Structure Protection in the I-Zone: Focusing Your Wildland Experience for the Urban Interface [Paperback]

George Bradford (Author)

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Publication Date: January 2000 | ISBN-10: 0912212950 | ISBN-13: 978-0912212951 | Edition: 1st

For municipal departments, the true meaning of suburban sprawl lies in the many challenges posed by the I-Zone, and the skills required to mitigate incidents there. Covering mobile tactics, situational awareness, reading topographic maps, as well as forecasting the weather, veteran firefighter George Bradford will show you how to sharpen those vital skills that you don't get to use every day. 224 pages

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George Bradford is a retired fire captain with more than 30 years in the fire service. More than 25 of those years were spent on some of the busiest engine companies in the San Jose, California, Fire Department. He has filled the position of Initial Attack Incident Commander, Division and Group Supervisor, Assistant Strike Team Leader, and Agency Representative. Bradford is a specialist in the wildland environment and was one of the founding members of the San Jose Wildland Committee back in 1975, with which he remained active until 1997. He has taught fire science classes at Mission College as well as wildland fire control methods in various fire academies throughout California.

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"This book will do what others haven't ... it is the intent of this book to focus the most important lessons learned by our predecessors into a short, concise process that any experienced officer can use both in company-level training and to keep his people safe while they carry out their assignments in actual operations."

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Pennwell Books; 1st edition (January 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0912212950
• ISBN-13: 978-0912212951
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,769,291 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Urban Interface, May 29, 2009

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This review is from: Structure Protection in the I-Zone: Focusing Your Wildland Experience for the Urban Interface (Paperback)

I wanted to know how a high volume dept would put together structure skills and wild land skills that went beyond NWCG Wild land Fire Suppression Tactics Reference Guide. This book combined many of the tactics in the reference guide and added many Firefight 1 and 2 skills along with some fire ground learned lessons. I-Zone also conveys some well overlooked points that you may do on size up without realizing so you tend to overlook them when working with the new rookie. My first dept was a rural dept with high volume structure and wild land fires they have a heavy emphasis on red card certification and I would recommend this book to anyone. Well written and to the point. Let's you learn from some one else's mistakes. My biggest complaint would be the photos really should be in color.