|
Fully updated to reflect changing safety codes, regulations, and technologies!
Comprehensive, uniquely focused, and completely up-to-date, the Industrial Fire Protection Handbook
presents practical techniques and a performance-oriented approach to effective fire protection and safety in the workplace.
New in this second edition:
- More in-depth treatment of hazard control and life safety issues
- Broader coverage of installed fire protection systems
- Discussion of new extinguishing agents, including wet chemical and clean agents
- expanded coverage of general loss control programs
- More examples on selection, placement, and maintenance of fire extinguishers
Numerous examples and illustrations provide a detailed overview of all essential areas of fire protection,
including loss control programs, fire behavior, life safety, hazard control, and emergency planning.
Students of industrial fire protection as well as seasoned practioners will benefit from this
substantive reference. (350 pp., 2002)
|
 |