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  • The Wildfire Twenty

    A Firefighter Memoir

    by Harold R. Larson ...
    In the spring of 2011, a devastating wildfire almost destroyed the town of Slave Lake. From the aftermath, a new type of Alberta firefighting crew was created to fight wildfires that could threaten entire communities. These 20-person crews would become known as “Units.”The Wildfire Twenty is the memoir of veteran firefighter Harold Larson leading the first Peace River Unit crew as they learn how ... Read more

    6,35 €

  • Firefighter Interview Questions And Answers

    by Richard McMunn ...
    This book contains lots of sample interview questions and answers for the National Firefighter Selection process. It has been written by a former serving Firefighter who spent 17 years in the Fire Service. The competition for joining the UK Fire Service is extremely fierce and it is important that a candidate is fully prepared for the interview. If you reach the Firefighter interview you have done ... Read more

    11,97 €

  • Firefighter Interview Questions and Answers

    by Richard McMunn ...
    This book contains lots of sample interview questions and answers for the National Firefighter Selection process. It has been written by a former serving Firefighter who spent 17 years in the Fire Service. The competition for joining the UK Fire Service is extremely fierce and it is important that a candidate is fully prepared for the interview. If you reach the Firefighter interview you have done ... Read more

    11,97 €

  • Catastrophe and Systemic Change: Learning from the Grenfell Tower Fire and Other Disasters

    by Gill Kernick ...
    The Grenfell Tower tragedy was the worst residential fire in London since World War II. It killed seventy-two people in the richest borough of one of the wealthiest countries in the world. Like other catastrophic events before it and since, it has the power to bring about lasting change. But will it? The historical evidence is weighed against ‘lessons being learned’ in a meaningful or enduring way ... Read more

    14,30 €

  • Neu als Brandschutzbeauftragter

    So starten Sie erfolgreich in Ihre neue Aufgabe!

    by Klaus Meding ...
    Frisch ausgebildete Brandschutzbeauftragte stehen nach Rückkehr in den Betrieb oft vor dem Problem, dass die Umsetzung des erlernten Wissens im "heimischen" Betrieb schwer ist: Entweder ist die Erwartungshaltung des Unternehmers/Arbeitgebers sehr hoch, oder es müssen Maßnahmen und Vorhaben im Betrieb durchgesetzt werden – vielleicht sogar gegen gewisse Widerstände. Das Buch erleichtert den ... Read more

    24,99 €

  • Leo's Guide to Not Becoming a Statistic

    How to Prevent Crime & What to Do in a Situation

    by Leo Prinsloo ...
    If this book saves just one person’s life, Leo Prinsloo will be happy.Leo became a worldwide internet sensation after footage of his reaction to an attempted high-value goods-in-transit heist went viral. Stunned by his cool attitude and focused action in a crisis situation, South Africans had an example of what can happen when good people take a stand.With decades of experience in security – first ... Read more

    9,53 €

  • KATIGA DAN PENCEGAHAN BAHAYA KEBAKARAN

    by Gatot Soedarto ...
    Buku ini menjelaskan teori tentang keselamatan kerja dan cara-cara mencegah terjadinya kecelakaan kerja. Katiga atau K3 : Keselamatan dan Kesehatan Kerja. Safety First, keselamatan harus diutamakan, cegah dan hindari unsafe action, dan ciptakan safe condition di lingkungan kerja. Buku ini juga menjelaskan teori tentang api dan prinsip dasar pemadaman kebakaran, serta mengenalkan bermacam-macam ... Read more

    3,09 €

  • Firefighting in Frederick

    by Clarence "Chip" Jewell, Warren W. Jenkins ...
    Series series Images of America
    The story of firefighting in Frederick, Maryland, is a complex tale of heroism, sacrifice, and duty that dates back to 1818. Firefighters play a vital role in any time, but it's almost easy to forget the days before mandatory fire safety practices, when most buildings were made of wood, how often the fire department was the only thing to prevent a fire from destroying an entire city. This volume ... Read more

