Abhishek S S

Numerous books and articles have been published on fire science. Amid them, Fire Safety Management Handbook finds its relevance because of the scientific, organized and sequential way of approach the writer has adopted to elucidate how to develop and implement a Fire Safety Management Program and to assimilate it to the overall Loss Control Program of an Organization. Who will find this book useful? Safety Engineers and Managers, Fire Wardens, Fire Marshalls, Process Safety Engineers, Fire and Life Safety Emergency Professionals/ Managers, Fire Protection Specialist/ Consultants, Loss Prevention Engineers and Managers, Fire Alarms and Fire Fighting Technicians, Fire Chief, Emergency Coordinators, scientists, college instructors, Lawyers, etc. Synopsis of the Book The book has 12 different chapters carrying explicit and significant content about the Fire science and fire management program. The 1st Chapter is titled “Major Organizations in the Field of Fire Safety”, as the name suggests, this chapter deals with the major groups, societies and organizations available in the field of fire safety and their motto and activities. 2nd Chapter is about “Fire Chemistry”, 3rd section briefs about the fundamentals to develop a fire safety program. The science of hazardous materials is well elucidated in the 4th chapter; this starts from basic identification to quite detailed scientific control measures. 5th Chapter is “Building Safety”; recommends the detail about the same, 6th and 7th Chapters are Fire Detection and Fire Control Systems, respectively. Chapter 8 explicates protection, maintenance and inspection that shall be provided to fire protection facilities like sprinkler systems, fire extinguishers, etc. Legal aspects of fire safety, Federal and State legislation, agencies, and regulations and legal rights and responsibilities are well explained in Chapter 9. Next Chapter, is solely dedicated to Emergency Response Planning; the agencies available, key elements of ERP, types of Emergencies, etc. 11th Chapter is named as “The United States Fire Administration” and last Chapter is about ” Department of Homeland Security”. Reaction about the book Fire Safety Management Handbook shall not be considered as a comprehensive and exhaustive book which covers every single thing about fire science. And the purpose of this book is not that, this book has been written on how to develop a Fire Safety Management Program, and the essentials for that have been well crafted in the book.