Failure Point

Howard J. Hill describes building construction features and how to recognise collapse dangers for all types of buildings and construction methods.

The book contains a wealth of useful information, including discussions about: key elements that warn of imminent fire-induced collapsehow to prevent injuries to operating personneladapting risk/benefit techniques to manage firefighting personnel on the firegroundhow building codes affect fire-induced building collapsesand much more!

Failure Point is an important resource for chief officers, company officers, firefighters, and code officials. It meets Fire and Emergency Services Higher Education (FESHE) requirements for the Building Construction for Fire Protection course.