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Brannigan's Building Construction for the Fire Service, Fourth Edition

Overview

In 1971, Francis L. Brannigan created Building Construction for the Fire Service. His goal was to offer the most comprehensive building construction resource available to fire fighters in order to save fire fighter’s lives. This book is the Fourth Edition of that groundbreaking resource.

The Fourth Edition honors Frank Brannigan’s legacy by continuing his passion for detail and extensive practical experience. His motto, “Know your buildings,” impacts every aspect of this text. It continues the Brannigan tradition of using plain language to deliver technical information about different building types and their unique hazards. It also presents critical firefighting information in an easy-to-understand format and ensures that fire fighters have the knowledge they need before they step onto the fireground.

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Listen to a Podcast with Brannigan's Building Construction for the Fire Service, Fourth Edition co-author Glenn Corbett to learn more about this training program!
Glenn discusses his relationship with the late Frank Brannigan, the dangers of heavy construction timber, occupancy specific hazards, and other areas of emphasis within the Fourth Edition. Listen now.

ShowKey Features

New chapter features include:

  • Learning Objectives - Objectives are provided for each chapter with corresponding page references.
  • Words from Brannigan - Words from Brannigan is a case study opening each chapter, from noted authority Frank Brannigan.
  • Chapter Summaries - These summaries review the key concepts presented in the chapter.
  • Key Terms - Terms are easily identified and defined within the text.  A comprehensive list with definitions follows each chapter.
  • Review Questions - Review questions are available to test readers retention of the materials presented in the chapter.

New and updated content, including a chapter on Concepts of Building Construction

New 3-section chapter reorganization:

  • Principles of Building Construction
  • Types of Building Construction
  • Special Hazards

 

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ShowTable of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Concepts of Construction
Chapter 3: Methods and Materials of Construction, Renovation, and Demolition
Chapter 4: Building Codes
Chapter 5: Features of Fire Protection
Chapter 6: Wood Frame Construction
Chapter 7: Heavy Timber Construction
Chapter 8: Ordinary Construction
Chapter 9: Non-Combustible Construction
Chapter 10: Fire-Resistive Construction
Chapter 11: Specific Occupancy Hazards
Chapter 12: Collapse


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ShowAbout the Author(s)

Francis L. Brannigan

Francis L. Brannigan has decades of experience as a professional fire protection specialist. During World War II he directed a naval fire fighting school, commanded a sea going fire fighting unit, and was chief in the Army-Navy-Pancanal fire protection organization. He served for years as Public Safety Liaison for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. He developed programs for fire officers as well as a fire loss program. Mr. Brannigan has been honored by the Society of Fire Protection Engineers with full membership even though his degree was not taken in engineering. For various years he served on various committee on the National Fire Protection Association. In addition, the Chesapeake Chapter of International Society of Fire Instructors founded the Francis Brannigan Instructor of the Year Award in his honor.

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Glenn P. Corbett

Glenn Corbett, P.E. is an Assistant Professor of Fire Science at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City.  He also serves as Technical Editor of Fire Engineering magazine, as an Assistant Chief of the Waldwick, New Jersey Fire Department, and a member of the New Jersey State Fire Code Council. He is a former president of the New Jersey Society of Fire Service Instructors. He was a member of the Federal Advisory Committee to the National Construction Safety Team that investigated the 9/11 World Trade Center disaster and the fire at the Station nightclub in Rhode Island. His past code enforcement experience includes serving as the Administrator of Engineering Services of the San Antonio, Texas Fire Department and as a Fire Protection Consultant in the City of Austin, Texas Fire Department.

National Fire Protection Association

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has been a worldwide leader in providing fire, building, electrical, and life safety to the public since 1896. The mission of the international nonprofit organization is to reduce the worldwide burden for fire and other hazards on the quality of life by providing and advocating scientifically-based consensus codes and standards, research, training, and education. Developer of the National Electrical Code®, and 300 other codes and standards through a full, open-consensus process, NFPA also produces educational curricula, including the Risk Watch® community-based injury prevention curriculum and the Learn Not to Burn® fire safety curriculum. NFPA headquarters is in Quincy, Massachusetts.

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      Instructor's ToolKit CD-ROM

      ISBN-13: 9780763748722 ISBN-10: 0763748722

      Preparing for class is easy with the resources on this CD-ROM, including:

      • Adaptable PowerPoint Presentations - Provides you with a powerful way to make presentations that are educational and engaging to your students.  These slides can be modified and edited to meet your needs. 
      • Lecture Outlines - Provides you with complete, ready-to-use lecture outlines that include all of the topics covered in the text.  Offered in Word Documents, the lecture outlines can be modified and customized to fit your course.
      • Electronic TestBank - Contains multiple-choice and scenario-based questions, and allows you to originate tailor-made classroom tests and quizzes quickly and easily by selecting, editing, organizing, and printing a test along with an answer key, including page references to the text.
      • Image and Table Bank - Provides you with a selection of the most important images and tables found in the textbook.  You can use them to incorporate more images into the PowerPoint presentations, make handouts, or enlarge a specific image for further discussion. 
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      JBCourse Manager

      ISBN-13: 9780763760298

      Combining our robust teaching and learning materials with an intuitive and customizable learning platform, JBCourse Manager enables instructors to create an online course quickly and easily. The system allows instructors to readily complete the following tasks:

      • Customize preloaded content or easily import new content
      • Provide online testing
      • Offer discussion forums, real-time chat, group projects, and assignments
      • Organize course curricula and schedules
      • Track student progress, generate reports, and manage training and compliance activities

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      Student Workbook

      ISBN-13: 9780763748791 ISBN-10: 076374879X

      This resource is designed to encourage critical thinking and aid comprehension of the course material through:

      • Case studies and corresponding questions
      • Figure labeling exercises
      • Matching, fill-in-the-blank, short answer, and multiple-choice questions

       

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      Brannigan's Building Construction for the Fire Service, Fourth Edition Textbook and Student Workbook

      Bundle ISBN: 9780763784232
      This bundle includes the Brannigan's Building Construction for the Fire Service, Fourth Edition Textbook and Student Workbook.
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