- Author
- Dunn, V.
- Coporate
- New York Fire Dept., NY
- Book or Conf
- Collapse of Burning Buildings: A Guide to Fireground Safety. Firefighter Survival Training Series, Fire Engineering, New York, NY, 300 p., 1988
- Keywords
- building collapse | building construction | safety | fire fighters | survival | training | survival training | masonry | fire fighting | walls | roofs | timber | ceilings | stariways | escape means | wooden structures | rescue | rescue operations
- Identifiers
- general collapse information; constructive terms of building design; firefighting problems and structural hazards; masonry wall collapse; collapse dangers of parapet walls; wood floor collapse; sloping peak roof collapse; timber truss roof collapse; flot roof collapse; lightweight steel roof collapse; lightweight wood truss collapse; fire escape collapse; wood-frame building collapse; collapse hazards of buildings under construction; collapse caused by master stream operation; safety precautions prior to collapse; post-fire analysis