Fire Fighting Strategy and Tactics: Featuring an 8-Step Process for Sizeup

by Harry R. Carter

An organized system of size-up that can be applied to every situation -- from the smallest dumpster fire to a block-sized inferno. The 8 steps of sizeup are: What Have I Got? Where Is It? Where Is It... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087939160X
• ISBN13: 9780879391607
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Fire Protection Publication
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A complete and highly useful text

This is a must read for firefighters and support personnel. It will give you the basics and the overall picture of how to fight fires. Firefighting is no game and this book brings home the seriousness of the profession.Wayne D. Ford, Ph.D., author of "The Firefighter's Guide to Managing Stress" docwifford@msn.com

A Great Book by a Great Guy

What more can be said, this is a MUST for any Firefighter or buff.

A simple look at a complex subject

Firefighting is a serious undertaking. It is best done by people who know what they are doing. In this text, I have set down the wisdom that I spent 30-plus years accumulating. My theory revolves around an eight-step method of assessing a fire potential, and developing an attack capable of controlling the situation at. The principles of this text are summed up in the eight steps which form my core philosophy.1. What have I got? 2. Where is it? 3. Where is it going? 4. What have I got to stop it? 5. What do I do? 6. Where can I get more help? 7. How am I doing? 8. Can I terminate?A series of thoughts and check lists lie under each of the core questions. The object is to create a basic thinking process that will help you handle a wide range of incidents.We have used a great many illustrations to show you what you may face. And there are a number of practical clues to operating on the fire ground.Carter's Hoseline Hints Carter's Engine Company TipsCarter's Truck Company TipsIn a world driven by incident management, I have written a text which tells you how to fight fire.