Main Street USA: Preplanning Your First-Due Response
Main Street USA can be found in any town in the US. It is the "downtown" area or center of town consisting of restaurants, shops, and mixed-use buildings. This area presents many unsuspected building challenges and dangers involving construction, occupancy, age, and location. These buildin...
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Published in | Fire engineering Vol. 173; no. 10; p. 60 |
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Format | Magazine Article |
Language | English |
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London
Clarion Events, Ltd
01.10.2020
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Summary: | Main Street USA can be found in any town in the US. It is the "downtown" area or center of town consisting of restaurants, shops, and mixed-use buildings. This area presents many unsuspected building challenges and dangers involving construction, occupancy, age, and location. These buildings are often the site of large multiple-alarm fires and although challenging, with some preplanning and general knowledge of their dangers, firefighters can easily and safely conquer these fires. Here, Morrissey offers tips for preplanning first-due response. |
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Bibliography: | content type line 24 ObjectType-Feature-1 SourceType-Magazines-1 |
ISSN: | 0015-2587 1930-9805 |