Failure Point: How to Determine Burning Building Stability
Book Details
Author(s)Howard Hill
PublisherFire Engineering Books & Videos
ISBN / ASIN1593702833
ISBN-139781593702830
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank2,451,722
CategoryTechnology & Engineering
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
In his new book, author Howard J. Hill describes building construction features and how to recognize collapse dangers for all types of buildings and construction methods.
The book contains a wealth of useful information, including discussions about:
• key elements that warn of imminent fire-induced collapse
• how to prevent injuries to operating personnel
• adapting risk/benefit techniques to manage firefighting personnel on the fireground
• how building codes affect fire-induced building collapses
• and much more!
Failure Point is an important resource for chief officers, company officers, firefighters, and code officials. It meets Fire and Emergency Services Higher Education (FESHE) requirements for the Building Construction for Fire Protection course.
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