Posts Tagged: I Joists
Engineered Floor I-Joists and Firefigher Safety: Basic Insights
Take the time to review these video clips and gain some new insights or refresh and reinforce your past knowledge of engineered floor systems, assemblies and tactical safety considerations.
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Type V Construction-Wood Frame
We just need to remember the hazards and myths of this type of construction. One is that if one truss fails they all fail. I like to ask the classes that I teach if any of them has seen a house constructed with wood truss systems with a part of the roof burnt off and the rest of it still intact? The answer is always yes.
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A Tale of Two House (Fires)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIyZx8uIMh0[/youtube]A Tale of Two House Fires and their operational outcomes. This video from a newscast that Dave Statter did in 2007 provides some basic insights into operational factors related to Conventional …
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Making I-joists More Dangerous
This is a weak spot in this floor and will sag. It will fail much faster if contacted with fire.
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More on Light Weight Construction
Check out this article for some great information and links in regards to light weight construction and the hazards that are associated with it. All firefighters and officers need to read this.
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TIC–Some Food for Thought
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I posted a couple of pictures a few days ago that showed a living room taped off. The roo…
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More Than Just Floors
Take into consideration what the building is made of before getting on the roof. Is the benefit worth the risk.
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Things Aren’t Always What They Seem
What see is not always what we get. Get a good look from all sides, it might just save your life.
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Engineered I-Joists: Be Aware of Your Buildings
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Some of you may have seen this video, but is worth looking at again and showing it to your firefighters, officers and building officials. Take time to look at your subdivisions and know the danger…
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Nice Jeans
This picture was labeled as "safety-fire-training", no kidding. This appears to be some sort of flammable liquids fire training by the looks of the props and their technique.
As we can see, they are wearing standard jeans and long sleeve t-shirt for p…
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Hanging by a Thread
Okay, its not really a thread, but it may as well be. These truss systems are popular for overhangs and porches on commercial and residential buildings. Typically, the top end will sit on a nailed 2x4 or rest on the top of the wall and toenailed into t…
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Oh, The Good Old Days are Gone!
Remember the good old days when your commerical buildings were block and mortar or steel buildings with large dimensional lumber? Those days are long gone and it has made our job that much more dangerous.
When this building is completed, it will likel…
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How Many Does It Take?
Now I don't know exactlly what is going on here, but just from the photo I would guess that they are pushing the limits of this porch. It appears that the building is of an advanced age the possibility of some rotten members are good.
Since there are …
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How to Vent a Field?
There is alot of this kind of construction in Western Europe, but it is becoming popular in parts of the U.S. as well. There obvious concerns for firefighters here. The load itself, having dirt and grass on the roof system, add water, snow or ice and…
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Knights of Columbus Hostel Fire
On this day in 1942, 100 people lost their lives at the Knights of Columbus Hostel in St. John's, Newfoundland. The building was mostly wood construction and had had most of the windows boarded up and barred to meet black-out regulations during the w…
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Kerns Hotel Fire 1934
The Hotel Kerns was built in 1919 and was a brick building that boasted 162 rooms and was a favorite hot spot noted for its bar and cafeteria.
On Dec. 11, 1934 it would turn tragic when the night janitor for and adjacent business noticed flames on t…
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