Fire Behavior College 2021 Class Information
Congratulations on being accepted into Fire Behavior College 2021. Below you will find the class schedule as well as some required reading and some recommended additional reading. If you have any questions please reach out to us via our contact page.
Required for class:
- ‘Smoke Burns’ by John Taylor. Available at smokeburns.com for free download
- “The Chemical History of a Candle” by Michael Faraday. Available on the KTF website or videos on engineerguy.com
It is recommended that students complete both of these prior to the course starting.
- https://www.scribbr.com/research-process/hypotheses/ How to write a scientific hypothesis
- https://firerescuemagazine.firefighternation.com/2011/02/28/using-air-track-management-to-control-compartment-fires/
- “Attacking and Extinguishing Interior Fires” by Lloyd Layman. Available on KTF website
- Whitley, W. (2011). “Why Lloyd Layman is Still Relevant” https://www.firefighternation.com/2011/02/28/why-lloyd-layman-is-still-relevant/
Additional readings for improved understanding:
Bengtsson, L.-G. (2001). Enclosure Fires. Huskvama, Sweden, Swedish Rescue Services Agency.
Braidwood, J. (1886). Fire Prevention and Fire Extinction. London, Bell & Daldy.
Dixon, J. (2016). Normalization of Deviance. Firehouse. New York.
Faraday, M. (1908). The Chemical History of a Candle, Guttenburg Press.
Grimwood, P., et al. (2005). 3D Fire Fighting, Training.
Kimball, W. Y. (1965). “Open Up!” NFPA Firemen.
Layman, L. (1953). Fire fighting tactics. Boston, MA, NFPA.
Layman, L. (1955). Attacking and extinguishing interior fires. Boston, MA, NFPA.
National Fire Protection Association (2012). NFPA 1403: Standard on live fire training evolutions. Quincy, MA, National Fire Protection Association.
Nelson, F. W. (1989). Qualitative Fire Behavior. Ashland, MA, International Society of Fire Instructors.
Sardqvist, S. (2002). Water and other extinguishing agents, Swedish Rescue Services Agency.
Sardqvist, S. (2013). Water as an extinguishing agent. International Fire Instructors Meeting, Skovde, Sweden.
Shaw, E. M. (1873). “Records of the late london fire engine establishment.” North American Review CCXL: 108-111.
Taylor, J. (2007). Smoke burns. York, Quack.
Taylor, J., and Warren Whitley (2011). “Using Air Track Management to Control Compartment Fires.” FireRescue 10(4). https://firerescuemagazine.firefighternation.com/2011/02/28/using-air-track-management-to-control-compartment-fires/
Traina, N. e. a. (2017). “Occupant Tenability in Single Family Homes: Part II: Impact of Door Control, Vertical Ventilation, and Water Application.” Fire Technology.