2120 Ch 1 Overview

1. Building Construction
Related to the Fire Service
Fourth Edition
Chapter 1 — Building Construction and the Fire Service

2. Lesson Goal
‣ After completing this lesson, the student
shall be able to summarize the
relationship between building
construction and fire department
operations.

3. ‣ Upon successful completion of this lesson,
the student shall be able to
‣ Recognize how changes in building construction can
influence fire fighting operations.
‣ Describe the building design and construction process
from concept to renovation and remodeling.
‣ Identify laws and other regulation variables that
affect building design.
‣ Identify engineering variables that affect building
design.
Learning Objectives

4. ‣ Upon successful completion of this lesson, the
student shall be able to
‣ Identify economic variables that affect building
design.
‣ Identify other variables that affect building design.
‣ Explain fire behavior principles as they apply to
community fire defense.
‣ Identify factors of structural failure caused by design.
‣ Explain the role of preincident planning in building
construction.
Learning Objectives Cont.

5. Section Outline Pages Text Pages
Section I: History of Building Construction 5-6 11
Section II: The Design and Construction Process 6-20 12-17
Section III: Law-Based Construction Variables 21-30 18-21
Section IV: Engineering-Based Construction
Variables
30-37 22-26
Section V: Economics-Based Construction
Variables
37-40 27-28
Section VI: Other Variables 40-43 28-29
Section VII: Community Fire Defense 43-51 30-31
Section VIII: Design-Caused Structural Failure 51-56 33-35
Section IX: Preincident Planning in Building
Construction
56-61 36-37
Section X: Summary and Review 61-62 37
Chapter Content