As Furniture Burns Quicker, Firefighters Reconsider Tactics

July 1, 2012  by in UnCategorized   

By Aggregated Content in Upholstery on July 2, 2012 from http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/02/nyregion/nyc-fire-dept-rethinking-tactics-in-house-fires.html?ref=nyregion

One of the first tasks for firefighters arriving at a blazing home has long been to ventilate the structure, make holes in it, so that hot gases and smoke can escape.

It has been this way for generations: a so-called roof man from a ladder company opens a hatch or saws through the ceiling, while other firefighters break windows as they search inside, often before the first drop of water has hit the fire. But house fires have changed.

 

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