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This book establishes a proper firefighting mindset and promotes maintaining preparedness for the extreme physical and mental demands of firefighting operations in high-rise and standpipe equipped buildings. Armed with firefighting weapons that would be much more appropriate at a car fire, far too many fire departments are on a collision course with disaster and tragedy, should they encounter a serious high-rise fire. Countless false alarms, along with “good luck” while relying on bad habits, have greatly exacerbated the deadly disease of complacency. District Chief McGrail draws from his 25 years of experience, along with the lessons learned from many other fire service professionals, to provide a foundation for success and safety during high-rise and standpipe operations. The words “Everyone Comes Home” are just words. The actions necessary to ensure that everyone does come home are based on a lifelong commitment to excellence, and the consistent application of good fireground habits. This book is a compilation of those good habits and the many lessons learned by a man who is truly passionate about firefighting and firefighter safety and survival.



Among the many valuable topics covered in this book are:



• Standpipe system pressure regulating devices, pressure restricting devices and pressure reducing valves

• Cautious and disciplined elevator use during high-rise operations

• Elevator rescue operations

• Proper engine company suppression selection, including techniques to operate more powerful firefighting weapons with limited manpower

• Air support operations during high-rise emergencies, with or without an internal resource.
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Unless you manage a hook-and-ladder company, your workday shouldn't be spent putting out fires. Yet leaders often spend most of their time running from crisis to crisis.

In his groundbreaking New York Times bestseller Built to Serve, United Supermarkets CEO Dan Sanders showed how putting profi ts before people encourages organizational chaos, saps motivation, stifles innovation, and undercuts competitiveness. He also unveiled a revolutionary peoplecentered business model championed by United and challenged other business leaders to put the human factor first.

In this follow-up to that inspirational bestseller, Dan and coauthor Galen Walters provide the tools needed to put the people-first model to work in your company. You’ll master the 4Ps critical to long-term success: People, Process, Partners, and Performance. And you will create an organization that puts front-line people before bottom-line profits, allowing you and your organization to profit more than you ever thought possible.

Equipped to Lead gives you tools to create an organization where

• ROIH (return on investment in humanity) drives the bottom line
• The Employee Satisfaction Ratio is a key component of every P&L statement
• Workplace chaos is transformed into a creative corporate culture
• Employees are equipped for higher levels of success

Whether you lead a sprawling international conglomerate or a staff of thirty, using the proven tools and techniques in Equipped to Lead will help you and your organization realize maximum potential—in your people, in your performance, and in your profits.

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Using solid biblical exegesis, Chuck Lawless presents a well-rounded, proven model for fighting the enemy through the development of a spiritually healthy church. This unique book suggests workable strategies and resources for developing disciples prepared for spiritual warfare. (20040603).
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EQUIPPED TO LEAD is a concise, comprehensive training program for educating laypersons who work with children in a church setting Interesting and imaginative exercises challenge participants to stretch their ideas about children's faith and witness. Each lively, well-planned lesson includes study, interactive play, worship, work with Biblical passages, and written reflection. Time is also included for sharing questions, experiences, and wisdom as part of each of the seven sessions.
Especially valuable and stimulating are the sections on children and power and new ways to help children experience church in non-church communities..
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A Comprehensive Introduction to Keeping Koi Fish

Their striking patterns and delicate coloration are reason enough for the ever-increasing popularity of these beautiful fish, but they are also fun to keep and can even become quite tame. Koi shows attract an enthusiastic following of competitors and spectators alike, and koi societies are thriving as interest in the hobby grows. And, of course, the whole aspect of water gardening—both Western and Oriental—plays an inherent part in the enjoyment of koi-keeping for a great number of koi enthusiasts.

This book is divided into two important sections. Part One is full of practical koi-keeping information and includes chapters on the history of nishikigoi, koi anatomy, pond and filter construction, water quality and filtration, buying koi, feeding koi, seasonal care, landscaping and water gardens, breeding koi, health care, and showing koi.

Part Two is an extensive survey of the many koi varieties, grouped in their currently recognized Japanese classifications. This section is introduced with an explanation of how the seemingly complex Japanese variety names are built up using words that describe the color, pattern, scalation, and luster of koi. A pictorial review of the 14 different classifications opens a more detailed presentation of photographs, illustrations, and descriptions of all the major, and many rare, varieties, from the eye-catching red-and-white Kohaku to the brilliant, metallic Ogon..
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Joe H. Cothen has revised Equipped for Good Work with the help of his friend Jerry N. Barlow. Having lived the life of a pastor for more than forty years, Cothen brings firsthand experience to the discussion table with each of his topics. He addresses all aspects of building and working in a church, from its identity to its budget, and relations both with the staff and public. Along with his advice he offers support and encouragement for other members of the church, but he also reaches to the public with the messages of motivation behind the instruction. In this new edition, the advice has been updated to assist with new problems brought on by the twenty-first century. The challenges in his profession are different but the lessons remain the same. Expanded indexes and reading lists add to this practical handbook that has served pastors time and time again..
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