Ventilation

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Story on November 15, 2011 at 9:27pm

Scott this is a pretty broad question in regards to high-rises as the answer to ventilation of high-rises is driven by the building and it's systems. The second part to answer this is the occupancy of the high-rise itself.

Permalink Reply by Scott Collier on November 16, 2011 at 8:24am

Yes, I guess it was too broad.  I more or less wanted to see if a discussion would follow and wanted to see what factors would come into play (ie. Wind drive fires, vented stairwell, pressurized stairwell, Measures M, height, new construction, etc).  I will just throw it out there...I have been assigned the upgrade on our P&P and was looking or new methods that may have been incorporated into SOG's or SOP's.  Any comments appreciated.

Permalink Reply by Kevin Story on November 16, 2011 at 8:34am

Shoot me an email kevinstory7@aol.com

Permalink Reply by Justin Smith on November 16, 2011 at 3:48pm

 

Over the years are department would vent while suppression was taking place. Like most departments, manpower during the day was playing a roll. We now pressurize the home while doing suppression. I wasn’t sure how this was going to work, but after several fires, I like it! I think venting has it’s time and place, but you need to have the key players in place when it’s performed.