PLEASE POST PROMINENTLY

READING LIST ANNOUNCEMENT

TO: Roderick J. Fraser, Jr., Commissioner, Boston Fire Department

Robert Moran, Human Resources Director, Boston Fire Department

FROM:George J. Bibilos, Director, Civil Service

DATE:May 20, 2010

SUBJECT:PROMOTIONAL EXAMINATION READING LIST

FIRE LIEUTENANT
FIRE CAPTAIN

BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT

EXAMINATION DATE – SATURDAY, November 20, 2010

Candidates are responsible for reading the texts and other materials listed below and on all pages of this announcement. Please note carefully which edition and/or date of publication is listed for each item. All examination questions will be based on these materials.

READINGS REQUIRED BY THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT (LIEUTENANT AND CAPTAIN)

Please note that only those sections listed below are INCLUDED. Unless otherwise indicated, the effective date of materials used for study is as amended through the release date of this reading list.

Standard Operating Procedures of the Boston Fire Department (Dated October 14, 2009).

1, 1A, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7A, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 31, 32, 32A, 32B, 35, 37, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 46, 49, 49A, 49B, 49C, 50, 51, 52, 53, 53A, 53B, 54, 55, 56, 57A, 57B, 57C, 58, 59, 60, 60A, 60B, 61, 61 Addendum, 61A, 61B, 64, 65, and 66.

Rules and Regulations of the Boston Fire Department(Dated June 1, 1997).

1, 2, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, and 20.

13 (lieutenants only)

Progressive Discipline Guidelines, Boston Fire Department (Dated July 1, 1986).

Boston Fire Department Incident Command System (Dated February 1, 2006).

REQUIRED READINGS IN FIRE SCIENCE (LIEUTENANT AND CAPTAIN)

Candidates are responsible for reading the following texts. Please note carefully which edition and date of publication is listed for each item. Questions will cover the reference in its entirety unless otherwise indicated.

Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer, Fourth Edition, 2007. (IFSTA)

Chapters 1, 2, and 3 (entire chapters). Chapter 4: pp. 84-92 (start at beginning of p. 84 and stop at end of p. 92). Chapters 5, 6, and 7 (entire chapters).

Chapter 8: pp. 167-176 (start at beginning of p. 167 and stop at p. 176 before “Letters”). Chapter 10 (entire chapter).

Chapter 11: pp. 235-258 (start at beginning of p. 235 and stop at end of p. 244; start at p. 255 “Resource Allocation” and stop at end of p. 258).

Chapter 12 (entire chapter).

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Chapter 13: pp. 285-308 (start at beginning of p. 285 and stop at p. 290 before “Human Resources Policy Management”; start at p. 299 “Behavior Management” and stop at end of p. 308).

Chapters 15 and 22 (entire chapters).

Chapter 23: pp. 537-558 (start at beginning of p. 537 and stop at p. 548 before “Provincial and Territorial Governments”; start at p. 549 “Agencies of State and Provincial Governments” and stop at p. 558 before “Canadian Federal Government”). Chapters 24, 26, 31, and 32 (entire chapters). Exclude appendices and glossary.

Fire Inspection and Code Enforcement, Seventh Edition, 2009. (IFSTA)

Chapters 3 and 7 (entire chapters).

Chapter 8: pp. 299-314 (start at beginning of p. 299 and stop at end of p. 314).

Chapter 9: pp. 339-369 (start at beginning of p. 339 and stop at p. 354 before “Water Supply and Flow Rate

Requirements”; start at p. 360 “Standpipe and Hose Systems” and stop at p. 369 before “Stationary Fire Pumps”).

Chapter 10: pp. 398-437 (start at p. 398 “Special-Agent Fire-Extinguishing Systems” and stop at p. 405 before

“Inspection and Testing”; start at p. 406 “Wet-Chemical Fire-Extinguishing Systems” and stop at p. 407 before

“Inspection and Testing”; start at p. 408 “Clean-Agent Fire-Extinguishing Systems” and stop at p. 411 before

“Inspection and Testing”; start at p. 411 “Carbon Dioxide Fire-Extinguishing Systems” and stop at p. 413 before

“Inspection and Testing”; start at p. 414 “Foam Fire-Extinguishing Systems” and stop at p. 419 before “Foam

Concentrate Types”; start at p. 424 “Portable Fire Extinguishers” and stop at end of p. 437).

