nightclubs Are Notorious in Annals of Tragedy

New York Club Crowd Dances On, but With Eye on Exits

Club Workers Say Soundproofing Insulation Was Donated

Chicago

Cook County Administration Building Fire Report - James Lee Witt

Cook County Administration Building Fire Test Report - NIST

Video Segments

Fire Test of Station Nightclub Fire in Rhode Island [REQUIRES FREE DOWNLOAD OF REAL PLAYER TO VIEW]
Christmas Tree Video
BLEVE Video
Couch Test Video
[THESE CLIPS REQUIRE FREE DOWNLOAD OF REAL PLAYER TO VIEW]
Local News Coverage of High Rise Fires and Sprinklers
Residential Fire Sprinkler Information
The Case for Residential Sprinklers

FIS 106 - Safety Engineering Course Documents

Course Reading Material

USFA Documents

Fire in the United States, 13th Edition

Rapid Intervention Teams and How to Avoid Needing Them: Special Report

Guide To Developing Effective Standard Operating Procedures

Personnel Accountability System Report

Fire Incident Reports

Volunteer Firefighter Dies and Two others are Injured During Live-Burn Training - New York

Career Lieutenant and Fire Fighter Die in a Flashover During a Live-Fire Training Evolution - Florida

Fire Apparatus / Train Incident

Warehouse Building Fire, Massachusetts

Hackensack Roof Collapse Incident

Chief officers and a Firefighter Killed in Collapse During a Structural Fire

Firefighter Dies after being Trapped in an Apartment House Fire

Firefighter Fatality Report - 411 Palisade Avenue, Jersey City, NJ

Firefighter Fatality Report - Enterprise Fire Company, Hamilton Township, NJ

Fire Training Incident, New Jersey

Fire Training Incident, Milford Michigan

Firefighter Fatality / Injury Report - Newark Fire Department, Newark, NJ.

9/11 Material

World Trade Center Report from FEMA

McKinsey Report - Increasing FDNY's Preparedness

Final Report on 9/11 Pentagon Attack
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks on The United States [9/11 Commission Report]

9/11 Commission Report, Chapter 1

9/11 Commission Report, Chapter 9

FIS 104 - Risk Management Course Documents

Course Reading Material

Risk Management Practices in the Fire Service
America At Risk
Fundamentals of Insurance Handout
Insurable Event Handout
Risk Management & Insurance Handout
Fair Plan Handout
Fire Risk Analysis: A Systems Approach, Unit 1
Fire Risk Analysis: A Systems Approach, Unit 2
Fire Risk Analysis: A Systems Approach, Unit 3
Fire Risk Analysis: A Systems Approach, Unit 4
Fire Risk Analysis: A Systems Approach, Unit 5

FIS 296 - Managing Emergency Incidents Course Documents

Course Text

UNIT 1 - National Incident Management System [NIMS]
UNIT 2 National Response Plan (NRP)
UNIT 3 - Background & Concepts
UNIT 4 - Pre-Incident Planning
UNIT 5 - Size-Up
UNIT 6 - Fire Company Operations
UNIT 7 - Firefighting Strategy and Tactics
Unit 8 - EMS / Multi Casualty & Hazardous Materials Tactics & Strategy
UNIT 9 - Managing Risk & Safety
UNIT 10 - ICS Basic Concepts
UNIT 11 - Command & Command Staff
UNIT 12 - General Staff
UNIT 13 - Unified Command
UNIT 14 - Complex Incidents and Area Command
UNIT 15 - Developing a Initial Response Organizational Structure
UNIT 16 - Developing an Expanded Incident Organizational Structure
UNIT 17 - Structure Fires
UNIT 18 - High-Rise Fires
UNIT 19 - Mass Casualty Incidents
UNIT 20 - Hazardous Materials Incidents
Unit 21 - MACS
FIS 296 Appendix A - Glossary
FIS 296 Appendix B - Example of Demobilization Plan

Additional Reading

Rapid Intervention Teams: Special Report
Understanding Rapid Intervention
Operational Considerations for HIgh-Rise Firefighting
Interstate Bank Fire, Los Angeles, CA
One Meridian Plaza, Phila., PA

FPM 712 - Theory and Design of Fire Protection Systems

Fire Death Rate Trends: An International Perspective

Fire in the United States, 14th Edition

Rural Fire Problem in the United States

Socioeconomic Factors and the Incidence of Fire

Urban Fire Problem in the United States

America Burning

Chicken Processing Plant Fires
New York City Bank Building Fire: Compartmentation vs. Sprinklers
High-rise Office Building Fire, One Meridian Plaza
Interstate Bank Building Fire
Operational Considerations for High-rise Firefighting: Special Report
A High-Rise Primer
Building Construction
Use Groups, Occupancy Types and Means of Egress
International Fire Code 2000 Edition
International Building Code 2000 Edition
Basic Fire Science
Flashover
Smoke Management Systems
Report on MGM Grand Fire
Sprinkler Systems
Extinguishing Systems
Fire Alarm & Detection Systems