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Peaked Roof Ventilation
What is your department's policy on peaked roof ventilation? Does the policy differ for peaked roofs in Single Family Dwellings versus other types of structures?
We don't currently have a policy but there is one in the works.
Please include a brief synopsis of your department including the typical response to a residential fire.
We respond with 3 Engines, 1 Ladder and a Chief. A confirmed working fire gets another engine and EMS. Engines are staffed with 3 or 4, ladders usually 4 but sometimes 3 or 5.
We don't currently have a policy but there is one in the works.
Please include a brief synopsis of your department including the typical response to a residential fire.
We respond with 3 Engines, 1 Ladder and a Chief. A confirmed working fire gets another engine and EMS. Engines are staffed with 3 or 4, ladders usually 4 but sometimes 3 or 5.
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Permalink Reply by Jamie Morelock on -
Ventilation always, but how is up to the IC or the company officer when the IC is not specific. Peaked roofs are usually cut on well advanced top floor fires in private dwellings, and as a pre-emptive measure on garden apartments, which has been found to make a huge difference in our success saving the building in this type of structure. Our SOP only covers the tactic of ventilation, not how.
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Permalink Reply by Mike Hochstetler on -
Our first alarm is 4 Engines, 1 Ladder, 1 Battalion Chief, 1 Safety Officer, and 1 Medic unit. Engines are staffed with 3, ladders 4, and Medics with 2. We don't have a written policy but on single family dwellings we generally start with horizontal ventilation unless the fire appears to be in the attic. There are 2 reasons for this, 1 it is less labor intensive and faster, 2 on a single family dwelling if the h*** in the roof is off by a few feet it can miss the fire room entirely. The engineer of the truck and his firefighter generally are assigned the task of ventilation on our dept. However if there is a chance that the fire has reached the attic we do use vertical ventilation. When we go to a peaked roof we are supposed to take a roof ladder for safety. I hope this helps. Stay Safe.
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