Chapter 11: pp. 451-474 (start at p. 451 “Automatic Alarm-Initiating Devices” and stop at p. 474 before

“Inspection and Testing”).

Chapters 12, 13, and 17 (entire chapters).

Exclude appendices.

First Responder, Bergeron, J. D. and Le Baudour, C., Eighth Edition, 2009. (Brady Prentice Hall)

Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 (entire chapters).

Chapter 8: pp. 206-211 (start at p. 206 “Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation” and stop at p. 211 before “Locating the CPR Compression Site”).

Chapters 9, 10, and 11 (entire chapters). Chapter 14: pp 484-518 (start at beginning of p. 484 and stop at p. 504 before “Altered Mental Status”; start at p. 509 “Managing Trauma Emergencies” and stop at p. 518 before “Suspected Neglect and Abuse”). Chapter 16 (entire chapter).

Hazardous Materials for First Responders, Third Edition, 2004. (IFSTA)

Chapter 1: pp. 11-36 (start at p. 11 “First Responder Roles” and stop at end of p. 16; start at p. 17 “Hazardous Materials Regulations and Definitions” and stop at end of p. 36).

Chapter 2: pp. 45-88 (start at beginning of p. 45 and stop at end of p. 55; start at beginning of p. 58 and stop at end of p. 77; start at p. 81 “Irritants” and stop at end of p. 88).

Chapter 3: pp. 109-221 (start at p. 109 “Part 2 Seven Clues to the Presence of Hazardous Materials” and stop at end of p. 221).

Chapter 4: pp. 249-274 (start at p. 249 “Analyzing the Incident/Understanding the Problem” and stop at end of p. 274).

Chapter 5: pp. 279-308 (start at beginning of p. 279 and stop at p. 308 before “Specific Foam Concentrates”).

Chapter 7: pp. 371-393 (start at beginning of p. 371 and stop at end of p. 387; start at p. 390 “Decontamination Implementation” and stop at end of p. 393).

Chapter 9: pp. 443-508 (start at beginning of p. 443 and stop at p. 479 before “Commercial/Military Explosives”; start at p. 496 “Special Operational Considerations at Terrorist or Criminal Incidents” and stop at end of p. 508). Exclude appendices, glossary, tables, and figures.

Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 148 (as amended through the release date of this reading list).

Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5A, 8, 9, 10, 10A, 10C, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 23, 23A, 24, 25, 25A, 25B, 25C, 25D, 25E, 26, 26A, 26A½, 26B, 26C, 26D, 26E, 26F, 26G, 26H, 26I, 27B, 28, 28A, 28B, 32, 38A, 38B, 39, 40, 46, 50, 52, 53, 54, 58, and 59.

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LIEUTENANT ONLY

Building Construction Related to the Fire Service, Third Edition, 2010. (IFSTA)

Chapter 1 (entire chapter). Chapter 2: pp. 45-67 (start at beginning of p. 45 and stop at end of p. 46; start at p. 54 “Basic Building Classifications”, excluding Table 2.1, and stop at end of p. 63; start at p. 65 “Mixed Occupancies” and stop at end of p. 66). Chapter 3: pp. 71-103 (start at beginning of p. 71 and stop at end of p. 72; p. 73, definitions only, exclude formulas; start at p. 81 “Live Loads and Dead Loads”, excluding Table 3.1 and formulas on p. 84, and stop at end of p. 102). Chapter 4: pp. 107-145 (start at beginning of p. 107 and stop at end of p. 145).

Chapter 5 (entire chapter).

Chapter 7 (entire chapter, excluding Table 7.1).

Chapter 8 (entire chapter, excluding Tables 8.1, 8.2, and 8.3).

Chapter 9: pp. 257-261 (start at beginning of p. 257 and stop at end of p. 261).

Chapter 11 (entire chapter, excluding Table 11.1).

Chapter 12: pp. 339-349 (start at beginning of p. 339 and stop at p. 349 before “Emergency Use of Elevators in High-Rise Buildings”).

Chapter 13 (entire chapter).

Exclude Appendix A, glossary, tables, and formulas.

Engine Company Fireground Operations, Richman, H., Third Edition, 2007. (Jones and Bartlett)

Entire book, except for Chapters 5, 9, appendix and glossary.

