Firefighting strategies and tactics angle james s harlow david lombardo william 9781284036435 books amazonca. Firefighting strategies and tactics fourth edition is a valuable resource for fire fighters studying for promotion or taking civil service examinations the fourth edition reinforces safe and effective firefighting strategies and tactics for fire fighters and fire officers to employ during a wide spectrum of fire incidents. Initial strategy and tactics include apparatus placement use of attack and support hose lines ventilation procedures rescue operations forcible entry operations and establishment of a command. The knock down strategy is employed when firefighters decide that a certain hotspot needs to be suppressed immediately to diminish the section of a fire deemed to have grown too hot too active