Building Construction & Firefighter Safety

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Inverted Bowstring Truss

Has anyone ever heard of or seen such a thing? I stopped by a construction site to check into what I thought I was seeing, and yep - sure enough. Inverted Bowstring Trusses being used to build a religious assembly are for a local church. Trying to get some pictures downloaded from my cell - will post same as soon as I can.
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    Christopher J. Naum, SFPE

    Post the photos and we'll discuss.....
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    Frank Hammond

    Quite interesting, really. Not sure how they would stand up to fire conditions {i.e. better, worse, or same as traditional applications}. Looking forward to thoughts.
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    Marques Bush

    I haven't seen this yet but would be interested in knowing more.