Fire Safety Handbook, Canadian

Product Description

This Fire Safety Handbook is intended as a single reference on fire safety and building fire protection equipment maintenance. It provides over 225 pages of specific, concise, and thorough information on fire prevention and safety codes, procedures, and techniques for all buildings.

Specifications:

• Language: Canadian Edition, English.
• Size: 5.5"W x 8.5"H, 205 pages.

This handbook covers a full range of fire safety topics including:

• Fire safety planning
• Basic fire safety guidelines
• Understanding fire behavior
• Fire extinguishment theory
• Confining, controlling, and extinguishing a fire
• Signs for identification, information & fire safety
• Maintenance of fire protection & life safety equipment such as:
  • Commercial cooking equipment
  • Emergency lighting & exit signs
  • Emergency power systems
  • Fire alarm and voice communication systems
  • Fire emergency systems in high buildings
  • Fire separation
  • Portable fire extinguishers
  • Service equipment
  • Sprinkler systems
  • Standpipe hose system & hose stations
  • Water supply equipment for fire protection
  • Special extinguishing systems including carbon dioxide, dry chemical, and halon

Referenced from:

• National Fire Code (Canada)
• Ontario Fire Code
• Ontario Building Code
• Standard for the Inspection & Testing of Fire Alarm Systems, CAN/ULC-S536
• Standard for the Emergency Electrical Power Supply for Buildings, CAN/CSA-C282
• Supplement to the National Building Code of Canada
• National Fire Protection Association (NFPA): National Fire Code