Are you ready for a mini-warehouse fire?

Most mini-warehouse complexes feature high fences with some type of electric gate at the front entrance. Photo Homer Robertson

This quick drill focuses on one of the most common storage facility types: the one-story, strip-style mini-warehouse. Most are metal frame with an exterior metal clad or concrete tilt-wall construction.

Fires in mini-warehouses have historically been manpower-intensive, fast-moving fires for two reasons: the construction of each unit and the fire load. As a result, you must preplan a sound fireground strategy of locate, isolate and extinguish.  READ MORE

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