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Today's Building vs Yesterday's Building
Several of us were sitting around the other day talking about how different our buildings of today are compared to those of yesteryear. Not only in the design and construction of the buildings but also the contents of the buildings now a days. Things have changed so dramatically over the years that it's so important to teach our newer generation about the new hazards they and we face in our every day response.
One of the newer training items that is starting to show up more are the training simulators/video games. Our department recently was fortunate enough to receive a grant for training materials and several of these items we purchased were different simulators.
What little bit I've played with them so far, I've found they are fairly realistic in the motions that we run through as firefighters and officers. I've learned over the past years as an officer and training instructor, we have to be open to new and different ways/methods to teach our new guys/gals.
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Permalink Reply by Chris Weber on
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That picture sums it up PERFECT!I was just talking to one of our dealers today about some new nozzles because I don't think 125 gpm 1 1/2" nozzles cut it anymore with 1 3/4" hose.Want a min. of 150 gpm.Just read a piece the other day about the new fireload basically being a load of solid gasoline just waiting to ignite due to everything being made of hydrocarbons these days.
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Permalink Reply by Tom Williams on
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That was one of the things we were talking about Chris. The physical make up of what's in our house's are so much more dangerous than what they used to be. With the foam/padding that goes into the furniture nowadays, we're looking at a quicker and hotter fire than what it used to be. This coupled with the newer building and energy requirements are really going to put us in a more dangerous situation when we make our initial attack.
With the newer energy requirements coming down the pipe, our newer homes and offices are going to be a lot tighter which is going to increase the odds of a backdraft happening more often. Personally, I think to compensate for this, local governments & AHJ's are going to have to seriously look at supporting residential sprinklers. -
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Just got the new issue of the PA Fireman.Cover story is all new homes built as of Jan.1 2011 will have to have residential sprinkler systems.The home builders have been fighting this for years and the fight is probably not over yet.
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That's good to hear Chris. Yea, the fire service really got our act together at the last set of code hearings for residential sprinklers and caught the NAHB off guard. The only bad thing is that some states are going to amend that section out when they adopt the new code. Currently, that's what Kentucky is going to do. Don't agree with it at all and have been doing my best to "teach" some building inspectors as to why they are important. Don't think the fight is over yet from the NAHB side but at least we have it in there.
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