Fire Fighter Venting A Roof

One of the fastest avenues through which fires spread is the attic.

Fire fighter venting a roof.

That said how much time do we have how much reach do you have and how much help do you have all dictate size. When we talk about roof ventilation we often focus on the cut itself. Heat and smoke rise into the attic where the fire can move quickly. Venting the roof like they did seemed like a lot of extra work that didn t pay off too much.

Another reason for venting the roof is to see how far the fire has progressed. There are two types of ventilation we deal with all the time at fires. Firefighters may go ahead of the fire on a roof cut holes to access the attic and stop the fire from spreading through the attic. Ventilation is an important tactic at structural firefighting operations.

Operating on the roof during a building fire requires us to have a secondary means of escape. 2 my experience taught me that the larger the hole the better. My partner and i learned to cut in segments. However there are many other critical steps that we need to master in order to make roof ventilation an efficient process.

But if resources are such the vent team may need to place both sets of ladders prior to making the roof.