Specialty Rigs: Air/Light Vehicles, Ventilation, Rehab Trucks
WEBMar 1, 2022 · Summit also built a ventilation truck with an 8-foot-diameter fan for the Point Pleasant (KY) Fire Department. The fan is a SuperVac model with misting capabilities secured to the truck’s flatbed and powered by a Duramax diesel engine.
Vertical ventilation: A firefighter’s ladder-to-roof guide - FireRescue1
WEBMay 14, 2024 · Vertical ventilation is the removal of super-heated toxic gases and smoke by allowing it to take its natural traveling path – UP! Fire companies make this possible by accessing the roof with a...
Truck Tactics: Ventilation Techniques for Steep Roofs - Firehouse
WEBSep 11, 2023 · Ventilation. Truck Tactics: Ventilation Techniques for Steep Roofs. Sept. 11, 2023. Zachary Brown instructs on how to vertically ventilate a steeply pitched roof from an aerial, from one roof...
Truck Company Ops: Ventilation From Above - Fire Engineering
WEBSep 6, 2018 · Truck Company Ops: Horizontal Ventilation. Truck Company Ops: Louver Cut. Truck Company Ops: Vertical Ventilation. ... The Ewing Fire Department, starting in 2021 and aided by grants, has been ...
Truck Tactics: Vertical Ventilation: Gable & Louver Vents
WEBSep 23, 2024 · In many U.S. departments, making the roof of a house that has a peaked roof and opening it up is an initial go-to option for a truck company when a fire has taken off in the attic or when...
Truck Company Ops: Vertical Ventilation - Fire Engineering
WEBMay 3, 2018 · Vertical ventilation is a quick method for the removal of hot gases and smoke from the upper portions of a structure. Seeing as heat rises naturally, all our smoke and hot gases will be...
‘Start the fan’: Positive pressure ventilation 101 - FireRescue1
WEBFeb 26, 2024 · “Start the fan” – a common order given at a typical fire scene. This directive usually corresponds with positive pressure ventilation (PPV) of a structure during or after fire suppression ...
Ventilation Basics - FireRescue1
WEBMar 20, 2006 · Ventilation is an important tactic at structural firefighting operations. There are two types of ventilation we deal with all the time at fires: horizontal and vertical. Within that subset,...
Essential Equipment for Horizontal and Vertical Ventilation
WEBJul 1, 2014 · With the constant changes in building construction, ladder crews need an elaborate ensemble of ventilation tools to address all types of ventilation challenges. Randy Frassetto provides a list...
Ventilation Equipment Ranges from Compact to Very Large - Fire ...
WEBAug 3, 2017 · Large Ventilation Units. Super Vac makes the Super Ventilation Unit (SVU) with a 50-inch blade powered by a 165-hp engine, available in either gasoline or diesel. It also makes the Big Fire Fan (BFF), a unit with an 80-inch-diameter fan powered by a 500-hp gasoline or diesel fuel engine.