The author, a 42-year fire service veteran, has updated his best-selling book which examines the dangers of structural failure caused by fire. This is the Second Edition of the first textbook written to warn firefighters, company officers, and fire chiefs about exactly how structures collapse when destroyed by fire and examines the subject of burning building collapse in great detail. More importantly, this book, unlike any other publication, instructs firefighters and fire officers in how to survive burning building collapse.Content:Front Matter Table of Contents1. General Collapse Information 2. Terms of Construction and Building Design3. Building Construction: Firefighting Problems and Structural Hazards4. Masonry Wall Collapse5. Collapse Dangers of Parapet Walls6. Wood Floor Collapse7. Sloping Peak Roof Collapse8. Timber Truss Roof Collapse9. Flat Roof Collapse10. Lightweight Steel Roof and Floor Collapse11. Lightweight Wood Truss Collapse12. Ceiling Collapse13. Stairway Collapse14. Fire Escape Dangers15. Wood-Frame Building Collapse16. Collapse Hazards of Buildings under Construction17. Collapse Caused by Master Stream Operations18. Search-and-Rescue at a Building Collapse19. Safety Precautions prior to Collapse20. Why the World Trade Center Towers Collapsed21. High-Rise Building Collapse22. Post-Fire Analysis23. Early Floor Collapse Epilogue: Are Architects, Engineers, and Code-Writing Officials Friends of the Firefighter?Index