Fdny Ventilating Burning Roof

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Fdny ventilating burning roof.

This job is very dangerous because the roofs of burning buildings often collapse. Roof firefighters in the roof position use tower ladder buckets aerial ladders portable ladders fire escapes and roofs of neighboring buildings to access the fire. Relieves the upper portions of the building of heat smoke and gases limiting horizontal spread. This type of ventilation entails opening the bulkhead door and or roof scuttle and skylights.

Ventilation allows the chemicals smoke and heat evacuate out. Pitched roof ventilation can be one of the most hazards operations on the fireground yet it is one of the most important assignments. Alarm blaze that began at the rear of a three story residence and extended to the roof thursday. The fire broke out at about 9 30 a m.

Steve roofer 26 615 views. As for vertical bulkhead ventilation if the line is moving in or the truck has door control on the fire floor vent the bulkhead. Of residential vertical ventilation. Their first job is to give a report of the roof top fire conditions to the commander.

Fdny firefighters pulled three children from a burning apartment in the bronx on monday. Chief dunn is correct in regards to increased temperatures and toxic smoke when premature venting occurs.