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The Firehouse.com Ventilation product category is a collection of information, product listings and resources for researching various fire service and firefighting ventilation equipment and tools, including ventilation saws, gas and electric powered smoke ejectors and removal fans and fireground ventilation options.

Knee walls range from 3 feet tall to chest height and often are found in the finished half-stories of dwellings. Half-stories might include a collar tie, which spans the rafters on opposing sides of the structure.

Operations & Training

Engine Essentials: Extinguishing Knee Wall Fires

Jonathan Hall

Nov. 10, 2023

Jonathan Hall says the fire behavior and hazards of a residential fire that involves knee walls require particular approaches to size-up and fire attack to minimize risk to firefighters...

Lateral and vertical spread are concerns in these types of occupancies. Note the tin ceiling that’s installed above the drop-tile ceiling in this store.

Operations & Training

Fire Studies: Rules of Engagement for Strip Mall & Taxpayer Fires

Michael Daley

Oct. 16, 2023

In the process of carrying out a Milwaukee cut, a firefighter on each of two roof ladders starts by cutting an approximately four-foot vertical seam that runs parallel to each ladder beam that’s closest to the hole location.

Ventilation

Truck Tactics: Ventilation Techniques for Steep Roofs

Zachary Brown

Sept. 11, 2023

Photo 2: A common box alarm response to an apartment building fire (four engines, two trucks, one squad, EMS and two chiefs). It’s critical that all apparatus be positioned for the maximum potential of an incident and where later-arriving apparatus will position based on required assessments.

Operations & Training

Command & Control Success: When to Deviate from Foundational Tactics

Curt Isakson

Aug. 7, 2023

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Operations & Training

Hot Shots 6/23

Firehouse Staff

June 5, 2023

Latest

Overhead obstructions that you might encounter include power and communication wires. Getting the turntable under the wires makes for the most likely chance of successfully positioning the aerial to the target. That said, you also must consider your terrain (e.g., the sidewalk, a driveway, a grassy area).

Aerial

Maximizing Your Aerial Operational Potential

June 5, 2023

The cockloft is the void space that’s located above the ceiling of top floor and below the roof deck of an ordinary construction building. Cocklofts that are vented can provide a visible cue as to their size; otherwise the location of scuppers on the roof below the parapet might provide an estimate as to the size of the cockloft and the parapet.

Operations & Training

Extra-Ordinary: A Firefighter's Guide to Ordinary Constructed Buildings

John J. Lewis

May 8, 2023

Engine company firefighters await orders from crews searching for the fire in the commercial building.

Operations & Training

Tactics for Elongated Decay and Ventilation-Limited Fires

Frank Leeb

April 23, 2023

Operations & Training

Watch NJ Firefighters Battle Residential Fire

Feb. 6, 2023

This residential structure is more 10,000 square feet and is set back from the street. Suppression operations are hindered by both of these attributes.

Operations & Training

Fire Studies: Modern Operations in Residential and Commercial Occupancies

Michael Daley

Feb. 6, 2023

Mick Bowden - Vice President Sales/Marketing

Ventilation

Bowden Named VP Sales & Marketing at Air Systems International

Air Systems Intl.

Jan. 19, 2023

The company announced several team member changes, including the promotion of Mick Bowden to Vice President Sales & Marketing.

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Operations & Training

Fire Rips Through Roof of OR House

Nov. 2, 2022

Firefighters from Portland Fire & Rescue and Gresham Fire & Rescue searched the house to confirm all residents had evacuated and quickly doused the flames.

Hazmat/Specialty

Delivery: Oklahoma City, OK, Ventilation Unit

Firehouse.com News

Sept. 6, 2022

SVI built this SVU Ventilation Unit for the Oklahoma City Fire Department featuring a 48-inch extractor.

Departments that have battery-powered rotary saws might be well-served to evolve their rooftop ventilation training. The customary constraint to flat roofs of rotary saw use—considering the stability issues that could be caused by the torque of gasoline-powered models on a pitched roof—can be rethought because of the different rotational forces of battery-powered models.

Tools

Battery Technology in Saws: Changing the Future of Training

Robert Faas Jr.

July 18, 2022

Robert Faas Jr. writes about the idiosyncrasies, both distinctive and peculiar, of battery-powered ventilation saws and rotary saws and how they affect the process of getting ...

Operations & Training

Hot Shots 6/22

Firehouse Staff

June 20, 2022

Hot Shots includes a fire at which firefighters had to hurriedly exit the roof of a two-and-a-half-story split-level residence when heavy fire came through the hole that the members...

Ventilation

Engine Essentials: Extinguishing Knee Wall Fires

Fire Studies: Rules of Engagement for Strip Mall & Taxpayer Fires

Truck Tactics: Ventilation Techniques for Steep Roofs

Command & Control Success: When to Deviate from Foundational Tactics

Hot Shots 6/23

Latest

Maximizing Your Aerial Operational Potential

Extra-Ordinary: A Firefighter's Guide to Ordinary Constructed Buildings

Tactics for Elongated Decay and Ventilation-Limited Fires

Watch NJ Firefighters Battle Residential Fire

Fire Studies: Modern Operations in Residential and Commercial Occupancies

Categories

Bowden Named VP Sales & Marketing at Air Systems International

Fire Rips Through Roof of OR House

Delivery: Oklahoma City, OK, Ventilation Unit

Battery Technology in Saws: Changing the Future of Training

Hot Shots 6/22