The Georgia State Firefighters Association (GSFA) is the Distributor for the Jones & Bartlett training manuals, as well as for the Delmar Thomson training manuals. These books can be purchased through the GSFA at a fantastic discount. Listed here are just a few of the more popular manuals; there are many other titles available. Call the GSFA Office at 770-914-7774 to order, or for additional information. Prices do not include shipping and are subject to change. Multi-order discounts are available. Call for details. REFER TO PRICE SHEET FOR COST FOR EACH BOOK (as of November 2010).
A Leadership Guide for Volunteer Fire Departments, Fourth Edition
ISBN # 978-0763742072
This manual updates the resource previously known as Recruiting, Training, and Maintaining Volunteer Fire Fighters, Third edition. This must have resource examines the challenges of providing volunteer fire protection in modern day America. Readers are guided through a process of self-assessment and planning using case studies and activity worksheets. Skills and strategies are developed, yielding practical assistance to those charged with leading a volunteer fire department.
With the Fourth Edition, you will learn to:
- Develop a strategic plan for your department
- Develop goals and objectives for success
- Recruit and retain quality volunteers
- Determine the need for, screen, and train volunteers
- Use proven motivators and rewards to help your volunteers succeed
- Communicate with and lead volunteers effectively
- Recognize organizational warning signs and what to do when problems arise
A Leadership Guide for Combination Fire Departments
ISBN #-978-0763733814
Leading a combination fire department is one of the greatest challenges a fire chief can face. To successfully lead this type of organization, fire chiefs must recognize the unique difficulties inherent in combination systems, and overcome them by applying lessons learned from other chiefs who have faced similar challenges. Authored by a team of seasoned fire service leaders, A LEADERSHIP GUIDE FOR COMBINATION FIRE DEPARTMENTS is a compilation of the best practices learned through experience. It is designed to provide chief-and-officer level personnel with the tools necessary to lead today’s combination service departments.
Chief Fire Officer’s Desk Reference
ISBN #-978-0763729353
Just as firefighters rely upon proper gear and equipment to tackle a challenging task at hand, fire officers require reliable tools to help them make the right call when faced with a tough decision. The CHIEF FIRE OFFICER’S DESK REFERENCE provides a ready reference on key topics for the modern fire chief, including tips and indispensable advice from some of the most respected members of the fire service community. This comprehensive insider’s guide will help chief fire officers operate effectively and efficiently across an ever-increasing range of responsibilities, including operations, personnel and asset management, fire prevention and education, and much more. No firefighter should respond to a call without the right equipment, and no fire officer should make a tough call before referring to the Chief Fire Officer’s Desk Reference.
Hazardous Materials – Awareness & Operations
ISBN # 978-0763738723
A fire fighter’s ability to recognize an incident involving hazardous materials or weapons of mass destruction (WMD) is critical. They must possess the knowledge required to identify the presence of hazardous materials and WMD, and have an understanding of what their role is within the response plan. Hazardous Materials Awareness and Operations will provide fire fighters and first responders with these skills and enable them to keep themselves and others safe while mitigating these potentially deadly incidents. Hazardous Materials Awareness and Operations meets and exceeds the requirements for Fire Fighter I and II certification and satisfies the core competencies for operations level responders including the eight mission-specific responsibilities for first responders within the 2008 Edition of NFPA 472, Standard for Competence of Responders to Hazardous Materials/Weapons of Mass Destruction Incidents. Additionally, the material presented also exceeds the hazardous materials response requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Hazardous Materials Awareness and Operations provides in-depth coverage of:
- The properties and effects of hazardous materials and WMDs
- How to calculate potential danger and initiate a response plan
- Selection, use, advantages, and disadvantages of personal protective equipment
- Mass and technical decontamination
- Evidence preservation and sampling
- Product control
- Victim rescue and recovery
- Air monitoring and sampling
- Illicit laboratory incidents
Fundamentals of Firefighter Skills Manual
ISBN # 978-0763771454 - (2nd Edition)
Fundamentals of Firefighter Skills is the most comprehensive, up-to-date firefighter text ever published. The text covers the entire 2002 Edition of NFPA 1001, Standard for Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications, as well as the Operations and Awareness levels of the 2002 Edition of NFPA 472, Standards for Professional Competence of Responders to Hazardous Materials Incidents. Because today’s fire fighters respond to more types of crisis than ever before, the following topics are also included: Wildland and ground fires, Fire fighter rehabilitation, Terrorism response, Pre-incident planning; Incident command system and the National Incident Management System (NIMS). Firefighters need up-to-date, comprehensive training manuals to thoroughly prepare for any situation that may arise. Fundamentals of Fire Fighter Skills will set the standard for fire fighter education for years to come.
Fundamentals of Firefighting Skills Workbook
ISBN # 978-0763757496 - 2nd Edition
Fundamentals of Firefighting Skills - Instructor’s Resource
(CD Rom) 2nd Edition - ISBN # 978-0763759704
Exam Prep: Firefighter I & II
ISBN # 978-0763758363
Fundamentals of Firefighting Skills BUNDLES – 2nd Edition
ISBN # 978-0763774653
(Includes manual & student workbook)
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