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Fire Station VS Firehouse There are many posters on here that dispise the term "fire station," calling a deragatory term because the only thing in a "station" is a train I've heard some midwest guys (Kansas, etc) use the term "Fire House 2" or "House 2," but you don't hear that in my area At work, we use the terms station and fire station interchangably
open house ideas?? - Firehouse Forums - Firefighting Discussion Open House We hold an annual Open House duriing Fire Prevention Week We set some of our equipment (SCBA'a, masks, nozzles, gas detection devices, turnout gear,hand tools, etc ) out for the public to view and ask questions on
Fire Station Design Requirments Recommendations?? - Firehouse The size of your day room, kitchen, etc is not specified by NFPA 1581 The size is probably best determined by making a realistic assessment of the maximum number of people that would occupy the room, the building and fire code requirements for means of egress, and an assessment of similar rooms in other fire stations of comparable size
Structure side corner quadrant designation: A, B, C, D, etc. - Firehouse Example: House facing street, on address side, front door facing street, this is the 'A' side Going clockwise, each side B, C, D Is there any NFPA standard or Fire Holy Book that states "Thou shalt declare 'A' side the address side no matter what, no if's, and's, or but's"
Flow Capacities for fire hose - Firehouse Forums Flow volumes of fire hose Woodie: There is no single flow volume for fire hose It all depends upon how much pressure you are able to supply in getting the water through the hose line Then the length of the hose directly affects the amount of pressure it will take For 1 3 4" hose at 125 gpm it takes about 16 psi per 100 ft
Sides 1-2-3-4 or A-B-C-D - Firehouse Forums Here's the deal In our County, the fire building is known as sides 1, 2, 3, and 4 with side 1 being the address side of the structure then going clockwise around the structure Recently, I was advised that a company in our County is going to change how they name the sides of a structure
Station House Fund ?s - Firehouse Forums - Firefighting Discussion We do $2 a man per day Includes coffee, newspaper, condiments, bread, potatos,propane for the grill,all the spices, My house (3 guys day) does much better than HQ with 8 guys It all revolves around two things: one guy taking charge and making bulk purchases at Sam's Costco (warehouse clubs), and the rest being responsible about day to day
Dayroom Bunkroom - Firehouse Forums - Firefighting Discussion In the bunkroom you can lay down and take a nap during the week after 2PM and after 10AM on the weekends and holadays No one other then fire dept personal are to be in the room, and you have to wait tell 10PM to go to sleep The bunkroom and the whole station is cleaned everyday first thing in the morning by the on coming shift
Quick Question regarding sides of a structure - Firehouse In a taxpayer it would be the same Exposure 1,2,3,4 but the occupancy ( individual stores) are 0 fire store, 0-2 adjoining store to exposure 2 side exposure 0-2a would be 2 stores down from fire store to the left etc 0-4 would be store to right of fire store 0-4a would be 2 stores down, 0-4b would be 3 stores to right of fire store etc