[PDF] Fires In Vacant Building eBook

Author : Barry Leonard
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 11 pages
File Size : 48,76 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1437938280

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This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. This report is based on 2006 to 2008 data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS). According to the report, an estimated 28,000 vacant residential building fires occur annually in the U.S., resulting in an estimated average of 45 deaths, 225 injuries, and $900 million in property loss. Vacant residential fires are considered part of the residential fire problem as they comprise approximately 7 percent of residential building fires. In addition, intentional is the leading cause of vacant residential building fires which are more prevalent in July (9 percent), due in part to an increase in intentional fires on July 4 and 5. Finally, almost all vacant residential building fires are non-confined and half spread to involve the entire building. Charts and tables.

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Page : 38 pages
File Size : 25,19 MB
Release : 2014
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The problem is that firefighters are risking injury or death by engaging in interior offensive fire attacks on vacant buildings the same as occupied/inhabited structures. The purpose of this research is to determine when not to engage in an interior offensive fire attack at vacant buildings which will reduce the risk of firefighter injury or death. Descriptive research was utilized to answer the following questions: a) What defines a vacant building? b) What policies, guidelines or standard operating procedures do the surrounding communities to Rochester Hills have regarding fighting fires at vacant buildings? c) If not for human life, at what point of fire involvement in a structure is it not economically worth the risk of an offensive attack? d) Knowing the risks of firefighting, why do fire departments continue offensive fire attacks in vacant buildings?

Author : James H. Ley
Publisher :
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 19,72 MB
Release : 2009
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On the fire department side, development of a standard operating procedure for vacant buildings should be developed. A placard system to label these buildings for specific hazards should be enacted.

Author : Vincent Dunn
Publisher : PennWell Books
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 19,79 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1593702337

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1. General collapse information 2. Terms of construction and building design 3. Building construction: firefighting problems and structural hazards 4. Masonry wall collapse 5. Collapse dangers of parapet walls 6. Wood floor collapse 7. Sloping peak roof collapse 8. Timber truss roof collapse 9. Flat roof collapse 10. Lightweight steel roof and floor collapse 11. Lightweight wood truss collapse 12. Ceiling collapse 13. Stairway collapse 14. Fire escape dangers 15. Wood-frame building collapse 16. Collapse hazards of buildings under construction 17. Collapse caused by master stream operations 18. Search-and-rescue at a building collapse 19. Safety precautions prior to collapse 20. Why the World Trade Center Towers collapsed 21. High-rise building collapse 22. Post-fire analysis 23. Early floor collapse EPILOGUE: Are architects, engineers, and code-writing officials friends of the firefighters?