    11,16 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Scientific Uncertainty and Its Influence on the Public Communication Process

    Edited by Virginia H. Sublet, V.T. Covello, Tim L. Tinker ...
    Series Book 86 - NATO Science Series D
    Experts from academia and government who are actively engaged in research in the area of risk communication present a compendium of cases that give information and allow the development of strategies to improve the communication of scientific information to the public. The cases span Western, Central and Eastern Europe, covering such areas as nuclear waste, heavy metal contamination, landfill ... Read more

    85,85 €

  • The State of Fire

    Why California Burns

    by Obi Kaufmann ...
    Los Angeles Times BestsellerLos Angeles Daily News Noteworthy Book of 20242025 California Indie Bookstore BestsellerL.A. Taco Best Book of 2024How do we live with fire? From the creator of The California Field Atlas, a book of stewardship, resilience, and hope.Fire is an essential part of California's ecology. Humans have been usin... ... Read more

    18,22 €

  • The Ultimate Survival Guide: Thriving in the Face of Adversity

    by Annie ...
    "The Ultimate Survival Guide: Thriving in the Face of Adversity" is a comprehensive manual that covers the essential skills and knowledge needed to survive in a wide range of challenging situations. It provides a holistic approach to survival, from understanding the psychology of survival to mastering practical skills like shelter-building, fire-starting, first aid, and navigation.Throughout the ... Read more

    5,99 €

  • Reconstructing Our Orders

    Artificial Intelligence and Human Society

    Edited by Donghan Jin ...
    This book discusses in detail the great historical and social significance of the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI). It consists of seven chapters, each focusing on a specific issue related to AI, such as ethical principles, legal regulations, education, employment and security. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, it appeals to wide readership, ranging from experts and government ... Read more

    133,55 €

  • Collaborative Development for the Prevention of Occupational Accidents and Diseases

    Change Laboratory in Workers' Health

    Edited by Rodolfo Andrade de Gouveia Vilela, Marco Antonio Pereira Querol, Sandra Lorena Beltran Hurtado, Gislaine Cecília de Oliveira Cerveny, Manoela Gomes Reis Lopes ...
    This book presents an innovative method to improve workers’ health and prevent occupational accidents: the Change Laboratory, a method of formative intervention that enables the organization's participants to identify, with the help of facilitators, the historical and systemic origins of work processes anomalies (environmental problems, work safety and health, quality and productivity problems, ... Read more

    133,55 €

  • Operations Management and Systems Engineering

    Select Proceedings of CPIE 2018

    Edited by Anish Sachdeva, Pradeep Kumar, Om Prakash Yadav ...
    Series series Lecture Notes on Multidisciplinary Industrial Engineering
    This book comprises select proceedings of the International Conference on Production and Industrial Engineering (CPIE) 2018. The book focuses on the latest developments in the domain of operations management and systems engineering, and presents analytical models, case studies, and simulation approaches relevant to a wide variety of systems engineering problems. Topics such as decision sciences, ... Read more

    190,79 €

  • The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident

    Final Report of the AESJ Investigation Committee

    Edited by Atomic Energy Society of Japan ...
    The Magnitude 9 Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011, followed by a massive tsunami struck TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station and triggered an unprecedented core melt/severe accident in Units 1 – 3. The radioactivity release led to the evacuation of local residents, many of whom still have not been able to return to their homes.As a group of nuclear experts, the Atomic Energy ... Read more

    133,55 €

  • Firehouse Pranks and Antics

    A Compilation of Firefighter Interviews

    by Jon Metz, Jeremy Olson ...
    Brother & Sister Firefighter, Sometime, ask a seasoned firefighter if they've ever seen anything funny in the firehouse and see where the conversation goes. A couple things will likely happen: the old salt will likely recall a number of great times they've had that are unlike any other social environment out there, and second, the new blood will get an idea of how America's firehouse should be. A ... Read more

    8,59 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Advances in Safety Management and Human Factors

