by Vincent Dunn

This book looks at life-or-death decisions firefighters make battling fire. "Life-or-death decisions" isn't a term firefighters use in the firehouse, but it is exactly what we do every day when we advance a hoseline into a deadly, uncontrolled environment of a flaming, smoke-filled room, or crawl down a superheated hallway about to flash over.

The firefighters' work environment is a deadly uncontrolled space where explosions, flashover, collapse, or toxic gas exposure can happen suddenly, and we must never forget that! This book documents when and where firefighters will be required to make these critical life-or-death decisions, and shows firefighters how to survive in the fireground battlespace.