Acknowledgment and dedication
Chapter 1: Getting Started:
Characteristics of rural communities
Chapter 2: American Extravagance:
Pro-Qual standards and the pro board
Reality of the fire problem
Two basic fire management options
Managing the impact of fire
Fire department resources
How bad is the rural fire problem?
Chapter 4: Organizational Design:
Where your department stands
Our job really boils down to the "Big Five"
If you think you have problems
Chapter 5: Time And Fire Control:
Which of the Big Five is most important?
Time: the yardstick of fire control
NFPA 1710 (career standard) and time
NFPA 1720 (volunteer standard) and time
Making sense of all of this
Who is the AHJ of your department?
Chapter 6: Response Time And Fire Deaths:
Role of burn time in fire deaths
Role of long burn time in fire deaths
What won't significantly reduce the risk to life in rural fires
What will significantly reduce the risk to life in rural fires
Reducing the wildland/urban interface problem
Say what you do, do what you say
Chapter 7: Combustion And Water Supply:
Control of smoldering combustion
Understanding water's abilities
Factors affecting the rate of heat transfer
Water as a cooling/smothering agent
Experts did not all agree
Thermal balance/imbalance
Chapter 8: Life Cycle Of A Fire:
Water: most critical of the Big Five
Automatic fire suppression
NFPA 13D and the Big Five
Automatic sprinkler reflex time
Manual fire suppression reflex time
Water supplies for manual fire suppression
Initial attack and sustained attack
Chapter 9: Rate-Of-Flow Formulas:
Iowa State rate-of-flow formula
National Fire Academy's fire flow formula
ISO water supply requirements
Chapter 10: Class A Foam And CAFS Briefing:
Debate over new technology
Surface tension and gravity
Class A foam improves water
Conventional foam generation
Nozzle Aspirated Foam Systems-NAFS
Compressed Air Foam Systems-CAFS
Class A foam and the structure fire attack
What these test results mean to rural firefighters
NAFS and CAFS and the Big Five
NAFS and CAFS effects on time
Word of caution about application rates
Chapter 11: Fire Attack System:
Fire attack system must be based on fast response
What do residential sprinklers have to do with rural firefighting?
Portable fire extinguishers
Booster lines/trash lines
Which is the best nozzle?
Red bank master stream SOP
Strategy, tactics, and logistics
Tactical considerations for NAFS and CAFS foam use
Pre-emergency plans and water supply plans
Butte/Silver bow exercise
What would we need to double our capability?
Which is needed more: firefighters or support team members?
Positive displacement pumps
Drafting with centrifugal pumps
Factors that limit drafting operations
NFPA 1901 performance requirements
Friction and entrance losses
Motorized pump performance
Single-stage vs two-stage pumps
Arguments over efficiency
Classes of portable pumps
Chapter 13: Priming Midship Pumps:
Pump, manifold, and suction hose assembly vacuum test
Priming system diagnosis: symptoms and possible causes
Chapter 14: Maximizing Flow: Midship Pumps:
Rural drafting challenges
Chapter 15: Front Suctions:
Pressure losses due to flow
Front suctions and hydrant operations
Chapter 16: Rural Water Supplies:
Static suction supplies with no flow
Static suction supplies with open channel flow
Maximizing available static sources
Dry hydrants and drafting basins
Grand Lake, Colorado drafting basin
Chapter 17: Maximizing The Water Transport System:
Maximizing the water transport system
Delivery rate through a hose line
Large diameter hose (LDH)
Water transport on wheels
Performance and simplicity are key
Water transport priorities
Chapter 18: Putting It All Together:
Thoughts about "Chiefing"
Fire department liability issues
Priority #1- FD organizational statement
Occupational safety and health policy
Developing a policy statement
Emergency operations (The Department's Final Exam)
Developing your best resource-your people
Realistic training program
Final words with regard to training