Ladder Company Fireground Operations, Richman, H., Third Edition, 2007. (Jones and Bartlett)

Entire book, except for Chapter 9, appendix and glossary.

CAPTAIN ONLY

Collapse of Burning Buildings, Dunn, V., 1988. (Fire Engineering) Exclude appendix.

Strategic and Tactical Considerations on the Fireground, Smith, J. P., Second Edition, 2008. (Prentice-Hall, Inc.)

Chapter 1: (entire chapter).

Chapter 3: (pp. 75-91: start at “Incident Scene Decision Making” and stop at section “Level 3: Strategy RECEO-VS”; pp. 98-111: start at “Modes of Fire Attack” and stop at the end of p. 111).

Chapter 4: (pp. 115-117: start at “Engine Company Operations” and stop at section “Securing and Delivering a Water Supply to the Incident Scene”; pp. 118-130: start at “Utilizing the Water Supply” and stop at section “Basic Ladder Positions”; pp. 131-133: start at “Placing/Raising” and stop at “Innovative Ladder Usage”; pp. 133-158: start at “Ladder Safety” and stop at end of p. 158).

Chapter 6: (entire chapter).

Chapter 7: (entire chapter).

Chapter 8: (pp. 324-342: start at “Objectives” and stop at section “Mass Casualty Incidents”; pp. 353-392: start at “Houses of Worship” and stop at end of chapter summary, p. 392).

Chapter 9: (pp. 395-418: start at “Commercial Buildings and Warehouses” and stop at section “Lumberyards”; pp. 428-430: start at “Knowledge of the Building and Its Systems” and stop at section “Use of Elevators”; pp. 431-438: start at “Communication Systems” and stop at section “Fighting the Fire”; pp. 439-445: start at “Fire Spread” and stop at section “High-Rise Command Structure”; pp. 452-455: start at “Size-Up factors for High-Rise Buildings” and stop at end of p. 455).

Chapter 10: (pp. 472-484: start at “Tank Farm/Refinery Fires” and stop at Section “Terrorism Incidents”).

Chapter 11: (entire chapter).

Exclude appendices and glossary.

Supervision Today, Robbins, S. P., and DeCenzo, D. A., Sixth Edition, 2010. (Prentice-Hall, Inc.)

Chapter 1 (entire chapter, except section “Where Do Supervisors Come From?”, p. 11).

Chapter 7 (entire chapter).

Chapter 8: pp. 191-205 (start at p. 191 “What is Motivation?” and stop at p. 205 before “Should Employees be Paid for Performance or Time on the Job?”).

Chapters 9, 10, and 11 (entire chapters).

Chapter 14: pp. 345-350 (start at p. 345 “What is Conflict” and stop at p. 350 at end of section ”How Cautiously Should You Proceed in Stimulating Conflict”; start at p. 354 “The Disciplinary Process” and stop at end of p. 359).

Chapter 15 (entire chapter).

(Exclude sections on news flashes throughout chapters and sections on enhancing understanding and developing your supervisory skills at the end of each chapter.)

(Please note that to purchase Supervision Today applicants can contact a college, university, or local bookstore to order this book or they can order over the web at

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PUBLISHERS OF READING LIST TEXTS

  • Brady Prentice Hall, 200 Old Tappan Road, Old Tappan, NJ 07675; (800) 947-7700;
  • Fire Engineering, P. O. Box 21288, Tulsa, OK 74121-9971; (800) 752-9768;
  • IFSTA (International Fire Service Training Association), Fire Protection Publications, Oklahoma State University, 930 North Willis, Stillwater, OK 74078-0118; (800) 654-4055;
  • Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 40 Tall Pine Drive, Sudbury, MA 01776-9848; (800) 832-0034;
  • Prentice-Hall, Inc., P. O. Box 11071, Des Moines, IA 50336; 1-800-811-0912;

Please note that the Human Resources Division does not recommend specific bookstores for the purchase of reading list texts. For local vendors, contact the publishers at the telephone number or website listed, or check with the Chief of your department or local union representative for assistance. Many local bookstores will be able to special-order any text not carried in stock.

Any questions regarding the reading list may be directed to Christine Barbas, Ed. D., Personnel Selection Specialist, at (617) 878-9745. A copy of this reading list is posted on the Human Resources Division website in the Civil Service section at