Attic Fire Tactics

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Attic fire tactics.

Consider the wood stove. Attic fires are commonly ventilation limited fires. Fire that reaches the attic will find a large lumber yard of fuel and unlimited air supply based on the exchange of air within the structure. At some incidents it will be easy to determine that the fire is in the attic.

You can completely open up for a direct attack on the fire or open a smaller hole and inject a fog pattern into the atmosphere and. The risks involved in facing attic fires. Strategies in identifying the presence on an attic fire. Understanding fire behavior and fire ground tactics.

The current trends in construction and how they affect fire ground safety. Attack from the underneath converting the fire without initial vertical ventilation attack from underneath with vertical ventilation attack from the outside through. Considering the several approaches to hitting an attic fire case delineated some of the many associated tactics and considerations. Tactics for battling attic fires find the fire.

Attics may have regular access steps pull down steps or simply a hatch that requires some type of. In modern construction ladder companies may need to perform a roof attack by randy frassetto in newer construction attic fires pose unique challenges making fireground tactics difficult at best. Go inside open the ceiling under the fire and put out the fire. Strategies in extinguishing attic fires and keeping your firefighting personnel safe.

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