A firefighter s ladder to roof guide.
Fire department roof ventilation techniques.
Ventilation needs to be understood as a concept as opposed to a task.
Using both types of ventilation techniques simultaneously makes for a safer more effective operation.
Smoke indicator holes can be placed on roofs of buildings attached to fire buildings to indicate interior exposure.
When we talk about roof ventilation we often focus on the cut itself.
Back to basics sounding and walking on the roof using roof ladders working from an aerial cutting the hole and punching through.
However there are many other critical steps that we need to master in order to make roof ventilation an efficient process.
It is the understanding of what is occurring inside of a building when we arrive.
We must observe the building to attempt to decipher what burning state that fire is in.
Glendale fire department ventilation training manual 6 the roof ventilation team.
Vertical ventilation is a tactic used in the initial stages of fire operations and is.
Placing smoke indicator holes in the path of the fire can monitor fire spread.