You can see the problem here, right? This is a common problem in warehouses, mercantile stores and the “big box” stores, especially the large do-it-yourself stores. We have to make sure that these lanes are not ‘permanently’ blocked. The exception is if they are using the lift to move merchandise to or from high shelves, […]
Here is another look at a residential house fire. What challenges might we have with this fire and where would your first attack line go? Where would you put your second line and what size? How would your size-up be transmitted? What type of contruction are you assuming? Post you comments and I will post […]
On this day in 1924, children and their parents were gathered in the Babbs Switch School for a visit from Santa Clause. It would end up being a tragic Christmas story and a reason for inspections and codes. The school had been recently painted with terpintine used for paint thinner. After windstorms had damaged the […]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlkfrsFXFK8] Here is a good video showing a ridge cut for venting a roof vertically. Don’t forget that on a real fire, you need to wear SCBA and it is still optimum to have a roof ladder to help to operate off. In addition, care must be made to ensure that the roof is stable enough […]
We can see that there is a working fire at this building. It is very likely a good choice to vertically ventilte this building. However, how a commanding officer could allow his people to put themselves in this situation is unacceptable. There are at least two firefighters on this roof with smoke and fire below them […]
This is a repair shop that is not sprinklered, it was built prior to the code, and that also does fabricating. They have added on without permits for several years and now is a dangerous place to be. They have taken some measures to meet the inspection requirements, but, as you can see, there are […]