Wall Collapse

by Vincent Dunn

This DVD is based on observing hundreds of fires and how firefighters are as likely to get killed outside a burning building as inside. The DVD covers different kinds of walls, the three ways they collapse, how far they fall, establishing danger zones, and the proper use of fire streams. In addition, the DVD describes the responsibilities of officers and firefighters. An update of the 1988 VHS training tape. Based on the text Collapse of Burning Buildings: A Guide to Fireground Safety, by Vincent Dunn. ? Includes new introduction by Vincent Dunn ? Downloadable quiz questions available in .pdf format for use on computers

1 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Vincent Joseph Dunn is a retired firefighter who served the New York Fire Department for 42 years, rising in rank to Commander of Division 3 (Midtown Manhattan). A longtime contributing editor to Firehouse Magazine, he is the author of nine books on firefighting and one memoir. He published two of his books before his 1999 retirement from New York City Fire Department: "Collapse of Burning Buildings: A Guide to Fireground Safety," 1988; and "Safety and Survival on the Fireground," 1992. His later books are "Command and Control of Fires and Emergencies," 2000; "Strategy of Firefighting," 2007; "Building Construction the Firefighters Battlespace," 2018; "Fire the Battlespace Enemy," 2020; Battlespace Combat," 2020; "Skyscraper Battlespace High-Rise Firefighting," published 2022, and “Battlespace Life-or-Death Decisions,” published 2023.