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Searching Smarter

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Searching Smarterby John "Skip" Coleman, Assistant Chief (Ret.), Toledo (OH) Department of Fire and Rescue In his latest book, best selling author Skip Coleman takes a comprehensive look at search for the fire service. Searching Smarter defines the four most common types of search (the standard, oriented, vent enter search, and team search) and applies them to existing common occupancy types (residential and commercial). It also discusses the relationship between

by John "Skip" Coleman, Assistant Chief (Ret.), Toledo (OH) Department of Fire and Rescue

In his latest book, best-selling author Skip Coleman takes a comprehensive look at search for the fire service.

Searching Smarter defines the four most common types of search (the standard, oriented, vent/enter/search, and team search) and applies them to existing common occupancy types (residential and commercial). It also discusses the relationship between command and other divisions/groups, search basics, and reading buildings for search.

Searching Smarter is an important resource for firefighters riding all apparatus types, company and chief officers, and paid and volunteer firefighters.

Features and benefits:

  • Covers the best methods of search for specific instances
  • Discusses search plans, search focus, and search continuity
  • Illustrates search techniques with diagrams and photographs
  • An all-in-one search textbook

Contents:

  • Introduction
  • The scope of the problem
  • Types of search used today
  • Incident commander and the search group
  • The relationship between search and groups/divisions
  • The standard method of search
  • Team search
  • The oriented search
  • Vent/Enter/Search (VES)
  • Search basics
  • Primary and secondary searches
  • Prioritizing search
  • Search vs. rescue
  • Reading the building for search
  • Where to start and where to stop searches
  • How long should a search last?
  • Searching with a hoseline
  • Searching with a tool
  • Searching with a thermal imager
  • Single family occupancies
  • Multi-family occupancies
  • Low-rise motels
  • Nursing homes and other health care/institutional occupancies
  • Restaurants
  • Strip malls
  • Places of worship
  • Industrial occupancies
  • Newer office buildings
  • Large malls and big box stores
  • Final thoughts
  • Index

Pages 262/Hardcover/8.5x11/2011
ISBN10 1-59370-258-2

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Killoran
Waukegan, US
★★★★★ 3
Poor formatting on kindle version
Format: Kindle
Five stars for the book, 0 stars for the formatting of this kindle version. Every word that contains a double "l", such as "all", "Stillness", "hill", etc. omits the second "l" in the word. Universal y. Kil. Al. Germ cels. It is extremely annoying, and one or more on nearly every page. Is it possible to swap this one for a kindle version with better formatting?
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Ace-of-Stars
Fort Morgan, US
★★★★★ 5
Intense and Informative
Format: Paperback
This is some intense and easily consumed deep reading material, compelling us to gaze uncomfortably at and into the unflattering challenges which continue to face the African-American collective "Community," and delves head-on into examining & explaining how the "HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE" of Black People in the United States, those who were the unfortunate descendants of the Trans-Atlantic African Slave Trade, has both simultaneously "Strengthened" and "Hindered" hindered life for this segment of the North American population across the Generations, to where many of its effects are still being felt even to this very Day. This is a powerful companion to Dr. Carol Anderson's excellent book on on the Societal struggles of Blacks in America - "WHITE RAGE: The Unspoken Truth Of Our Racial Divide"
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Keith Roann
Draper, US
★★★★★ 5
Great book 📖
Format: Paperback
Really good quick service 😃
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Kay Ennis
Massapequa, US
★★★★★ 5
Historical education, great book!
Format: Paperback
This is a very good book. It gives a very insightful culturally appropriate view toward understanding a viewpoint from another persons perspective!
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Dr VickersBey JD
Bozeman, US
★★★★★ 5
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome
Format: Hardcover
Very well done book that does not make Black People feel angry nor White People guilty but from a gentle and skillful psychological point of view the book will "have you considered the impact of this or that upon both races as the result of Slavery in America?" A folk-like homespun way of tell these truths that masks the clinical questions that all trained psychologist asked..."and how would (does) that make you feel for all of us who ever sat on a couch?" The book made me consider the psychological impact of daily slave life with a WOW again and again as I never thought of the situations the book made me consider. The shared dehumanization of both whites and blacks due to the slave experience which goes a long way towards explaining to me why we as a country cannot truly discuss slavery's impact today. I found it self-healing and very necessary for all, both black and white, but especially for the victims of the African Holocaust my terminology not hers. I thought Dr. Leary PhD, did an excellent job and a high school or even a 6 grader could read the material without difficulty.
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