BOOKS
FIRE IN FORESTRY VOL. I & II, C. Chandler, P. Cheney, P. Thomas, L. Trabaud and D. Williams; Vol. I: Forest Fire Behavior and Effects, 450 pages; $49.95. Vol. II: Forest Fire Management and Organization, 298 pages; $42.50.
The two volume work contains research on the behavior and control of forest fires. It demonstrates how to plan and manage an organization that will effectively control fire and make use of it in land management. Vol. 1 explains why forest fires are controlled by different mechanisms, depending on their size and intensity and how these mechanisms affect a fire’s behavior and its effects on the ecosystem. Vol. II shows how to formulate fire management and covers the difference between forest fires and structural fires and details the techniques and equipment used to suppress forest fires.
THE INDUSTRIAL FIRE DEPARTMENT TRAINING MANUAL, General Physics Corporation, 1065 Hickcry Ridge Rd., Columbia, MD 20144; 370 pages; $29.95.
This manual is designed to support initial firefighting training programs and retraining programs for industrial firefighting. Chapters include Interior firefighting, ropes, forcible entry and more. The manual is illustrated, easyto-read, and soft-bound.
SPRINKLER HYDRAULICS, Harold Wass, Jr.; IRM Insurance, 15 North Broadway, While Plains, NY 10601; 189 pages; $19.95.
The text deals with the very latest techniques and trends in automatic sprinkler design. The thrust of the book is on understanding flow phenomena to help the reader evaluate calculated sprinkler systems. Starting with a general discussion of the mathematics involved, the discussion proceeds to define sprinkler density including several examples which explain how to determine discharge areas.
