Building
Construction for the
Command
and Company Officer
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Effective
and safe fireground operations requires command and company officers to
have a profound need to understand building systems and occupancy performance
under fire conditions. This program examines current trends and methods
in building construction that affect command and company level risk assessment
and strategic and tactical decision-making in the development of incident
action plans. |
Topics
include construction and occupancy risk assessment, structural and construction
systems and their direct relationship on structural firefighting operations,
firefighter survivability and the command decision-making process.
Buildings
on Fire: Engineered Structural
Systems
& Fireground Operations
The
modern fire ground involves structures that perform differently under structural
fire conditions, are affected by fire behavior and require significantly
different strategic and tactical operating considerations. Understanding
the principles of engineered structural systems [ESS] and assemblies, the
concepts of light weight construction and firefighting operations and the
inherent structural characteristics, materials usage, performance and supporting
systems for engineered systems and truss construction provides students
with a defined understanding of these systems and their stability and expected
performance under structural fire conditions. Current research investigative
studies and case studies will reinforce concepts presented with a greater
degree of understanding and awareness of risk factors for deployment and
company operations.
Building
Construction, Command Risk Management and Operational Safety
| An
insightful and thought provoking look at Building Construction and command
safety with the emphasis on firefighter safety and survival on the fireground
related to the changing paradigms for an improved safety culture in the
fire service. |
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The program
will review key building construction systems, occupancies, assemblies
and features with an emphasis on dynamic risk assessment, recognition-primed
decision making and safety insights. Case studies will be presented with
focused discussion on the lessons learned. This program will provide a
fresh perspective on command accountability, tactical responsibility and
firefighter safety. |
Christopher
Naum
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Christopher
Naum, SFPE, is a 34 year fire service veteran and is the Chief of Training
for the Command Institute, Washington, DC. |
An internationally
recognized authority on building construction and firefighter safety, he
is an Adjunct Instructor with the National Fire Academy, and a member of
the Board of Directors, IAFC Safety, Health & Survival Section, the
Open Fire Academy International and the ISFSI. A former architect and fire
protection engineer, he was the 1987 ISFSI George D. Post National Fire
Instructor of the Year.
He authors
the periodic column on Firehouse.com entitled Structural Anatomy focusing
on building construction, command management and firefighter safety and
also advocates and writes extensively within various fire service internet
training forums and groups including Fire Engineering, FireRescue1 and
Firefighter Nation where he authors The Command Safety and Building Construction
& Firefighter Safety Groups. He is the Second Vice President with the
International Society of Fire Service Instructors [ISFSI] and a Contributing
Editor with Firehouse Magazine and Firehouse.com.
He continues
to present his popular structural anatomy building construction & firefighter
safety training series throughout the United States and internationally
and is the developer of the informational portal www.buildingsonfire.com
dedicated to building construction, command risk management and firefighter
safety, launching in 2009. He is presently authoring a new text book
integrating building construction, risk management and firefighter safety. |
