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FIS 296 - Managing Emergency Incidents Course Documents
FPM 712 - Theory and Design of Fire Protection Systems

FIS 101 - Introduction to Fire Science Course Documents

Course Text

SECTION 1 COURSE READING

SECTION 2 COURSE READING

SECTION 3 COURSE READING

SECTION 4 COURSE READING

SECTION 5 COURSE READING

SECTION 6 COURSE READING

SECTION 7 COURSE READING

 

 Additional Reading Material

Fire-Related Reports

 

Firefighter Fatality Reports from U.S.F.A.
Empire State Building Plane Crash - 1945
 
Collision in New York, 1945
News Broadcast of 1945 Empire State Building Plane Crash

Articles on Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

Information on Great Chicago Fire and Peshtigo Fire

Iroquois Theater Fire

The Iroquois Theater Fire
Iroquois Theater Fire

Information on Automatic Sprinkler Systems

9/11 Information

Hazardous Material Information

Rhode Island

Chicago

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 Incident Reports
Firefighter Fatality Report - Enterprise Fire Company, Hamilton Township, NJ
 
9/11 Material

 

 

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
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