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Lightweight Construction In Fast-Food Joints

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We’ve been on a little roll with lightweight construction lately.  We hope you are getting out into your buildings that are under construction and even those that are already up and running.  Read more HERE and HERE.  Also, be sure to check out Lt. John Schafer’s blog GREEN MALTESE for more on building construction.

In this post we compiled a few pictures from a Burger King restaurant.  We are not saying any of these are against building or fire codes, but more importantly worthy of recognition for training and pre-planning purposes.

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NIOSH Report from February 14, 2000 fire in a Houston McDonalds.  CLICK HERE.  NEVER FORGET Firefighters Lewis Mayo III and Kimberley Smith.

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Posted by on February 18, 2013 • Filed under: All, Building Construction, Company Drills, Firefighter Training, Training, Training & Development • Tagged: , , , , , ,

Mortar On The Floor In Lightweight Construction

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A few days ago we posted some pictures on Facebook of a lightweight apartment complex being built.  Here is a link to the post that has a few pictures if you missed it, CLICK HERE.  FF Deptula made a comment on the Facebook picture album that referenced a hotel where he is installing a fire alarm.  He mentioned that the construction is similar and it is sprinklered.  He also said that there is a 2″ layer of lightweight mortar/concrete covering each floor deck.  He suggests that it may be another fire stop.

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More importantly, think of the challenges.  If you haven’t been in the building, you might be challenged when trying to breach or ventilate through this type of floor.  We would normally expect plywood.

Check out the plan below of the hotel FF Deptula is working.  Go for a ride and get into the buildings that are going up.  Click on the pictures below to enlarge.

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Posted by on February 17, 2013 • Filed under: All, Building Construction, Company Drills, Firefighter Training, Training, Training & Development • Tagged: , , , , , ,

What’s Your Bowstring Hazard? Here Are Some Of Ours.

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Dave Walsh is on fire forwarding some good training materials this week.  If you get a chance check out the SUNY Dutchess Fire Science Program on Facebook.  For this post we simply linked the new bowstring truss interim operating procedure out of the FDNY.  Within the linked pdf below you will find some reasoning for the changes in procedure and some strategic and tactical considerations.  Also below are a few pictures of bowstring truss system in our area.  Share your pictures and more importantly talk about the hazards in your jurisdiction at the kitchen table and then go visit them before a fire.  Be safe.

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School gym

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Ford dealership

Manufacturing occupancy

Street view 1 of 2

2 of 2. 3 occupancies.

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Posted by on January 24, 2013 • Filed under: All, Building Construction, Company Drills, Firefighter Training, Instructorship, Training, Training & Development • Tagged: , , , , , ,

Watering Hole Support and Force This

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Brother firefighter Charlie Hillman shared this watering hole support system.  What’s in your first due?

This is a picture of a piece of wood timber that is being used as a column to support the floor system from the basement below at a local watering hole.  The structure is a 20′ x 40′ single story wood frame building, with a flat roof structure and a floor system that is composed of 2″ x 12″ lumber supported by masonry piers.  The timber is approximately 4 inches in diameter and approximately 8 feet long, and is wedged between lumber at the top and bottom, with the lumber resting on the concrete floor at the bottom.

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Posted by on August 24, 2012 • Filed under: All, Building Construction, Company Drills, Firefighter Training, Training, Training & Development • Tagged: , , , , , , , , ,

Ventilation, Modular Construction, and Bed Bugs

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We’re going to start this post off with a little discussion on ventilation and building construction by watching a video.  Let me first say, this video is not about the tactic to ventilate a single story ranch joint, because most often your right, we wouldn’t.  We had a roof and this was one part of the training to learn about a louvered cut and in the end, the modular home truss system.  We also decided to skip wearing SCBA’s on this day since it was 80+ degrees.  Pay particular attention to the firefighter in the video as he moves from cut to cut, he clicks the saw brake on and off as you should.  Once the roof is opened up, pause the video and check out the 2×2 truss system.  We could get into a whole discussion on why not to go on a roof of this type with fire conditions below.

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Posted by on August 12, 2012 • Filed under: All, Building Construction, Company Drills, Firefighter Training, Firefighting Operations, Instructorship, Training, Training & Development • Tagged: , , , , , , , , , ,

Stuck On A Hill & Gusset-less Trusses

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Here are two quick topics for discussion around the firehouse kitchen table as we try to stay cool when temperatures soar.  The heat is even making for some tough fishing. A bunch of us dumped the tackle boxes the other day trying to fill our coolers without success.

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Posted by on July 3, 2012 • Filed under: All, Building Construction, Company Drills, Firefighter Training, Training • Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , ,
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