Posts Categorized: Building Construction
Morning Lineup – April 27
How many snakes in there?!
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Morning Lineup – April 25
This is a hard hat area
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8-Story Factory Collapse Kills Scores In Bangladesh
A FACTORY BUILDING FILLED WITH an estimated 2,000 workers collapsed suddenly Wednesday morning in Savar, Bangladesh.
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Still and Box for CFD: Near Miss Stairwell Collapse in Chicago
A fire in a three story multiple family apartment building injured four City of Chicago (IL) firefighters when an interior stairway collapsed during firefighting operations.
The building was constructed in 1927 and consisted of 5456 square feet of spa…
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Large Warehouse Fire: Gastonia, NC
A large warehouse fire in a 211,000 SF complex resulted from from a transformer explosion this morning at the Wix Distribution Center in Gastonia, NC. The building complex was a former textile mill and was built in 1917.
Published report…
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Taking it to the Streets: Vacant, unoccupied, abandoned
If you don’t know and understand the building, how can you identify and select appropriate strategies and tactics?
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Three Alarm High rise Fire: FDNY Bronx
A three-alarm blaze tore through a South Bronx building on Saturday morning
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Predictability of Building Performance – Expect Fire
The Predictability of Building Performance must take into consideration that in the context of today's fire ground, buildings and fire dynamics, small changes on initial compartment or structure conditions may often produce and result in large-…
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Fire in Syracuse: Four Firefighters LODD: The 701 University Avenue Fire April 9, 1978
Remembering the 701 University Ave Fire: 1978 in Syracuse, New York
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Dozens Dead When Illegal Building Collapses in Mumbai
Death Toll Expected To Rise
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Identifying, Establishing and Managing Collapse Zones
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Identifying, Establishing and Managing Collapse Zones
I mentioned in a recent post about on-going research and rec…
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The Bowstring Truss
All bowstring trusses are not created equal.
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Taking it to the Streets: “All Companies Stand-By”: Transmitting the Box for….Your Street on this Day
The fact that at times, our surroundings do become a blur and fade into the background...
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Ready, Set, Go…
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Before Making Entry, while in the street;
Has someone completed or assigned reconned a 360 of the building?
Have you looked at the Building and …
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Taking it to the Streets: Your Street on any given Day
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Taking it to the Streets: Your Street on any given Day
At times, our surroundings become a blur and fade into the fabric that d…
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A Delicate Balance
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Light Weight construction has given way to Engineered Structural Systems (ESS) which in today’s evolving fireground, have an even more exte…
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Auto Parts Store Roof Collapse Double LODD 1996
Two firefighters were killed in Chesapeake, Virginia when they became trapped by a rapidly spreading fire in an auto parts store and a pre-engineered wood truss roof assembly collapsed on them.
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Adaptive Fireground Strategies for Today’s Occupancies at FDIC
If you’re planning on heading to the Fire Department Instructors Conference, FDIC in Indianapolis please consider making time to attend our classroom session. We’ll make sure we have a seat waiting for you. There’s a tremendous selection of offeri…
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Taking it to the Streets and Reading the Building: Side by Side
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Taking it to the Streets and Reading the Building: Side by SideToday’s Street view and Rea…
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2004 PA Church Fire and Collapse: Situational Awareness and Collapse Zone Management
Victim #1 was acting as the Incident Safety Officer and Victim #2 was performing overhaul, when the bell tower collapsed on them and numerous other fire fighters.
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Remembering the Strand Theater Fire of 1941
The Strand Theater Fire turned from a routine fire into one of the worst tragedies in Brockton and Massachusetts history,
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Taking it to the Streets: Columbus
Here's a new Building to Read. What do think the Structural System and assemblies are compromised of?
What does the building envelope look like.
What type of structural systems might be present?
What would the least favorable system be?
Project…
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Smart and Intelligent Firefighting
It's not about NOT fighting fires, but rather fighting fires smarter.
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Taking it the Streets: Reading the Building
Know what to look at when Reading the Building? Looks can be deceiving.
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Responder Safety: When Attention is “Tunnelled”
Does what we expect to happen influence our awareness?
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