FDNY Operational Reference-GREAT book

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FDNY OPERATIONAL REFERENCE, 5th ed.,

James S. Griffiths, 2003

Can the BEST FDNY reference get better? You bet!

Jim Griffiths has just produced the latest edition of what is unquestionably "the mother of all FDNY references".

This edition is distributed to headquarters staff, all chief officer commands, and all fire companies.

It covers engine, ladder, and rescue/squad operations; includes chief officer operations, training, and statistics; explains foam, hazmat, marine, collapse, pipeline, and airport operations; provides details of dispatch operations, alarm assignment, and radio procedures.

It also lists apparatus assignment for each company and unit; includes an overview of EMS operations and shows ambulance deployment, and much, much more!

Topics which have additions or significant changes from the previous edition:

McKinsey Report on FDNY World Trade Center operations

Updated Headquarters and field organizational charts portraying current headquarters staffing and the newly activated Borough Commands

Data reflects units activated and disbanded since 9/11/01

Updated borough maps

New UHF tactical radio systems

Revised alarm assignments

Response to Weapons of Mass Destruction threats, including Operations in Bio-Hazard Areas, planned expansions of Hazmat responsibilities by designated ladder companies, new training programs, and implementation of new incident command facilities and procedures.

Revised Foam Operations procedures

Updated listing of all ladders, pumpers, and special unit apparatus

Updated fire response statistics

8 1/2" x 11", 233 pages, B&W photos, spiral bound, BF1115 / $29.95