Monday, May 25, 2009

More on the San Francisco Collapse From FF Close Calls

UPDATE: SAN FRANCISCO FIRE / STRUCTURAL COLLAPSE - NUMEROUS LINKS, VIDEO AND DOWN-LOADABLES

SF UPDATE:
A converter box had been installed at that San Fran warehouse to bypass the electrical meter which probably caused the fire...and they say that's a sign the building may have been used for marijuana growing or a clandestine lab. They are looking at the possibility that the converter box could not handle the electricity load and thus was the source of the fire. The fire in the single-story warehouse was first reported at 4:45 a.m. Thursday. As you know, a Firefighter was hospitalized with a broken leg and burns after being injured when a portion of a wall fell on him.
STRUCTURAL FIRE COLLAPSE---CLOSE CALL REMINDERS:

As found in the various "links" below as well as Chief's Dunn & Brannigans teachings, keep in mind what should be on the minds of any of us operating at commercial fires with similar conditions:
*Defensive fire
*Commercial building/probable engineered roof systems
*Parapet walls
*Extended operations (in the San Fran fire, the parapet fell 24 minutes after arrival) and it was a Type II warehouse (normally the building cannot withstand the total burnout of its contents).
WATCH THE ORIGINAL VIDEO CLIP HERE:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI8RGcA61ww
CHECK OUT EXTENDED VIDEO & MORE NEWS COVERAGE FROM DAVESTATTER911:
http://www.wusa9.com/news/columnist/blogs/2009/05/must-see-video-of-another-very-close.html
WATCH AN EXTENDED VERSION OF THE ORIGINAL VIDEO CLIP:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82tbAGnTjSs&feature=channel_page
HERE ARE IMPORTANT RELATED LINKS ON STRUCTURAL COLLAPSE AT FIRES:
DUNN ARTICLE: http://cms.firehouse.com/web/online/Firefighting-Strategy-and-Tactics/Dunns-Dispatch--Recognizing-Wall-Collapse-Dangers/14$56571
DUNN SAFETY BULLETIN: http://vincentdunn.com/dunn/newsletters/Front_wall_collapse.pdf
COLLAPSE INDICATORS BULLETIN:
http://firefighterclosecalls.com/drills/FCC%20Vol%2012-136%20Structural%20Collapse%20Indicators.pdf
COLLAPSE INDICATORS BULLETIN:
http://www.firefighterclosecalls.com/drills/FCC%20Vol%204-47%20Collapse%20Indicators.pdf
COLLAPSE ZONE BULLETIN:
http://www.firefighterclosecalls.com/drills/FCC%20Vol%209-107%20FF%20Survival%20Tips%203-Collapse%20Zones.pdf
EXCELLENT NIST FIRE COLLAPSE BULLETIN AND VIDEOS:
http://www.fire.gov/collapse/index.htm
FF INJURY & DEATH / CONSTRUCTION FAILURES FROM NIOSH: 
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2005-132/
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2005-132/pdfs/2005-132Sum.pdf
SAMPLE FF NEAR-MISS REPORT: (Search for others as needed)
http://www.firefighternearmiss.com/nmrs-query//ViewReport.htm?sp=S09-0000096
VIDEO-DISCOVERY CHANNEL "LIVE" VIDEO OF COLLAPSE:
http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/destroyed-in-seconds-fiery-wall-collapse.html
VIDEO-L.A. BUILDING FIRE/COLLAPSE:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee9hUynD4S8
VIDEO-FDNY BUILDING COLLAPSE:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wfpRO9bTfo&feature=related

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