Prevention And Control Of Fire Losses

Author : Frank L. Ahern
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780428523794
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (237 download)

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Download or read book Prevention and Control of Fire Losses written by Frank L. Ahern and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-07 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Prevention and Control of Fire Losses: A Handbook During the past year fire has taken a heavy toll of human life as well as of critical materials and equipment such as rubber, foodstuffs, and ships. Conservation of existing facilities has become of prime importance. It is hoped that this Handbook will be of value in promoting such conser vation and that it will also serve as a guide in post-war planning. The Handbook presents in brief form a procedure for the prevention and control of fire losses. It contains some fundamentals of construction, Operation, and protection which have a bearing on fire prevention and control. Defects that have been found from many years of experience in the review of plans and from field surveys to be somewhat com mon are emphasized in the text. Safe practice standards for specific types of hazards are summarized in the Appendix. Fire losses can be controlled, and the extent of such control will depend upon the degree of protection that is justifiable in the design of a building and its equipment, the standard of maintenance that is established, and the availability of trained personnel and suitable equipment to cope with emergencies. Incendiary bombs, high-explosive bombs, and sabotage are not discussed in this Handbook. Information on these important current problems is now available in publications of the Office of Civilian Defense, War Department, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the National Fire Protection Association. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.