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This is something we need to be careful of. In some instances you may not have a choice, but putting water in the vented roof while on the roof is risky. Master streams, especially elevated if available and accessible would be ideal. But, again, we are limited by our resources.
Of course, if we are going to go this route, we must have a very good idea of how far this fire has traveled in the attic space. We certainly don't need firefighters on the roof if we are taking a defensive position.
In addition, safe roof operations would also dictate that we work off of a roof ladder. The pitch is not that steep, but the roof is wet and it is just safer and appropriate to work off of the roof ladder.
Keep putting 'em out and stay safe. Anyone see anything else I missed here?
Of course, if we are going to go this route, we must have a very good idea of how far this fire has traveled in the attic space. We certainly don't need firefighters on the roof if we are taking a defensive position.
In addition, safe roof operations would also dictate that we work off of a roof ladder. The pitch is not that steep, but the roof is wet and it is just safer and appropriate to work off of the roof ladder.
Keep putting 'em out and stay safe. Anyone see anything else I missed here?
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Permalink Reply by Roy Walker on
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We call a hole like this natural ventilation and usually a great deal of damage to the roof structure has occured, therefore any one on the roof is not only not accomplishing much but needlessly risking lives. My next decision would be is there any one still in the structure that needs rescue. If not then I don't want any of my firefighters under a compromised roof either ,especially just to save questionable property! I believe a transition to defensive mode is the call. Am I wrong?
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Permalink Reply by Jason Hoevelmann on
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Your comments seem to be the theme here. Stay safe.
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Permalink Reply by Mike Schlags (Captain Busy) Retd on
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let's here it for a good old fashioned 'aggressive' interior attack... it really does work if you coordinate extinguishment and ventilation using functional groups, e.g. ventilation group, interior attack group, RIC team, salvage group... you know the drill, use ICS to keep things organized and folks accountable for specific ops. it's all good. CBz
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another key point to reinforce your point Lou is the life safety issues of a residence compared to an industrial concrete tilt up in the industrial section of town coupled with intense fuel loads or hazardous materials exposure potential and knowledge that it's good they have fire insurance...
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My guess as to why they are on the roof is the possibility that everything underneath them is ok sans some attic extension and that they are dealing with the exterior roof material but at best, this is a stretch. It does appear that they have a ladder anchored in on the side of the roof, with quick access down. I am sure they felt at the time that they were doing good by extinguishing what could be a external roof fire with nothing in the attic space involved... very hard to say without more information.
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