Collapse of burning buildings : a guide to fireground safety / Vincent Dunn.

Includes index.

General collapse information -- Terms of construction and building design -- Building construction: firefighting problems and structural hazards -- Masonry wall collapse -- Collapse dangers of parapet walls -- Wood floor collapse -- Sloping peak roof collapse -- Timber truss roof collapse -- Flat roof collapse -- Lightweight steel roof and floor collapse -- Lightweight wood truss collapse -- Ceiling collapse -- Stairway collapse -- Fire escape dangers -- Wood-frame building collapse -- Collapse hazards of buildings under construction -- Collapse caused by master stream operations -- Search-and -rescue at a building collapse -- Safety precaustions prior to collapse -- Why the World Trade Center towers collapsed -- High-rise building collapse -- Post-fire analysis -- Early floor collapse -- Epilogue: Are architechts, engineers, and code-writing officials freidns of the the firefighter?