The Fire Officer's Bookshelf

  Here is a list of the articles, books and reports that you should have read and are in your bookcase for reference; or should be reading.  They are not ranked in any particular order:

Updated: March 10, 2014

1. Pass It On!, 1st Edition - Goldfeder and Friends
2. Fire Officer's Handbook of Tactics, 4th Edition - Norman
3. Tactical and Strategic Concepts on the Fireground - Smith
4. Collapse of Burning Buildings, 2nd Edition - Dunn
5. Strategic Concepts - McAniff
6. Firefighting Operations in High-rise and Standpipe Equipped Buildings -  McGrail
7. Fireground Strategies - Avillo
8. Building Construction for the Fire Service, 4th Edition - Brannigan
9. Assessment Centers - Terpak 
10. Fire Chiefs Handbook - Brennan
11. Management in the Fire Service - Reusch  & Carter
12. Safety and Survival on the Fireground - Dunn 
13. Fire Department Special Operations - Norman 
14. Art of Reading Smoke - Dodson 
15. The Art of Leadership - J.D. Walters
16. Fireground Size-Up - Terpak
17. Hazardous Materials: Managing the Incident, 3rd Edition - Noll Hildebrand
18. Company Officer, 3rd Edition - Smoke
19. FDNY: First Line Supervisor's Manual
20. IAFF: Emergency Response to Terrorism - Operations 
21. IFSTA - Fire Service Instructor, 7th Edition
22. NFA - Calling the May-Day
23. NFA - Command and Control of Target Hazards
24. NFA - Decision Making for Initial Company Operation
25. NFA - Incident Command for Collapse
26. NFA - Incident Command for High-rise
27. NFPA 1403 - Live Fire Training Standards
28. Leadership in the Fire Service - Volumes I & II - McAniff
29. Fireground Command - Brunancini
30. Principles and Practices of Firefighting - Clark
31. Fireground Tactics - Freid