Manual of firemanship. a survey of the science of fire-fighting / Book 4, Incidents involving aircraft, shipping and railways :
Manual of firemanship. a survey of the science of fire-fighting / Book 4, Incidents involving aircraft, shipping and railways :
Home Office (Fire Department).
- London : H.M.S.O., 1985.
- xxvii, 266 p., [44] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), 2 maps, facsims., plans (some col.), 2 forms ; 22 cm. + pbk.
Includes index.
Part 1: Incidents involving aircraft -- Introduction -- Design and construction of fixed-wing civil aircraft -- Design and construction of fixed-wing military aircraft -- Rotary-wing aircraft -- Aviation authorities, airports and emergency procedures -- Incidents on airports -- Incidents off airports -- Rescue from aircraft -- Special hazards in aircraft incidents -- Part 2: Incidents involving shipping -- Introduction --Ship construction -- Ship-board fire protection -- Factors relevant to incidents on ships -- Stabililty -- Fighting ship fires in port -- Incidents at sea -- Dangerous substances on ships and in port areas -- Inland waterways -- Part 3: Incidents involving railways -- Introduction -- Features of railways -- Features of trains -- Emergency procedures for railway incidents -- Action at the scene of a railway incident -- Rescue from trains -- Dangerous substances carried on trains.
0113405847
Fire extinction--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
628.925
Includes index.
Part 1: Incidents involving aircraft -- Introduction -- Design and construction of fixed-wing civil aircraft -- Design and construction of fixed-wing military aircraft -- Rotary-wing aircraft -- Aviation authorities, airports and emergency procedures -- Incidents on airports -- Incidents off airports -- Rescue from aircraft -- Special hazards in aircraft incidents -- Part 2: Incidents involving shipping -- Introduction --Ship construction -- Ship-board fire protection -- Factors relevant to incidents on ships -- Stabililty -- Fighting ship fires in port -- Incidents at sea -- Dangerous substances on ships and in port areas -- Inland waterways -- Part 3: Incidents involving railways -- Introduction -- Features of railways -- Features of trains -- Emergency procedures for railway incidents -- Action at the scene of a railway incident -- Rescue from trains -- Dangerous substances carried on trains.
0113405847
Fire extinction--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
628.925