Sipnosis Buku : Responding To "Routine" Emergencies

Pengarang : Frank C. Montagna

Penerbit : Fire Engineering Book & Video, Penwell Publishing Company

ISBN : 0-912212-81-0

Sipnosis : 

As firefighters, we repeatedly respond to certain types of incidents. The routine calls aren't the most exciting runs that we go on, nor are they the kind that we sit around and discuss at social gatherings and in bull sessions. Sometimes we don't even gice much thought as to how to handle them or to the threat that they pose. Much has been written about structural collapse, backdraft, confined spaces, and hazardous materials, but where is it that we spend most of our time? The main portion of a firefighter's professional life is spent putting out car fires, removing burning pots from stoves, and shutting down malfunctioning oil burners. 

A simple mattress fire is nothing compared with a multiple alarm in a paint factory that results in structural collapse and a river of burning paint flowing down the street, but which scenario will we experience more frequently? Most of us will never even see a burning paint factory, but mattress fire occur in every community, sometimes with deadly results. You've probably received training in building collapse and exposure protection, but have you trained recently on mattress fires? Preparing for the major event is essential, of course, but we must also take the time to analysis and train on those calls that we respond to over and over, day after day.

How much water should you use at a mattress fire? Should you leave the mattress in the building or remove it to the street? Should you take it down the stairs or throw it out the window? Have you ever even thought about what you do at matress fires and why you do it?