Facility Fire Brigade: Principles and Practice

Facility Fire Brigade: Principles and Practice is a complete training solution for industrial and facility based fire brigades, published by NFPA, the National Fire Protection Association, and the IAFC, the International Association of Fire Chiefs, together. SkillsTrain imports and supplies the Second Edition (ISBN 9781284202854) into Africa. It is built as an integrated teaching and learning system covering the four levels of a facility fire brigade: Incipient member, Advanced Exterior member, Interior Structural member, and Facility Fire Brigade Leader.

Facility fire brigade members protect all kinds of sites, and gaps in their knowledge can compromise both their effectiveness and their safety, so the text is written to give comprehensive, current preparation for the situations they face. It addresses the 2018 edition of NFPA 1081, Standard for Facility Fire Brigade Member Professional Qualifications, and also supports compliance with United States OSHA regulation 29 CFR 1910.156 and NFPA 600, Standard on Facility Fire Brigades.

Teaching features include detailed case studies, expanded skill drills, and practical advice drawn from veteran facility brigade leaders, so candidates can take the extra step toward becoming capable brigade members rather than only passing a written test. Facility brigades differ from municipal crews because they know their own site intimately, its processes, hazards and layout, and the text is built around that in house role rather than general municipal firefighting.

Who it is for: industrial sites, mines, plants and any facility that runs its own internal fire brigade rather than relying solely on municipal fire services. SkillsTrain supplies this as NFPA and IAFC's published work and does not write or accredit it.