The latest Book from Ryan Pennington, Hoarder Homes: Pile of Hazards for Firefighters is a culmination of three years of research into fires that occur inside homes filled with large amounts of belongings. Compulsive Hoarding Disorder is a psychological mental condition that affects between 2-5% of adults. With the number of afflicted growing so is the chances of firefighters having to deal with this issue.

The book covers:

·        Introduction to Compulsive Hoarding Disorder

·        Dangers faced by firefighters

·        Identifying and Pre-Planning hoarding

·        Introduced to a new name for hoarding

·        Offensive Fire attack

·        Defensive attack

·        Searching in Hoarding conditions

·        Overhauling

·        Special additional chapter covers EMS response in Hoarding Conditions.

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Intro music

Safety Dance (1982)

Men Without Hats

GMC - Virgin Records

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Ryan Pennington

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