by Kriss Garcia
Positive Pressure Attack for Ventilation & Firefighting presents a way we can make ventilation work, and how and when it can do the most good.
Features:
- Basics of positive pressure and how to maximize its effectiveness for fireground ventilation
- PPA: How effective ventilation can be coordinated to support on aggressive fire attack
- Safety considerations and limitations of PPA and positive pressure
- Other ways positive pressure blowers can be used to help victims and firefighters in a variety of situations
- Implementing PPA on a department, and how to train each engine company to become a firefighting face that can accomplish both ventilation and fire attack
Contents
Overview of Fireground Ventilation
- What Is Effective Ventilation?
- Conventional Ventilation Methods
- Limitations of Conventional Methods
Positive Pressure Attack
- Understanding Positive Pressure Ventilation
- PPV + Initial Fire Attack = PPA = Coordinated Attack
Beyond the Basics
- Precautions for Using PPV and PPA
- PPA and Beyond
- Introducing PPA to the Department
- Positive Pressure Evolutions
- A Deeper Understanding
Index
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