Training Minutes: Wood-Frame Town Home Construction
Paul Dansbach looks at some features and hazards associated with town homes that makes use of parallel chord and peaked roof truss construction.
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Combustible Construction: Podium Wood-Frame Private Dwellings
Salvatore Ancona reviews issues firefighters may encounter when dealing with fires in podium wood-frame private dwellings.
Training Minutes: Lightweight Wood Frame Construction
Paul Dansbach points out some of the hazards firefighters face in lightweight wood frame buildings.
Training Minutes: Wood-Frame Building Under Construction
Paul Dansbach looks at some of the dangers firefighters face when fighting a fire at a wood-frame building under construction.
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Training Minutes: Post-and-Beam Wood Frame Construction
In this firefighter training video, Paul Dansbach, fire marshal for the Rutherford (NJ) Bureau of Fire Safety, examines potential firefighting concerns in a post-and-beam wood frame residence.
Firefighters and Construction: Podium Wood-Frame Multiple Dwellings
Podium-style buildings using combustible materials represent an enormous challenge for the fire service, writes Sal Ancona.
The Roundtable: Lightweight Wood-Frame Mixed Occupancies, Part 2
Part 2 of our reader replies to this month's Roundtable Question.
The Roundtable: Lightweight Wood-Frame Mixed Occupancies
Across America we have been witnessing the construction of lightweight wood frame multiple family mixed occupancy buildings.
Toothpick Towers: A Fire Officer’s Guide to Operating in Lightweight Wood-Frame Multiple Dwellings
It is imperative to understand how massive lightweight wood-frame multiple dwellings are being constructed, the dangers they present, and how to deal with them under fire conditions.
Fires in 2½-Story Wood-Frame Dwellings
Operations should begin with a 360° size-up of the fire building. On side 1 or Alpha (A), two front doors indicate that this is at least a two-family dwelling.
Fire Walls in Multiple Dwellings and Townhouses of Wood-Frame Construction
Fire walls are one of our oldest tools of fire protection, older than the earliest fire engines and sprinkler heads.
Scott Joerger: Compensated Shock, Modern Wood Frame, Basement Fires, and Transitional Attack
Scott Joerger discusses compensated shock, modern wood frame, basement fires and transitional attack in a fire scene.