    Proceedings of the AHFE 2017 International Conference on Safety Management and Human Factors, July 17–21, 2017, The Westin Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Edited by Pedro Arezes ...
    Series Book 604 - Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
    This book discusses the latest findings on ensuring employees’ safety, health, and welfare at work. It combines a range of disciplines – e.g. work physiology, health informatics, safety engineering, workplace design, injury prevention, and occupational psychology – and presents new strategies for safety management, including accident prevention methods such as performance testing and participatory ... Read more

    190,79 €

  • The Professional Protection Officer

    Practical Security Strategies and Emerging Trends

    by IFPO ...
    The Professional Protection Officer: Security Strategies, Tactics and Trends (8th Edition) is the definitive reference and instructional text for career oriented security officers in both the private and public sectors. The first edition originated with the birth of the International Foundation for Protection Officers (IFPO) in 1988, which has been using the book as the official text since that ... Read more

    Was 45,74 € Now 39,10 €

  • Brankkarit

    by Leena Stark ...
    Sankarimyyttiä savustava dokumentti palomiehistä, häkäisen, rankan ja huonosti palkatun työn tekijöistä, joista harva pääsee terveenä eläkkeelle.Palomies tulee paikalle, kun hätä on suurin kun tulenlieskat tanssivat tai sydän pysähtyy. Mikä motivoi brankkaria pysymään työssä, joka on henkisesti ja fyysisesti raskasta ja josta moni ei jää terveenä eläkkeelle? Mitä mielessä liikkuu, kun savun seassa ... Read more

    6,67 €

  • Energy-Based Seismic Engineering

    Proceedings of IWEBSE 2021

    Edited by Amadeo Benavent-Climent, Fabrizio Mollaioli ...
    Series Book 155 - Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
    This volume gathers the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of seismic engineering, as presented by leading researchers and engineers at the 1st International Workshop on Energy-Based Seismic Engineering (IWEBSE), held in Madrid, Spain, on May 24-26, 2021. The contributions cover a diverse range of topics, including energy-based EDPs, damage potential of ground motion, ... Read more

    208,92 €

  • Architectures of Security

    Design, Control, Mobility

    Edited by Benjamin J. Muller, Can E. Mutlu ...
    Series series Geopolitical Bodies, Material Worlds
    Architectures of Security: Design, Control, Mobility examines the relationship between architecture, security, and technology, focusing on the way these factors mutually constitute a “ferocious” architecture-an architecture, aesthetic, or design that is violent, forcing the performances and practices of sovereign power and neoliberalism. The text provides examples from urban spaces in both the ... Read more

    Was 102,07 € Now 88,50 €

  • Climate Change, Resilience and Cultural Heritage

    In-Between International Debates and Practical Encounters

    by Mehrnaz Rajabi ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book showcases the cross-disciplinary and “systemic” relationships among climate change, resilience, and cultural heritage. It critically reviews the contemporary international documents and scholarly debates of the climate science, disaster risk management, and heritage fields and reveals that, within the comprehensive point of view, the potential and advances in one field could be ... Read more

    52,46 €

  • Civil Engineering for Multi-Hazard Risk Reduction

    Select Proceedings of IACESD 2023

    Edited by K. S. Sreekeshava, Sreevalsa Kolathayar, N. Vinod Chandra Menon ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This book presents select proceedings of the International Conference on Interdisciplinary Approaches in Civil Engineering for Sustainable Development (IACESD 2023) hosted under the aegis of the Group of Twenty (G20) and Civil 20 (C20) at Jyothy Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, India. The topics covered include sustainable and resilient communities, sustainable construction materials, disaster ... Read more

    199,38 €

  • Fire Alarms Kill People (Unless Used As Directed)

    by Paul Celentano ...
    A portion of the proceeds from the sales of this book will be donated to the Shriner's Hospital for Children's Pediatric Burn Unit in Boston, Massachusetts.What's so funny about…Fire Alarms that people ignore? Fire Alarms that don't work? Fire Alarm Systems that are falsely documented? Fire Alarms that kill people (when not used as directed)? Nothing!Written with humor, somber reflection, and ... Read more

    5,99 €