Annotated Source

Elizabeth Clark

Ms. Fordyce

Senior Project

November 9, 2012

Fire Safety and What it takes to become a fire fighter

Fire Protection Publications. Essentials of Fire Fighting. 5th ed. United States of America: Oklahoma State University, 2008. Print.

This is the annotation of the above source. This text book is used by the recruits that are training to become fire fighters. In this text book it covers a multitude of subjects including: predicted behavior of fires, tools to use and when, rope maintenance- how to tie various knots, personnel safety, moving ground ladder procedures, ventilation, chemicals, construction terminology, water supply and more. The point for this book is to teach the recruits skills, procedures and knowledge they need to know out in the field.

The Essentials of Fire Fighting is a helpful source and recruits use it during training to gain knowledge about the field, certain situations, and skills. This source is 25 chapters long and considering that it is for teaching purposes, I would say that it is not a bias source. I would say that this is a reliable resource because it was published by Fire Protection Publications and the recruits use it first hand to help them beome a fire fighter, they rely on the information to be accurate.

This text book is a useful source for me to use for my research because part of my project is to learn about what it takes to become a fire fighter. What do fire fighters have to know academically? Now that I have this solid source, I have accurate information to add to my research for my project. I feel confident in sharing this with others.