Building Construction: The Firefighter's Battlespace

by Vincent Dunn

In his latest book, Chief Vincent Dunn declares firefighting is a war and buildings the firefighter’s battlespace. Dunn says a battlespace is the total fire environment, the inside and outside of a burning building. A battlespace is not just the room and fire, it includes much more. Dunn also tells us about firefighting “game changers” in this book. A “game changer” is notification of an event, construction feature or fire growth that changes an incident commander’s thinking or strategy. Contents: Private Dwelling Battlespaces Strip Store Battlespaces Triple-Decker Battlespaces Multiple Dwelling Battlespaces Warehouse/Loft Building Battlespaces Place of Worship Battlespaces Lightweight Truss Battlespaces High-Rise Building Battlespaces Fire Escape Battlespaces Glass and Steel Building Battlespaces Buildings Under Construction Battlespaces Floor Battlespaces Roof Battlespaces Timber Truss Battlespaces Wall Battlespaces Ceiling Battlespaces Door and Window Battlespaces Topography Battlespaces Structure Frame Battlespaces Stairway Battlespaces Fire-Resistive Building Construction Battlespaces Noncombustible/Limited Combustible Construction Battlespaces Ordinary Construction Battlespaces Heavy Timber Construction Battlespaces Wood-Frame Battlespaces Chronic Fire Spread and Collapse Battlespaces

801 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 31, 2022

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.